Maradona mocks German ahead of semi
Written on Thursday, 01 July 2010 00:00
Diego Maradona has raised the temperature before their quarter-final with Germany by ridiculing Bastian Schweinsteiger's comments about "provocative" Argentina. Another raised temperature belongs to Lionel Messi, whose head cold forced him to miss training here at the High Performance Centre on Thursday, although it will not preclude his involvement in Cape Town. During an interview with Fox Sports, Maradona stared into the camera, putting on a mock German accent and declared: "What's the matter Schweinsteiger? Are you nervous?" Oliver Bierhoff, the general manager of the German team, retorted: "Bastian never gets nervous."
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