The Argentinian Football Association has terminated the contract of the Albicelestes' coach, Sergio Batista.AFA spokesman Ernesto Cherquis Bialo announced the move in the wake of the team's disappointing campaign in the Copa America, at which they were hosts. Argentina were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Uruguay, who went on to lift the trophy with a 3-0 win over Paraguay in Buenos Aires on Sunday evening.
Cherquis Bialo told reporters: ''The national team's committee has decided to rescind the contract that attached Mr Batista with the Argentinian Football Association. 'In a very good natured, mature telephone conversation, Mr Batista and Mr Julio Grondona (the AFA president) talked and Batista left his situation in the hands of the AFA.
