Diego Armando Maradona, arguably the greatest to ever play the beautiful game, scorer of two of the most famous goals in football history, has taken the reins of the Argentinian national team. Tomorrow is his managerial debut, albeit in a friendly against Scotland.I normally have very little interest in international friendlies though I would be curious to see how this one goes, only because of the new manager. With Diego, you just don't know what you're going to get. It could go so well, or all so horribly wrong. I'm hoping for it to go well, but I won't deny a certain joy to be had in watching the other. Of course, one friendly match against Scotland will be much to soon to tell, but tomorrow is when it begins.
As a minor sub-plot to tomorrow's proceedings, the assistant manager for Scotland, ex-England defender, Terry Butcher, who was playing in the 1986 World Cup quarter final against Argentina, has said he is unable to forgive Maradona for the first of the two aforementioned goals, the "Hand of God," though I suspect his anger probably has more to do with being made to look a fool in the second.
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