The former technical director of the Argentine National Team César Luis Menotti He was unveiled today at the AFA grounds in the Ezeiza Buenos Aires game, where various sports personalities, especially soccer, came to say their last goodbye to “Flaco.”
The remains of the first world champion coach with the national team, who died on Sunday at the age of 85, were said goodbye from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. this Tuesday.
Menotti, who came from Rosario Central, died last Sunday and the news of his departure shocked the football environment around the world, since he was considered one of the main coaches in the history of the sport.
“Flaco” was the coach of the Argentine National Team that won the 1978 World Cup and the 1979 U-20 World Cup in Japan.
Furthermore, he had previously shown signs of his class from the bench at the head of the legendary Huracán of 1973.
Walter Samuel, Jorge Burruchaga, Ubaldo Matildo Fillol, Daniel Pasarella, Daniel Bertoni, Gustavo Barros Schelotto, Héctor Enrique, Alberto Tarantini and Alberto Márcico were some of the former footballers who were in Ezeiza saying goodbye to the Rosario player.
The president of the AFA, Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia and other leaders of the entity, as well as coach José Pekerman, were also present.
“That they are here to say goodbye to my old man, I am going to say the same two things that I said inside. If I had to thank everyone who shared his life with him, the 85 years he lived would not be enough for me.” were the words of the son of the former coach, César Mario Menotti.
And he added about how he would define his father: “Is it possible to define that about one’s father? I just wanted to thank everything and above all for the recognition that everyone has built.”
Scaloni was at AFA saying goodbye to Menotti
The coach of the National Team, Lionel Scaloni, arrived this Tuesday morning in Argentine territory along with Samuel, Pablo Aimar and Roberto Ayala, his assistants, to attend Menotti’s wake.
Scaloni was scheduled to be in Argentina in the coming days, but given the death of “Flaco”, the native of Pujato decided to advance his trip to say his last goodbye.
Menotti was key in the coach’s cycle in charge of the team, since he was the one who chose him to occupy the position and gave him his support when his work was questioned at the beginning.
The president of Huracán, David Garzón, was present at the AFA grounds to say goodbye to the historic coach and assured that his death is “a sadness for all the Quemero people and for all Argentine football.”
“A great man left us, but as Ángel Cappa said, the greats never die and will always continue to be with us. It is pure Huracán, it is identity,” he added in dialogue with TyC Sports.
Regarding a possible tribute, the president did not anticipate anything: “There are things planned. We have many things to do, we want to be in accordance with how great Flaco was in Huracán. We have a suspension of the entry of flags due to some flares. We are talking to the security people so that there is an exception on the weekend to be able to do something really big.
“Menotti means a lot to the history of Huracán. When you think of Flaco, all you have to say is thank you. What he gave us, the legacy he left us, the philosophy. It is pure Huracán, it is identity. The entire ‘quemero’ people “It’s very sad,” he said.
Source: Ambito
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