{"id":34894,"date":"2017-05-31T06:14:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T06:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=34894"},"modified":"2017-05-31T06:14:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T06:14:05","slug":"maradona-declines-offer-to-commentate-with-pele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=34894","title":{"rendered":"Maradona declines offer to commentate with Pele"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-34893\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Maradona.jpg\" alt=\"Maradona\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Maradona.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Maradona-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Maradona-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Rio de Janeiro: Maradona has declined an offer to join his long-time rival Pele as a guest commentator for Brazil&#8217;s friendly against Argentina in Australia next week.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian Football Confederation approached the Argentine legend earlier this month after securing exclusive broadcasting rights for Brazil&#8217;s international friendlies, Xinhua reported on Tuesday citing the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>But the 56-year-old cited his commitments as the coach of United Arab Emirates outfit Al-Fujairah for his decision to turn down the proposal, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Widely regarded as the greatest footballers in history, Pele and Maradona have often traded insults amid a decades-long global debate about who was better.<\/p>\n<p>Pele scored a world record 1,279 career goals in 1,363 matches and is the only player to win three World Cups.<\/p>\n<p>Maradona is credited for almost single-handedly taking Argentina to World Cup glory in 1986 and transformed Napoli from Italian minnows into dual Serie A champions.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil will meet Argentina at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on June 9 before a clash with Australia at the same venue four days later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-34893\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Maradona.jpg\" alt=\"Maradona\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Maradona.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Maradona-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Maradona-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Rio de Janeiro: Maradona has declined an offer to join his long-time rival Pele as a guest commentator for Brazil&#8217;s friendly against Argentina in Australia next week.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian Football Confederation approached the Argentine legend earlier this month after securing exclusive broadcasting rights for Brazil&#8217;s international friendlies, Xinhua reported on Tuesday citing the Folha de S. 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