Argentine coach Diego Maradona looks on as Brazil celebrate their third goal.
Argentina’s bid to reach the 2010 World Cup has floundered since the national hero Diego Maradona took over as the team’s coach.
Diego Maradona tries to retrieve the ball during the match against Brazil
Seba Veron as midfielder against Brazil.The 34 year old player find it
difficuilts to catch up with the younger counterparts Brazil.
Both as players, and now as coaches, they occupy opposite ends of football's spectrum. The pragmatism of Dunga clashes head on with Diego Maradona's romantic attacking vision, and on Saturday night the former offered a masterclass to the latter. Argentina had promised to attack Brazil, but in doing so played to Brazil's strength. The 3-1 defeat in Rosario now jeopardises Argentina's qualification hopes. With three matches remaining, there is no margin for error for Maradona's men if they are to reach South Africa.
Wrong techniques where used by Maradona , as they attack , Dunga boys were able to weather the attacking storms and played a counter attack game against Argentina which scored 2 goals.
Dunga's philosophy may have won him few admirers in the Brazilian media, yet despite playing the antithesis of joga bonito, his team has won the Copa America and Confederations Cup trophies in the past two years and now qualified for the World Cup ahead of schedule. Dunga's approach has also reaped three comfortable victories over Argentina since 2006. And now 3-0 against Argentina and entering into World Cup.
Maradona personally likes to attack and this Dunga noticed .His vision of the national team is a cavalier attacking team, ideally with three forwards, but the ambition of his gameplan simply played into the hands of Brazil, who waited patiently for the opportunity to counter attack.
Yet while Maradona will have been frustrated at his team not creating more danger in attack, more of a concern is the defence as Argentina were undone by two set pieces in the first half. After a confident start from the home side, Gabriel Heinze permitted Luisão the luxury of a free header, which the Benfica defender converted with ease. Failure to deal with a driven free-kick from Elano seven minutes later allowed Kaká space to cross, and Luís Fabiano profited in the ensuing scramble. When the debutant Jesús Dátolo's effort beat Julio César from long range in the second half, Brazil charged up to the other end with Kaká and restored their two-goal lead after Fabiano finished off a classic counter-attack with a calm finish.
Maradona still no able to use full potential of Messi .Messi will feel he was too often isolated in attempting to unlock Brazil's watertight defence. La Nación, however, pointed to his poor decision-making and reluctance to pass.Messi's only offensive ally on the night was Juan Sebastián Verón in midfield. For all his toil, Carlos Tevez was ineffective as Messi's strike partner and failed to shoot at goal for the entire first half. Verón may be the reigning South American footballer of the year, but the 34-year-old Estudiantes midfielder was unable to keep up with his Brazilian counterparts.
With three fixtures remaining of the South American World Cup qualifiers, all of Argentina's matches would certainly seem to fit that criteria. They travel to Paraguay on Wednesday in the knowledge that two teams – Ecuador and Colombia – are just two points behind. Maradona must inspire his players to put the disappointing defeat behind them. However, second-placed Paraguay will offer a real challenge, and could sentence Argentina to suffering the biggest disappointment of all.
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