The glory days of Hungarian football are long gone, however, with the team having failed to qualify for a European championship since 1972 or a World Cup since 1986.
"I see myself coaching in the World Cup, " said Maradona, who helped Argentina win the 1986 World Cup finish as runner-up to Germany in 1990.
Batista played alongside Maradona at the 1986 World Cup, which was won by an Argentina team managed by Bilardo.
If you look at Diego Maradona's handball against England in the 1986 World Cup, that was not an instinctive movement.
Mexico City, where the 1970 and 1986 World Cup Final was played, just beats the Fifa limit, having an altitude of 2, 240m (7349ft).
The 43-year old coach was a member of Argentina's 1986 World Cup winning squad and scored in Argentina's 1-0 win over Uruguay at that tournament.
Famously, Diego Maradona claimed it was the 'hand of God' that intervened in the 1986 World Cup when he scored a dubious goal against England.
His father, Cha Bum-Kun, is arguably Korea's greatest player, with 121 caps and captaining the side at the 1986 World Cup, before coaching them at France '98.
"Drogba is a very good soccer player, his outstanding skills and amazing experience will give us motivation to improve our games, " said Argentina's 1986 World Cup winner.
South Korea coach Huh Jung-Moo, who played against Maradona at the 1986 World Cup, saw his team struggle to live with Argentina's quick tempo and the quality of their pass-and-move football.
As a player, Maradona produced a series of stellar displays to guide Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup and then helped them reach the final, which they lost to Germany, four years later.
No particular shame is felt, for example, over the famous goal Mr Maradona scored with his hand, unseen by the referee, to put England out of the 1986 World Cup which Argentina went on to win.
The military leader at the time, Mohammed Buhari promised them national honours, houses, streets named after each member, stock at the central bank, educational scholarships, visits to all the states of the federation and the Mexico 1986 World Cup.
But there was nothing Valdez could do to prevent the prolific Villa from equalling Emilio Butragueno's Spanish record of five goals at a World Cup finals, which was set in 1986.
While Maradona remained a lively source of fascination on the touchlines, his heir apparent, and the man predicted by many to stamp his authority on this World Cup as his iconic coach did in Mexico in 1986, Barcelona's Fifa World Player of the Year Messi, was a magnetic focal point on the pitch.
He was part of England's 1986-87 Ashes-winning side and played in the 1987 and 1992 World Cup finals while he took 140 wickets at 33.57 for England in 44 Tests.
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