Diego Maradona believes current Argentinian players are unworthy of the jersey

Sport360 staff 13:53 25/03/2019
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  • Diego Maradona slammed the Argentinian players and Argentinian Football Association president Claudio Tapia after their embarrassing display in a 3-1 defeat to Venezuela.

    The World Cup winner stated that none of the players in the Argentinian squad can compare to the greats during his time.

    When asked if he watched La Albiceleste lose to Venezuela, Maradona admitted that he never expected them to win in the first place.

    “I prefer not to watch horror films but I don’t know how the inept bunch who are in charge of Argentina thought they were going to beat Venezuela,” he said.

    “It hurts me because I feel Argentinean to the core, but with the generation of players like [Oscar] Ruggeri, [Gabriel] Batistuta, [Claudio] Caniggia… the current team don’t deserve to wear the shirt and those players had it tattooed on them.

    “We’d give our lives to see the back of [Claudio] Tapia, who has no idea what he’s doing.”

    The 58-year-old insists Tapia has done a poor job as AFA’s president and deserves most of the blame for their sorry state.

    “I feel sorry for the Argentinean people, who continue to believe in this liar, and I feel sorry for the players who have to take the consequences when the people that should be doing so are the directors who are giving away the prestige of the Argentina national team,” he said.

    Argentina face Morocco in a friendly on Tuesday, but they will be without talisman Lionel Messi who suffered an injury against Venezuela.

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