Argentina coach Diego Maradona has been banned from football for two months by Fifa for his furious outburst after last month's victory over Uruguay.

阿根廷足球教练迭戈·马拉多纳因上月战胜乌拉圭后低俗的表现，被国际足联禁赛两个月。

Maradona's outburst was broadcast live on television

Maradona, under pressure in the run-up（前奏，预备） to the match, directed an expletive-laden tirade¹（长篇大论）, broadcast on live TV, at reporters and critics after the game.

The 1-0 win ensured Argentina qualified² for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

The ban will run from 15 November to 15 January 2010, which means he will miss the World Cup draw on 4 December.

He could also miss a home international friendly against the Czech Republic scheduled for 16 December at a so-far unspecified venue³, though his role as coach at the World Cup will not be affected⁴.

Maradona, who attended the three-hour disciplinary committee（纪律委员会） hearing in Zurich, was also fined £15,000.

In a statement, Fifa said they had taken into consideration the "sincere remorse（懊悔，悔恨）" shown by the Argentina head coach, who had flown from Madrid to Zurich after Argentina's 2-1 friendly loss to Spain on Saturday.

But football's governing body warned that a repetition（重复，反复） of a similar incident would result in stronger sanctions being imposed in the future.

Fifa had the authority to ban Maradona until after the World Cup quarter-finals, but the 49-year-old was deemed to have breached⁵ Article 57 relating to "offensive gestures or language" rather than Article 58, which carries a mandatory⁶（命令的，强制性的） five-match stadium ban.

Following Maradona's outburst, Fifa president Sepp Blatter said there was "no alternative" but to ask the governing body's disciplinary committee to open a case.

Maradona, who as a player helped Argentina win the 1986 World Cup, had been under pressure in the build-up to the Uruguay match.

Defeats against Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil and Paraguay had seriously undermined Argentina's attempts to qualify for South Africa.

Critics questioned Maradona's team selection, with 70 players called up for duty in 14 matches.

And his 13-month tenure⁷ has been marked by clashes with（不调和，不一致） players, coaches, journalists and directors.

Less than a week after he took over from Alfio Basile, who resigned in October 2008, there was speculation⁸（沉思，推测） Maradona would quit following the Argentina Football Association's (AFA) refusal to appoint former captain Oscar Ruggeri as assistant coach.

And influential⁹ playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme retired¹⁰ from the international scene, announcing he and the head coach did not live by "the same codes".

Maradona also upset（颠覆，使心烦意乱） 1986 World Cup-winning coach Carlos Bilardo.

It was envisaged¹¹（面对，正视） that Bilardo, the AFA's technical director of national teams, would offer support to the inexperienced coach, but Maradona instead said the veteran should "stay up in the directors' box in suit and tie".

As a player, Maradona produced a series of stellar（星的） 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.

But his time as coach has included a 6-1 defeat in Bolivia and a 3-1 home loss to Brazil.

Going into the final two qualifying matches, a poll showed that the majority of Argentina fans thought Maradona was unfit to coach the national team.

But Argentina won both games to book their ticket to South Africa.