The Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Julio Grondona justified on Thursday the sharp words Argentina coach Diego Maradona, and said that people "must understand" his anger. During the celebration for booking a trip to the 2010 World Cup, Maradona criticized Argentine media which had questioned his abilities as national team coach.

The soccer great said after his team won 1-0 over Uruguay in the South America zone qualifying on Wednesday, "This is for those who did not believe in me and treated me as garbage."

"It happens to everybody. It happens in life. It even happens when you are driving your car. Life is like this," Grondona said during an interview with local radio Radio 10.