Scotland would have hoped for a better World Cup draw but are stuck with the one they got.
The suspension, which finishes on 15 January, meant Maradona was unable to attend the World Cup draw last December.
It was almost inevitable that Sunday's World Cup draw would throw the two nations together again, giving McClaren's successor an immediate opportunity for revenge.
As should Wales beat Australia, Gatland's men could make the top four seeds for Monday's World Cup draw if they win by over 15 points.
Johnson was promoting Sport Relief 2004, the BBC and Comic Relief charity for which he is an ambassador, in the wake of Wednesday's World Cup draw in Dublin.
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Scotland still have a slim chance of retaining their second seed status for next month's World Cup draw but would need a handsome victory and Argentina to win by a healthy margin in Ireland.
The five winners will join 43 other countries in the first group phase, where the teams will be divided into 12 groups of four teams each at the World Cup draw in Durban on 25 November.
Having won their last two matches 3-0, confidence had been growing in the Scotland camp but the rankings slip likely to follow from this defeat may impact on which pot Craig Levein's men go into in the upcoming World Cup qualifying draw.
The former England captain Martin Johnson also spokes about England's 2007 World Cup pairing with South Africa, saying it was as tough a draw as the World Cup holders could have faced.
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Paraguay secured their place in the second round of the World Cup after an uneventful draw against New Zealand ensured they finished top of Group F.
Both teams knew victory would ensure outright qualification for the World Cup finals - a draw being enough for the visitors - but defeat would leave them hoping for at best a play-off and possibly facing an exit from the competition.
Recognising he had a fairly limited group of players at his disposal, with the exception of a handful of talented names such as Robbie Keane, Damien Duff and Shay Given, Trapattoni executed a well-organised game-plan that would see the Irish progress as the only unbeaten team in the World Cup play-off draw.
Italy sealed their place at the 2010 World Cup with a 2-2 draw against Ireland on Saturday, despite Cannavaro's absence through suspension.
The draw for the World Cup, which begins 20 September, threw Ghana in the same group as Australia, Sweden and the 1999 runners-up, China.
The qualifying draw for the 2010 World Cup will take place in Durban on Sunday.
Another prestige friendly saw World Cup title holders Italy and the Netherlands draw 0-0 in Pescara in a game of few chances.
Argentina's 22-14 win in Italy has lifted the Pumas above Martin Johnson's side into fourth ahead of the draw for the 2011 World Cup on 1 December.
The final opportunity fell to Italy as Argentine-born Camoranesi forced another decent stop from Paston - but destiny was on New Zealand's side and, on the balance of chances if not ther amount of possession, they fully deserved to take their World Cup points tally to two following their opening draw with Slovakia.
Third-placed Slovakia's hopes of a second successive World Cup appearance were dented by a 1-1 draw with Lithuania.
While at the World Cup, our teams could only manage a score draw.
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They wore it twice in 1962, in a 4-0 friendly win over Peru and a goalless draw with Bulgaria during the 1962 World Cup finals in Chile.
Daei has featured in Iran's most memorable matches - notably helping the country qualify for the 1998 World Cup on away goals after a 2-2 draw in a play-off against Australia.
Kuwait went into the match in Seoul needing a win to leapfrog Lebanon, while a draw would have been enough for 2002 World Cup semifinalists Korea.
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On December 5th Michael Schumacher, six times champion of Formula One motor racing, and other glitterati are due to make the draw for qualifying tournaments for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
The players failed to find their club form as England were held to a 1-1 draw by the United States in their World Cup group opener on 11 June ahead of a dour scoreless stalemate with Algeria on 18 June.
The draw for allocating the pools for the next World Cup will take place in London on 1 December.
France and Uruguay contested a truly awful goalless draw in the second match of the 2010 World Cup at the Cape Town Stadium.
Goalkeeper Robert Green suffered a World Cup nightmare as England were forced to settle for a disappointing draw in the opening game of their campaign against the United States.
Blatter remains undeterred and before Sunday's draw for the preliminary round of the 2010 World Cup finals, said Fifa must "convince the purists in the application of European law".
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