Word: momentous
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...Argentina may have long been the unquestioned top dogs of Latin American soccer along with Brazil, but it took a final-minute goal against lowly Uruguay last week to scrape through the qualifying tournament for next year's World Cup in South Africa. It was a moment of desperate relief after months of abysmal performances that had all of Argentina anxious that their team might miss its first World Cup since 1970, a devastating blow for national pride that not even the country's deep love for Maradona could have survived...
...adoration they feel for him could easily have turned to hate at any moment," says Lanata...
...Maradona's behavior as coach was widely perceived as erratic: He took off unannounced for a surprise visit to a weight-loss clinic in Italy between two matches, for example, and the fact that he used more than 70 different players in his squad over 13 matches (at a moment when most of his rivals in other countries are close to settling on the final 23 players they'll take to South Africa) had fans miffed and the press questioning his judgment in a manner unthinkable during his heyday...