For one of our players to get hurt would be catastrophic.With key back to back qualifying matches against Brazil and Paraguay in September, it is no surprise that Diego Maradona is apprehensive about his teams friendly match with Ru sia on Wednesday. Normally, you find international managers appreciate the oddly timed friendlies as it gives themthe chance to prepare and experiment with their team selection. However, in this case, Maradona has unsurprisingly questioned the logical thinking of staging a po sibly
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Allen Robinson Jersey to deciding whether or not Argentina will be present at the 2010 World Cup.The Argentina coach has already had the unwanted news that solid centre back Martin Demichellis is out for six weeks with a torn ligament meaning he will mi s the two qualifiers in early September. Add this to injury doubts over midfield rockFernando Gago and precautionary withdrawels from Juan Sebastien Veron and Carlos Tevez and you can see whythe under fire bo sis concerned.Tevez - Released by Maradona at the request of Man City bo s Mark HughesDespite injury worries, Maradonas squad selection has once again come under scrutiny for the failure to
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