Javier Milei This Sunday he posted a heartfelt message for the death of technical director César Luis Menotti.
“RIP. deep pain for the departure of the leader of a group that has given him a of the greatest joys to the country,” the President wrote in his X account.
Then he made a clarification of a football nature. “Yes ok I join another school, “It would be foolish to deny the contribution of César Luis Menotti,” clarified Milei, a well-known billard player.
“Goodbye Flaco…”, the President concluded, with a photo of the world champion with the 78 world cup.
The President’s message was given despite the political differences that he had with the coach of the Argentine National Team in the 1978 World Cup, who had publicly criticized him.
“I have been terribly surprised for quite some time because I am living in a Argentina that is becoming deculturalized in a way that anyone can be president,” Menotti had expressed in the prior to the runoff presidential of 2023.
And he added, regarding the two candidates for the second round (Milei and Sergio Massa): “Never in my life have I found this participation of characters that no one knows where they come from or who they are, and who “They speak with authority and rudeness.”
And it went further. “For me it’s a horror and a cultural disrespect for politics,” Menotti summarized about Milei, which sparked a response from the then candidate.
Milei’s response was immediate: “I already won! Bilardista to the core like any good person. Thank you very much, radish. VLLC.”
At that time the President used the word radish to name Menotti, the same historical qualification used by Carlos Salvador Bilardo for Flaco.
Menotti also criticized the landing of the Sports Joint Stock Companies (SAD) promoted by the Milei Government.
“A football club is a cultural fact that in Argentina it was manufactured through the corners of the neighborhoods, it is not that great economic powers came and said: ‘Let’s create clubs.’ The club is created by the neighborhood, the neighbors and the dreams of the new generations who continue to defend them,” he explained.
El Flaco remarked that he felt “sadness” every time I saw that a company took over to manage a club. “I feel a lack of recognition with many people who sustained that passion that baseball awakens in every corner of Argentina.”
Javier Milei and Carlos Bilardo’s birthday
In the style dispute between Bilardo and Menotti, the President clearly marked his choice for the emblem of Estudiantes de La Plata, champion with Argentina in 1986.
“Thank you very much for so many joys and especially for “the teachings for life”Milei posted at the time she greeted the Doctor for his last birthday.
At another time, when he also publicly expressed his preference for the Nose, Milei said: “I am a full Bilardista. I adhere to Vilas’ ideas, gain It is not the most important: it’s the only thing that matters (always respecting the rules).”
