PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Is Diego Maradona a worried man?
The Argentine coach is highly superstitious — and has just found out that one of his routines before a match is no longer possible in South Africa.
No matter how far away the matches have been, he’s insisted on holding day-before news conferences at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria.
But the stadium closed for the World Cup after Tuesday’s match between Paraguay and Japan.
Maradona asked FIFA officials whether the could still hold his news conference at the press center outside the stadium, but was told no. It will now be in Cape Town on the eve of the Germany match.
