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Sabella is new Argentine coach

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BUENOS AIRES: Argentina on Thursday appointed Alejandro Sabella as national team coach to replace sacked Sergio Batista, the federation’s general secretary Jose Luis Meiszner announced.

“The decision has been taken. Sabella is the choice,” Meiszner told official news agency Telam.

Argentina’s Copa America quarterfinal exit to Uruguay earlier this month cost Batista his job even though he had only replaced Diego Maradona just eight months earlier.

Batista was vilified in the press for not seeming to know his best team — he chopped and changed after a poor start before Carlos Tevez, whom he dropped after two games, returned to miss the decisive spot kick against Uruguay.

As a player, Sabella had brief stints with Sheffield United and Leeds. Before coming into the frame as Batista’s successor he had been in line to take charge of Al Jazira in the United Arab Emirates.

Sabella, who is 56 and who began his playing career with River Plate in his home city of Buenos Aires, won the Copa Libertadores with Estudiantes two years ago. That success was instrumental in pushing him to the front of the queue to replace Batista. (Agencies)

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