Mar 02 2010
Praise German legend Maradona
The German national team, through their coach Joachim Loew and captain Michael Ballack, today paid tribute to the legend of the current Argentina coach Diego Maradona, a day of friendship between the two combined in Munich.
Both Loew and Chelsea midfielder kind words devoted to the figure of Maradona as a player and their importance in the history of the sport, although they were more cautious in their assessment as coach is still considered a “rookie.”
“Maradona was a genius as a player and has moved his concepts to players. They are very offensive and that’s why I want the coach, who always looks for the beautiful game,” said Loew, who refused to consider “a showman” the legendary 10 of albiceleste.
Löw himself had said in the days before the match that the match against the Argentines was attractive not only for preparation for the World and the entity’s rival, but can be measured from the dock to a living legend of the sport.
“Argentina is always strong in soccer. And I’m glad, above all, to see Maradona”, had commented on the friendly at the Allianz Arena.
Ballack also praised Maradona and said that, although sometimes behaves “unusual” has an “amazing aura,” which makes you forget the controversies or problems that might happen in his career.
“Maradona has an incredible aura. As a rookie coach, has starred in some scandals and struggled in the playoffs (for the World Cup), but that aura is extraordinary,” said the Chelsea midfielder.
“What has given football is very big and it’s great to play against such personalities,” he said.
In his view, Argentina’s Maradona is a world-class team, despite the problems of the last months and friendly in the Bavarian capital will be “very hard” to a set that has a good ‘captain’ which complicates the challenge.
The expectation by the presence of Maradona, as usual, has revolutionized the days before the game.
A massive presence of journalists in Germany and other countries in the press conference he gave on Monday at a hotel in downtown is the interest of local fans to see up close to an idol.
Goalkeepers in training on Tuesday morning, on the grounds of the city’s second team, TSV 1860 Munich, Maradona was again the protagonist and attracted the attention of the Bavarian club children’s teams, who came to see about the practice of archery Argentines.
After the meeting, the ‘Fluff’ gave the boys a greeting and signing autographs for the little ones, who never saw play the star, but that might be close to a football legend, which arouses strong feelings wherever he goes.