Diego Maradona talks about whether Palermo or Higuaín should come on in last night match against Greece. “Enrique, Mancuso and Maradona deliberated over whether Palermo or Higuaín should come on,” he said. “Enrique and Mancuso wanted ‘Pipita’ so I said ‘yeah? bring on Martin then.” He says he told Martin Palermo to ‘”go in and define this for me.” Said and done, the 36-year-old striker had his first-ever taste of a World Cup and scored on the 89th minute.

On his late clincher in the 2-0 win over Greece, Martin Palermo said, “I was overcome with emotion. Everybody celebrated that goal as if every one of them had scored it too. I’m really pleased with all the affection they have for me,” said Palermo of his team-mates’ enthusiastic congratulations after his crisp finish with his weaker right foot on 89 minutes.”

He also took the opportunity thank Maradona for including him in the South Africa 2010 squad. “I’ll always be eternally grateful to Diego for this opportunity. I’ve seen a lot of World Cups pass by during my career and I was never part of them. To be here and part of a squad with such magnificent players at the age of 36 is more than a dream come true.”

source: Clarin

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