Maradona hits out at Pele and Michel Platini

Argentina coach Maradona, whose relationship with three-time Brazilian World Cup winner Pele has always been soured by verbal jibes between the two men, urged Pele to "go back to the museum" in a lively press conference in Pretoria prior to Thursday’s Group B clash with South Korea.
Pele had labelled Maradona’s appointment as Argentina coach as a mistake and suggested he had only taken the job to solve money problems. And with Uefa president Platini, who played in three World Cups for France, also questioning Maradona’s coaching credentials, the man now infamous for his ‘Hand of God’ goal against England in 1986 reacted in explosive fashion

Maradona said: "I'm not surprised (by Pele’s comments). Pele should go back to the museum.
"And as for Platini, I'm not surprised because I always had a distant relationship with him, we would just say hi and goodbye.
"But we know what the French are like and Platini is French, he believes he's better than the rest of us."
And when asked for his opinion on the controversial Jabulani ball being used at this World Cup, Maradona dismissively suggested that matter could be solved by Platini and Pele.
He said: "The ball is an issue, although I don't want to go into that because everyone is talking about it.
"But it's important. It does play a part and I'd ask Pele and Platini to go and play with it and take a look at the ball and stop talking about me."
Argentina can secure a place in the knock-out stages with a victory against the South Koreans tomorrow.
The two countries met in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, with Maradona claiming that Koreans played ‘taekwondo rather than football’ during a 3-1 win for the Argentines.
And with Cristiano Ronaldo complaining of a lack of protection from referees during Portugal’s 0-0 draw with Ivory Coast on Monday, Maradona has warned the Koreans not to get physical with his star player, Lionel Messi.
Maradona said: "The referees have a lot to answer for if you want to see a match where the stars won't be hampered.
"If Korea do something to Messi or (Carlos) Tevez they'll have to get a yellow card and the second time they'll be off.
"We came here to see wonderful football and those who don't want to see that can go home.
"We're here to see the likes of Messi and Kaka and that's great. We don't want the spectacle to be affected.
"Referees have to be strict, they have to pull out the yellow card. We've got to be careful with this.
"We don't want it to be too rough, you don't want to risk your life. You have to play a fair match because we don't want to break any legs."