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Argentina coach Martino hits out at Barcelona media

Argentina coach Tata Martino admits his year with Barcelona left him feeling shattered.

The constant media focus was something Martino failed to adjust to, by his own admission.

He said: "Seeing the repercussions from the day-to-day.

"And many things where I found myself asking: 'And when did that happen that I didn't see it?' Constant news stories about things that happened, and things that didn't... I never like to give excuses and so of course I didn't when I was there, but I found it hard to live with that.

"There was the other side of the day-to-day, which was being with the players and I enjoyed that, they were fantastic kids who I could to about football; they were all very well-known but unassuming. That made things easier, but it was a year that took a lot out of me."

Martino also took aim at the local media.

"I was too much of an unknown quantity when I arrived. I was surprised by the level of unfamiliarity about me. The man in the supermarket may not know about you, but the people who work in the sport should."

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