Diego Armando Maradona is the best player to ever step foot on a soccer field. Whatever others may say, there was not one individual who did what he did both on Argentina's national team, and on the teams he played for.

Dunga, on the other hand, was a bland player, a negative player, who, some say was the teacher's (or in this case, the coach's) pet, and for this he got to be apart of Brazil's national team, and even became the captain.

But while with Dunga as a coach, you can see the thought process behind the line-up,  behind the dynamics of the game, Maradona is like a little kid, who only wants all of his favorite players to play together, no matter what, even if it means there is no defense and the offense is as disorganized as a game in the barrio.

Diego should go home, and let others do the job. He was a great player, but among the things that he is not, is a coach.

What about Bianchi (He looks like Larry David's long lost twin brother...?)

Over the weekend we've learned that Michael Zandberg signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv. Zandberg, who is a refugee of the "Great" Beitar Jerusalem collapsing empire, did not wait to see if former gazillioner Arkadi Gaydamak will pour money into Beitar, and decided to leave. I think that Zandberg is a talented player, who can contribute to Hapoel, but he is also not a leader, and often more concentrated in the party scene, and the Pop Culture colunms then in his career.

Time will tell, but meanwhile, we'll just say: Welcome to Hapoel, Michael Zandberg, good luck!

After last week's loss to Costa Rica, and assuming that Mexico will somehow get back on it's feet, it is not a given that the U.S. national team will be a part of South Africa 2010. It's true, the U.S. is still in great shape to make it to the world cup, but after Costa Rica's stunning 3-1 win in San Jose, we saw many weaknesses that any other national team in the group can take advantage of. Saturday's game Vs. Honduras, and of course Vs. Mexico in December, will determine if in the summer of 2010 we will calculate our every move away from the screen (Or if you have the dough you will be running between stadiums in SA,) or we'll have to stick to the daily dose of pop culture.

Cheers!

Gili Vermut, is back in Hapoel Tel Aviv, after spending one season in Belgium.

According to Israeli sports websites, Vermut took a significant pay cut to re-sign 

with the Reds. Gil Vermut played last year for Gent, but did not get many minutes.

Yes, Brazil got to the finales, but in the Dunga way, the ugly way. Argentina has a good chance tomorrow, Vs. Mexico. The three J's: Juan Riquelme, Javier Zanetti, and Juan Veron are the skelaton and Messi, Tevez, and the rest provide the fine tuning to this surprising team. There is a different spirit then the one of the last Mundial, lets hope Argentina can bring glory days back. Vamos Argentina, Vamos a ganar!!!

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