Argentina shattered as Maradona mulls future

CAPE TOWN — Argentina head home on Sunday with their World Cup dream in tatters and coach Diego Maradona lamenting the toughest day of his life as he considers whether to quit.

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There were candlelit vigils not just outside the hospital in Buenos Aires but around the world. After spending 12 days in critical care with heart and lung problems, Diego Armando Maradona was lying among the patients in a psychiatric ward while his family argued about further treatment. "They were all crazy in there," he later recalled. "One guy said he was Napoleon and they didn't believe him. I said I was Maradona and they didn't believe me, either."

Argentina must play for their lives to beat Germany: Maradona

Argentina's stars must play for their very lives in Saturday's quarter-final with Germany to bring joy to fans at home desperate for World Cup success, charismatic coach Diego Maradona said Friday.

The footballing legend cut his usual jovial figure, exchanging banter with journalists, until asked what Saturday's quarter-final in Cape Town's Green Point stadium means to his countrymen. Then he turned deadly serious.

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Argentina and Germany set off for the World Cup with huge doubts about their prospects but they meet in Saturday's quarterfinal in hot form with a great chance for the winners to go all the way to the final.

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Maradona's side maintained their 100 per cent record with a 2-0 win over Greece to ensure they meet Mexico in the second round.