Argentine soccer icon Diego Maradona told media on Thursday he will not leave his post as coach of the national soccer team and hinted that Pablo Aimar, Lionel Messi and Gonzalo Higuain will lead the attack for the Argentina-Peru World Cup qualifier due on Saturday. "I am neither quitting nor going," he said, quashing several days of media speculation after it was reported that he had to seethe president of the Argentine Football Association, Julio Grondona.
Argentina's national soccer team coach Diego Maradona visits the Rosario Central stadium ahead of their 2010 World Cup qualifier match against Brazil in Rosario, 310 km (192 miles) north of Buenos Aires, August 18, 2009. Maradona was granted permission by soccer authorities to move the venue of their September 5th World Cup qualifier against arch-rivals Brazil away from the River Plate stadium in Buenos Aires to the more compact Rosario Central stadium in Argentina's second city.
"I am not speaking bout quitting, I am speaking about a chat with Grondona about what I don't like. If all goes well I will stay, if not we will see." Speaking to media in Ezeiza training grounds on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Maradona complained about media treatment of his statements and said it would be much easier to leave the job and observe everything from his home "smoking a cigar".
He described Messi as "his ace that will always play" and said he was not interested in criticism of Messi's poor performance in comparison with his performance at Spanish league giant Barcelona.
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