Maradona wins his first match as Argentina's head coach

Diego Maradona, I guess most people at least know his name, and he, along Pele, are the best soccer players the sport has seeing. Now that his adventures as a player are gone, the natural evolution of his brilliance had to be teaching others to play.

That is why the national soccer team of Argentina has given him the chance to be their head coach, and luckily for him, his first official game as coach turn into a victory.

Argentina beat Scotland on a friendly match on Wednesday at the Stadium where Maradona scored his first international goal back in 1979 on a 3-1 victory.

Maxi Rodriguez gave his country a 1-0 at Hampden Park, but for what was witnessed at the football field, Argentina is far away from being the team where Maradona used to play.

More than a former player turned to coach, Maradona is a symbol, it is the above-standard player most want to become, and that’s the main reason why he was hired, to put some pressure on Argentina’s most talented players and turn the team into one that is able to win a World Cup.

The team presented at Glasgow didn’t have either Lionel Messi or Juan Roman Riquelme as they were being rested.

Motivation is Maradona’s main weapon to coach his national team, and players like Javier Mascherano are aware of the fact that to have the best player his country has seeing coaching the team has brought more compromise and responsibilities to the group.

Currently Argentina is fourth on the South American qualification for the World Cup and Maradona knows that he has a very competitive group that can surely do more and qualify first.

Overall, a great moment for Argentina’s soccer.