Main Argentines press said on Sunday that Diego Maradona had a successful start as coach of the Argentine soccer national team, which won 4-0 against Venezuela in the 11th date of the South American qualifiers for the World Cup South Africa 2010, Xinhua reported.
"The passion returns: 4-0 to Venezuela," local daily Calrain published on Sunday hailed Lionel Messi "great performance", adding that "the national team went from lower to higher in the official debut of Maradona as coach."
La Nacion daily said that "Maradona's team, with Messi's hand" and added that "Argentina make its way with attack power."
"With Messi as flag attach, the team was convincing and excited the people, beyond some of the lacking when making the game."
Sports daily "Ole" headlined "Showgoal" and said that "Diego excited everybody again," "he made history in his official debut," "he exploited the Monumental as he requested and recovered the love between the national team and the audience."
According to local daily Critica Argentine "The national team played excelent," Cronica said "The field expolited of joyful" and Diario Popular said "Begining of 10!".
The goals were scored by Messi, Carlos Tevez, Maximiliano Rodriguez and Sergio "Kun" Aguero.
Argentina has 19 points, four points far from the leader, Paraguay. On Wednesday, Argentina will play against Bolivia in La Paz.