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.
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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assistant Carlos Fren would have withdrawn their resignations if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.
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