ARGENTINA want to use tonight's friendly clash with Ireland to get over their bitterly disappointing World Cup exit to Germany.
Hopes of a third World Cup triumph - the first in 24 Replica Bell & Ross Swiss BR 02 Watches years - were high after Diego Maradona had guided 'La Albiceleste' - the White and Sky blue - into the quarter-finals.
However Argentina were systematically dismantled by a superior Germany and, in the aftermath, Maradona lost his job in a row over backroom staff.
Underage supremo Sergio Batista, below, has been installed in a caretaker capacity for tonight"s game, and the friendly against Spain in Buenos Aires on September 7, before AFA officials decide his future in meetings that could last between October and December.
That's because there are five contenders for the post on a fulltime basis - including Maradona, whose shadow continues to loom large.
Out of work Carlos Bianchi has turned the post down three times and is the people's favourite.
replica Loewe HandbagsBut Claudio Borghi - who inherited Maradona"s no 10 shirt at Boca Juniors - is also strongly favoured because of his attacking approach as Boca's current boss.
"It's not for me to decide," said Batista, who was speaking at Argentina's Carton House base.
"I'm not the person who will decide any aspect of Maradona's future."
However the duo were team-mates in the 1986 World Cup winning side, while his assistant Jose Luis Brown scored the first goal in that World Cup final against Germany.
Batista added: "I'm here to talk about my role.
" I 'd prefer to be judged on not one game but on a long-term project, maybe to 2014, and also to be judged on what I have done up to now - not on the game against Ireland alone."
'El Checho' believes that this game is an important step for Argentina as they seek to move on from their downfall at South Africa.
Kevin Doyle pointed out this week that the visitors will want to vent their frustration against Ireland. "He"s absolutely spot on with that observation," said Batista. "We have spoken about it privately, that we want to get that game out of our system against Germany.
"The players are still smarting from that elimination, it really hurt.
"But you"re not a replica Balenciaga Handbags real footballer if something like that doesn't still hurt you after a few months.
"We had played some great football to that point. We will look to put on a real show and I"m sure both teams will.
"I think the fans will be in for a treat, because we want to put that result out of our system."
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