Maradona says no place for 2nd best

GLASGOW: New Argentina coach Diego Maradona will not accept anything less than first place at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

"I don't like that at all, we're going for first," Maradona told a news conference on Tuesday when asked whether he was targeting a place among the semifinalists. "The path is to get there first, not in the top four."

Twice champions Argentina have failed to reach the semifinals at the last four tournaments.