Diego Maradona has released the so anticipated 30-man World Cup list.

This week was full of problems for Diego and his players. Alfito Basile, the son of former Argentine National team head coach Alfio Basile made a very strong accusation against Diego. Basile said “He called players before his appointment and said he counted with them, that is conspiracy”.

Carlos Dibos, added fuel to the fire by stating “What he says (Basile) is true, everyone knows that, during our time in la seleccion we saw very strange things”.

El Ruso Ribolzi joined the crusade against Maradona and said “Maradona does not deserve to speak about his accomplishments, he is useless as a person, he has no dignity”.

Mancuso slammed Dibos and said that when Basile was still in Boca Juniors, he received a call from Dibos with a special request “If Diego starts coaching, let him know I want to work with him, Basile is getting old and I don’t want to be left without a job”.

Enough issues, let’s get back to what we are all here for. The World Cup list:


Goalkeepers:
Sergio Romero (Az Alkmaar)
Mariano Andújar (Catania)
Diego Pozo (Colón)

Defenders:
Nicolás Burdisso (Roma)
Ariel Garcé (Colón)
Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle)
Martín Demichelis (Bayern Munich)
Gabriel Heinze (Olympique Marsella)
Juan Manuel Insaurralde (Newell's)
Nicolás Otamendi (Vélez)
Clemente Rodríguez (Estudiantes)
Walter Samuel (Inter)

Midfielders:
Sebastián Blanco (Lanús)
Mario Bolatti (Fiorentina)
Jesús Dátolo (Nápoli)
Angel Di María (Benfica)
Jonás Gutiérrez (Newcastle)
Javier Macherano (Liverpool)
Juan Mercier (Argentinos Juniors)
Javier Pastore (Huracán)
Maxi Rodríguez (Liverpool)
José Sosa (Estudiantes)
Juan Sebastián Verón (Estudiantes)

Forwards:
Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid)
Ezequiel Lavezzi (Nápoli)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Diego Milito (Inter)
Martín Palermo (Boca)
Carlos Tevez (Manchester City)
Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid)

The three goalkeepers are confirmed, no changes will be made along that line.This is probably one of the most controversial areas. When Maradona tookever he said "Juan Pablo Carrizo will be my goalkeeper", After the famous 6-1 loss against Bolivia he removed Carrizo from the goal despite him having a very good match, If it would have not been for him the game would have ended with 4-5 more goals against Argentina.

Two defenders will be excluded, and most likely they will be Ariel Garce and Juan Insaurralde, one midfielder, along this line it will be hard to make a decision, will Diego opt to take a experienced player like Maxi Rodriguez, or the young talent of Javier Pastore? In the offensive line one player will also remain home,we believe that will be Ezequiel Lavezzi.

What we are sure is what the starting XI will be:
Sergio Romero; Nicolas Otamendi, Walter Samuel, Martin Demichelis, Gabriel Heinze; Jonas Gutierrez, Javier Mascherano, Juan Sebastian Veron, Angel DiMaria; Gonzalo Higuain and Lionel Messi.

Key Players that will miss the world cup:
Javier Zanetti, Esteban Cambiasso, Pablo Aymar, Juan Pablo Carrizo, Gabriel Milito, Fernando Gago, Juan Roman Riquelme, Javier Saviola, Hernan Crespo, Rodrigo Palacio, Lisandro Lopez and Marcos Angeleri.

Some words on the street:
"What is he thinking about not calling Zanetti, we have no wide backs" - Sports Admin Student U Kennedy

"Carrizo is my goalkeeper haha" - Engineering Student U Kennedy