The condition of the former player and coach of Argentina César Luis Menotti, who died on Sunday at the age of 85this Tuesday brought together many names from this country’s football in the property that is the Argentine Football Association (AFA) there is in Ezeiza (province of Buenos Aires).
The figure of ‘Flaco’ as a player and as a coach changed the history of baseball in Argentina, since 1978 he raised the Albiceleste to the altars of international football by winning the World Cup for the first time in its history.
Some members of that historic team, like former players Daniel Passarellacaptain of that unforgettable team, or the legendary goalkeeper of teams like River Plate or Atlético de Madrid Ubaldo Matildo Fillol, They are there.
Another football figure who wants to pay tribute to the former coach of Huracán, Boca or Independiente is the former coach. Joseph Pekerman, champion of three U-20 World Cups with Argentina. “A great player in the history of our football has left. A glory,” he said.
Raúl ‘Lalo’ Maradona, brother of Argentine star Diego Armando Maradona -who died in 2020-, appeared at the wake and declared that “these are days of great sadness”, because the ’10’ and the whole family “loved César very much.”
The football world mourns after the death of the legendary coach, who was not only the first world champion coach in the Albiceleste, but also the architect of the team that built ‘Scaloneta’, the national team champion in Qatar in 2022.
In his role as general director of the National Teams, ‘Flaco’ endorsed the arrival of Lionel Scaloni, with no experience leading big teams, on the bench of Argentina’s senior team and ended up winning three titles in just a year and a half: the Copa América 2021, the Finalísima 2022 and the World Cup.
Exactly, the coach arrived this Tuesday, as well as his assistant on the coaching staff of the national team, who is also a former soccer player. Walter Samuel to pay respect to the family of Menotti.
Source: La Verdad
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