Argentina's coach Alejandro Sabella (right) speaks with Argentina's defender Pablo Zabaleta during the final match at the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro on July 13. Photo: CFP Alejandro Sabella http://www.pistonsprostore.com/kids-rick-mahorn-pistons-jersey/ , who steered Argentina to the World Cup final, has quit as national team coach with Gerardo Martino or Jose Pekerman in line to succeed him, Argentine media reported Tuesday.
If Sabella steps aside, the AFA will have to move quickly to name a successor with Argentina beginning preparations for their next major tournament, the 2015 Copa America in Chile, with a friendly against Germany in Duesseldorf on September 3.
Sabella's agent, Eugenio -Lopez http://www.pistonsprostore.com/kids-luke-kennard-pistons-jersey/ , said two days before the World Cup final that the coach was unlikely to carry on and -Sabella himself said on his return to Buenos Aires that he was unsure if he had the energy to give his best any longer.
"You have to fill the energy tank which sometimes gets empty. I have to think if I'm in condition to give 100 percent," Sabella, 59, told reporters two weeks ago.
He led Argentina to first place in the World Cup qualifiers where they scored 35 goals in 16 matches.
His side won their three group matches in Brazil, thanks mainly to four goals from -Lionel Messi, and -Argentina's progress through the knockout rounds to their first World Cup final in 24 years was marked more by sound tactics and a firm defense.
Argentina have further friendlies during a tour of Asia in October. They meet arch--rivals Brazil in China and also play against Hong Kong.
Martino and Pekerman have both worked with Messi.
Martino coached him at Barcelona last season, where he also had Argentina's midfield general Javier Mascherano in the team. He has World Cup experience as Paraguay coach in South Africa in 2010.
Pekerman handed Messi his first Argentina cap in 2005 and also gave him his World Cup -finals debut in Germany the following year.
(Agencies)
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