Saturday, July 3, 2010

Argentina & Brazil Sent Home By Germany & Holland

Frankly I was rooting for South American powerhouse teams Argentina and Brazil in their losing battles with European bigshots Germany and Holland, so it wasn't much fun to see both teams whipped by large margins this morning and yesterday.

However I wasn't really rooting for Argentina coach Diego Maradona,he of  the notorious "hand of God" who scored a critical goal against England way back when that many said was a handball.

If memory serves me, Maradona also was sent home from the 1994 World Cup in disgrace after testing positive for cocaine.  The press, then and now, seems to eat him up because he's always good for some juicy ridiculous comment.

Another player from 1994, Dunga of Brazil, is now his team's coach as well.  As I recall he was certainly a lot less controversial than Maradona, serving brilliantly as goalie and captain of the team that year.  And if I remember correctly Dunga was the "old man" of his team--in his thirties--and his World Cup appearances marked the end of his playing career.

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