Maradona should be calm, says Bilardo

Carlos Bilardo, General Manager of the Argentinian national team, says that coach Diego Maradona has a reason to be calm ahead of next June’s World Cup group phase.

Argentina has little reason to complain, having drawn into Group B with Nigeria, Korea Republic and Greece.

“I always say it, we have to respect every rival. There are no easy opponents at the World Cup. But what we do know is that we already know the three teams we will play against,” Bilardo said.

Bilardo added that the locations at which the matches are played, favor Argentina’s accomodation plans. The ‘Albiceleste’ are set to stay in South Africa’s capital city Pretoria, not far from Johannesburg where the team play their first two games.

“It will be good to finish the matches and be at home to rest just a few hours later.”

Maradona himself did not assist Friday’s draw as he is banned following his insults in a post-match press conference last month.