ARGENTINA coach Diego Maradona took a swipe at fellow legends Pele and Michel Platini and also criticised the World Cup matchball during another no-holds-barred press conference in South Africa yesterday.

Speaking ahead of today's Group B encounter between his side and South Korea in Johannesburg, Maradona said Pele should "go back to the museum" and claimed UEFA president Platini thinks he "is better than all the rest".

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Maradona also suggestS ed both former superstars should go and try out the much-maligned adidas Jabulani matchball for themselves to see if it is good or bad.

Pele was quoted as claiming Maradona had only taken on his post because he needed work and the money, which prompted the Argentinian's retort that he should "go back to the museum".

Maradona also hit back at Platini over reported negative comments by the Frenchman about the 1986 World Cup winner's coaching ability, saying: "Platini? I'm not surprised, I've always had a very distant relationship with him, it's always just hello and goodbye, nothing more than that.

"We all know how the French are, and Platini is French, and he believes he is better than rest."

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The Jabulani matchball also fell within Maradona's cross-hairs, following a question about the lack of goals in the World Cup and whether he thought the opening matches had lacked excitement.

"I'm having a wonderful time to tell the truth, to me a World Cup is something that's quite amazing. I'm not worried by the fact there aren't many goals, I'm sure there will be goals, I'm sure the players will see to that," he said.

"Of course, in the first matches you are more careful, perhaps more careful than you should be.

"And, of course, there's the ball.

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I don't want to go into the ball again because everyone is talking about it, but it is important and it does play a part. I would ask Pele and Platini to go out there and play with the ball and take a closer look at it, to see if it's a good one or bad one, and to stop talking rubbish about me."

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