GREGORY LEON
“With deep pain, the Argentine Football Association regrets to report with great sadness the death of César Luis Menotticurrent Director of National Teams and former World Champion coach from Argentina. Goodbye, Flaco dear!” Through X, the AFA announced to the world the death of one of the legends of the benches. She made Argentina champion in its World Cup, in 1978, with that mythical final played against Holland, the final of the paperillos and a Mario Alberto Kempes in a state of grace. And that gave him the opportunity to cross the pond and coach two Spanish teams. He first arrived at Barcelona, in the 83/84 season, where he coincided with Maradona. And a few years later, in 1987, he took over the Atlético de Madrid. His last experience was at Tecos in Mexico, in 2007.
Menotti was 85 years old and died due to severe anemia, which is why he was admitted to a private hospital in Buenos Aires on March 30.
His best phrases
“The goal is a pass to the net”
“Football is a cultural fact”
“You can stop running, the only thing you can’t do is stop thinking”
“From a talented footballer, by working, you can make an athlete; “You can only make a better athlete out of an athlete.”
“Your obligation is not to be world champion, your obligation is to know what the idea is”
“You can lose a game, but what you cannot lose is the dignity of playing football well”
“Football is so generous that it prevented Bilardo from dedicating himself to medicine”
“The Italians don’t defend well, it’s that they defend with many”
“The AFA is Grondona, Gaby, Fofó and Miliki”
