Maradona and Argentina in trouble after loss to Brazil

Updated on: 07 September,2009 07:01 AM IST |
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After sad saturday, Maradona hopes for wednesday luck

After sad saturday, Maradona hopes for wednesday luck

Argentina coach Diego Maradona admitted that "it will be tough and more complicated" to qualify for the 2010 World Cup after the devastating 1-3 defeat to rivals Brazil on Saturday.

He confirmed that he will continue to be coach of Argentina and, that such a defeat may be painful but it doesn't "break" him and it gives him more reason "to work hard like crazy" to send Argentina to the World Cup.

He admitted that from now on Argentina will "have to work and to continue things against Paraguay to see if we can claim the three points. "The responsibility is mine. I would never send a player to jail," he emphasised.

"I will speak about it with my daughters. I will work hard like crazy. This won't break me," he affirmed, before getting back to the game.u00a0 "To turn around a negative deficit against Brazil is complicated because they have great players. I won't complain about my players, because I threw in everything.

"I'm not annoyed, I was very annoyed against Bolivia (a 6-1 defeat in La Paz). I'm calm with the players I have. I didn't like the fact that each time they attacked us, they scored a goal.

"We have to keep on working and we have to go to Paraguay to see if we can claim all three points."

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