Diego Maradona: The average coach who could not match his on-field genius
In this file photo taken on July 03, 2010 Argentina's coach Diego Maradona hugs Argentina's striker Lionel Messi after their 2010 World Cup quarter final against Germany at Green Point stadium in Cape Town.
As he approached his 58th birthday, Maradona's coaching career had never really taken off despite leading his country at the 2010 World Cup and managing in the Middle East
In South Africa, with a team captained by Lionel Messi, Argentina won all their group games and beat Mexico 3-1 in the last 16, only to be torn apart by Germany in the quarter-finals, losing 4-0
Unremarkable spells followed at Al Wasl of Dubai in 2011/12 and at Al-Fujairah, an Emirati second-division side, in 2017/18
Buenos Aires
The defining moment in Diego Maradona's playing career came in Mexico at the 1986 World Cup, and the high point in his less distinguished career as a coach possibly also came there more than three decades later.
