The illuminated tower in the middle of the darkness. On a screen specially placed for the occasion, the photo of César Luis Menotti With the World Cup it shines in the heart of the Ezeiza property, the home of the National Team that was inaugurated in 1990, but which had a great projection at the end of the eighties, with Argentina world champion and led by Flaco.
The AFAwho not only communicated the news of the death of the former coach but also paid him a series of tributes, chose to reflect the feeling of grief that weighs on all of Argentine football through an image with black crepe and the legend: “ César Luis Menotti 1938-2024”.
The sports complex that has 48 hectares was named Julio Humberto Grondona and later, by order of Claudio Tapia, Lionel Andrés Messi. Menotti was named director of national teams and was a regular attendee before falling ill. What’s more, that was where he introduced Lionel Scaloni as coach, a suggestion that the president took when he still had doubts about the Santa Fe native born in Pujato. Time, and the World Cup, proved Flaco right.
