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BUENOS AIRES - ARGENTINA boss Diego Maradona said on Monday he was revitalised and raring to go following the birth last week of his first grandchild Benjamin to daughter Giannina and Atletico Madrid star Sergio Aguero.
'Becoming a grandfather has revitalized me,' Maradona told a Buenos Aires press conference shorly after arriving back from Madrid, where he spent several days with the couple and the new arrival, born on Thursday in the Spanish capital.
'I thought that saying 'I'm a grandad' would make me old but when I saw 'Benja' a big youthful wave swept over me and gave me a beautiful new sensation, the desire to keep on living,' said Maradona, 48, who has to date won friendlies in Scotland and France since taking over the national side.
'I'm going to be able to play with 'Benja', and run around' with him, said Maradona, who revealed that he was not present for the birth itself but that his former wife Claudia Villafane, Giannina's mother, was, along with Aguero.
Asked who the newborn took after he quipped: 'Benja is 60 per cent Maradona and 40 per cent Aguero.'-- AFP
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