1 “I KNOW IT’S TERRIBLE – JUST SMILE AND CLAP POLITELY”
When Argentina’s under-20 team arrived in Spain for a friendly competition, they got way more than they had bargained for.
The annual COTIF youth tournament has been held in L’Alcudia near Valencia since 1984, featuring a pleasingly random assortment of sides – the USSR and Algeria tussled with Aberdeen in 1988, a year before East Germany battled Athletic Bilbao.
This time an Argentina outfit managed by Javier Mascherano travelled to take on Uruguay, Valencia and Levante, and the locals had prepared a special surprise – Argentine FA president Claudio Tapia was presented with a bust of Diego Maradona, lovingly created by local artist Rafa
