Maradona and Argentina in the Hands of the Gods

October 8th, 2009 by Simon


maradona-argentinaWith this weekends impending World Cup Final 2010 Qualifiers taking place, we thought we would cast our net a little further than what is happening in and around the UEFA teams. OK, England’s already there, Scotland and Wales are out, Republic need to beat Italy to guarantee a play-off place and Northern Ireland have to beat the Czech Republic away and hope other results go there way.

However, all that aside, there is only one football story worth talking about this weekend, which is Maradona’s and Argentina’s struggling qualification chances. It seems odd to even think about a World Cup Final without hearing the famous chant, “Vamos vamos Argentina”.

But that is a possibility for the Albicelestes (Light blue and whites) if they fail to take something from their remaining 2 qualifying games.

Current South American World Cup 2010 Qualification Standings

PLD WON LOST DRAWN FOR AGAINST PTS
Brazil Brazil
16
9
6
1
32
9
33
Paraguay Paraguay
16
9
3
4
22
13
30
Chile Chile
16
8
3
5
27
20
27
Ecuador Ecuador
16
6
5
5
21
23
23
Argentina Argentina
16
6
4
6
20
19
22
Uruguay Uruguay
16
5
6
5
26
18
21
Venezuela Venezuela
16
6
3
7
22
27
21
Colombia Colombia
16
5
5
6
10
14
20
Bolivia Bolivia
16
3
3
10
20
34
12
Peru Peru
16
2
4
10
9
32
10

Argentina face Peru at home on Saturday and MUST win this game. Then next Wednesday they travel to Uruguay for what might be, Maradona’s last match in charge. Maradona has received heavy criticism from a nation that worships him. After their recent friendly match against Ghana, Maradona said, “The big man upstairs has saved me many times. I hope he’ll save me again this time.”

Perhaps, if Maradona stopped changing his players and settled on a formation he wouldn’t need God’s help. When you look at the amount of players Maradona has played during his reign you begin to see a bit of naivety in his managerial skills appearing. Sixty-two players and six different goalkeepers doesn’t bode well for confidence building.

The top 4 teams qualify from the South American group for the 2010 world Cup with the 5th placed team playing off against the 4th team from the CONCACAF Fourth Round, most likely Costa Rica.

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