The view from Asia

Maradona effect lacks longevity

July 12, 2012
By John Duerden
(Archive)
That great players don't necessarily make great coaches is a football cliché. That Diego Maradona was a world-class player but will never make a coach is in danger of becoming similarly well-worn. His second job since hanging up those magical boots for good has ended, as many coaching jobs do, in the sack - but the Argentine was not the flop in the United Arab Emirates that he has been made out to be. He did what was expected of him: it was just that he couldn't deliver anything more.

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