Argentina's World Cup-winning captain Daniel Passarella will stand trial for alleged fraud during his time as club president of River Plate between 2009 and 2013.
An Argentine court on Wednesday rejected a request by the 65-year-old Passarella to block the trial.
The accusations against Passarella were brought by River Plate's sitting president Rodolfo D'Onofrio, who claims an audit of the Buenos Aires club's accounts showed bad investments of about $148,000.
Passarella, widely considered one of the best defenders in the history of the game, was the captain of Argentina's 1978 World Cup-winning team.
He was also in the squad when Argentina won the 1986 tournament but couldn't play because of an injury.
Passarella faces up to six years in jail if he is found guilty.
aryan-tyagi
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Go watch Diego in 1990 WC .
he lost 1990
muwdkmprt
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Leave the man alone
zubaklpy
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best defender for Argentina.
sozadimprs
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argentina try to criticised the goat for all the good thing he is doing they don't see it
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I like that
shascan009
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was he in the hand of god squad?
fiycdopuyz
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let all those good days come back when we had players like this and Diego in Argentina
fiycdopuyz
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these are players who deserve great legacy in Argentina .
fiycdopuyz
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argentina try to criticised the goat for all the good thing he is doing they don't see it
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Go watch Diego in 1990 WC .
danny7_ida
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Maradona's boys
danny7_ida
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Maradona's gang
scofeeld
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argentina try to criticised the goat for all the good thing he is doing they don't see it
Azizmayor
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Some place are rotten in argentina