体坛英语新闻：I have enough experience, says Maradona

BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Diego Maradona, who will be named to coach the Argentine soccer team, said he has enough experience to steer a team.

    "They say I do not have experience. I tell them I have been all my life at the Argentine soccer national team and Carlos (Bilardo)behind me supporting. More experience can not be asked," said Maradona, one of the game's greatest players, and also one of its most troubled and volatile.

    Moradona captained his country to World Cup victory in 1986 butwas kicked out of the finals in 1994 after failing a doping test. After retirement, he has had only two short coaching stints in themid-1990s totalling 23 games.

Former Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona attends a news conference in Tbilisi in this October 23, 2008 file photo. Maradona is to be the new coach of the Argentine national side, television and media reports said October 28, 2008. The news came as Maradona, who has had only two brief stints as a coach, was meeting Argentina Football Association (AFA) president Julio Grondona in Buenos Aires

    "So it makes me laugh when they say I'm inexperienced," added Maradona, who since retiring has fought off drug addiction, alcohol-related liver disease and obesity.