Argentina: Diego Simeone

The website which included Diego Simeone in an England ‘Nightmare XI’ ﷓ accusing him of ‘‘cheating England out of a major tournament’’ ﷓ might just have been exaggerating a touch.

Argentina: Diego Simeone
Fri, 24 May, 2002 - 13:57

The website which included Diego Simeone in an England ‘Nightmare XI’, accusing him of ‘‘cheating England out of a major tournament’’, might just have been exaggerating a touch.

For one thing, the meeting between England and Argentina in France ’98 was only in the second round, with no guarantee that either side would go on to win the World Cup.

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