MARADONA PODNIO OSTAVKU

nogometaša svih vremena, Diego Armando Maradona podnio je ostavku na mjesto trenera argentinske momčadi Mandiyu de Corrientes nakon sukoba sa predsjednikom kluba Robertom Cruzom. "Ne dozvoljam da se predsjednik miješa u moj posao i govori igračima ono što bi im trebao reći njihov trener. Ja sam ovdje ne samo da ih treniram, već i da se borim za njihovo dostojanstvo", rekao je Maradona nakon što je Cruz poslije još jednog neuspjeha ušao u svlačionicu i izgrdio igrače. Ipak, treba napomenuti da je klub kojeg vodi Maradona u dva mjeseca dobio samo jednu utakmicu, te da se nalazi na pretposljednjem mjestu na ljestvici, ali on to ne smatra dovoljnim razlogom da mu se predsjednik miješa u posao. "Ukoliko bi se Cruz izvinuo meni i mom pomoćniku, ostavka bi bila povučena", rekao je Diego, no čini se da Robertu Cruzu tako nešto nije niti na kraj pameti. (Hina) zr iv iArgentina's former soccer superstar Diego Maradona has resigned from his first coaching job with struggling Mandiyu de Corrientes after a blazing row with the club president over changing-room politics. Maradona lasted less than two months at Mandiyu, during which the team won only one match out of 12. Maradona told local radio reporters late on Tuesday, after his team's goalless draw with Racing Club, that he took offence when club president Roberto Cruz berated players for losing a match against Newell's Old Boys. "We don't want the directors going into the changing room and saying thing's we're supposed to say. I am fighting for respect for football players," said Maradona, whose team is languishing one place from the bottom of the league. The star of Argentina's 1986 World Cup win said he and his assistant Carlos Fren would have withdrawn their resignations if Cruz had apologised -- but the apology did not appear. "We waited for Cruz to come but he didn't. We didn't want to abandon the boys in this situation and I hope everybody in Mandiyu understands our position," Maradona said. REUTER 1357 071294 GMT 072049 MET dec 94 072049 MET dec 94