How many people want to see Sergio Batista at the head of Argentina’s coaching staff come the year 2014 when the World Cup will be held by fierce South American rivals Brazil?
Batista’s predecessor Diego Maradona didn’t last that long as the Albiceleste’s boss. A dramatic qualification to South Africa 2010 had saved Maradona but Germany’s 4-0 trouncing of the Argentines in the quarter-finals of the last World Cup put an end to the career of the legend in Argentina.
Like Diego Maradona, Sergio Batista is now wanted out by a big portion of angry supporters and football analysts. Batista is being accused of having misused the many advantages of Argentina during the 2011 Copa America.
The Albiceleste boast of having the world’s best player in Lionel Messi as strikers Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez are also present to beef up the team’s attack. In addition to this benefit, Argentina were playing at home. So what went wrong during the competition which is yet to end but from which they are already out as Uruguay’s quarter-final victims?
Many avoid sweating while answering this question since its answer portrays Sergio Batista as the guilty one. So whereas Mano Menezes has received assurance from Brazil’s FA to remain coach of the Seleçao, Argentina’s Sergio Batista is playing the self-defense game.
“I signed my contract just two months ago and I am not thinking about [quitting] at all. It has not even entered my head,” Batista told the press last weekend following Argentina’s defeat to La Celeste Olimpica.
“The elimination hurts, but we must continue our project. The most important thing is the World Cup.”
Must Sergio Batista even think about the World Cup? Can he hold on to his post as Argentina’s coach following his Copa America fiasco?
Like Diego Maradona, Sergio Batista is now wanted out by a big portion of angry supporters and football analysts. Batista is being accused of having misused the many advantages of Argentina during the 2011 Copa America.
The Albiceleste boast of having the world’s best player in Lionel Messi as strikers Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez are also present to beef up the team’s attack. In addition to this benefit, Argentina were playing at home. So what went wrong during the competition which is yet to end but from which they are already out as Uruguay’s quarter-final victims?
Many avoid sweating while answering this question since its answer portrays Sergio Batista as the guilty one. So whereas Mano Menezes has received assurance from Brazil’s FA to remain coach of the Seleçao, Argentina’s Sergio Batista is playing the self-defense game.
“I signed my contract just two months ago and I am not thinking about [quitting] at all. It has not even entered my head,” Batista told the press last weekend following Argentina’s defeat to La Celeste Olimpica.
“The elimination hurts, but we must continue our project. The most important thing is the World Cup.”
Must Sergio Batista even think about the World Cup? Can he hold on to his post as Argentina’s coach following his Copa America fiasco?
