Diego Maradona said he had rarely seen Brazil play as negatively as they did in their Olympic Games semi-final defeat to Argentina.

　　“It’s a long time since I’ve seen Brazil so stingy and defensive,” the former Argentina captain was quoted in his country’s media as saying.

　　“I didn’t think they could do any damage. They never managed to play their way out of defence, nobody helped Ronaldinho and they never played coherently. I think Argentina were better in every metre of the field.”

　　Maradona watched Tuesday’s 3-0 win at the Workers’ stadium. He has also been to see Argentina’s men’s basketball and women’s hockey teams in action in Beijing.