The former Argentina coach César Luis Menottiworld champion with the 'Albiceleste' in 1978, is hospitalized in Buenos Aires, where studies are being carried out for severe anemia, although he is “stable”, close sources informed EFE this Wednesday.
Sources from the Argentine Football Association (AFA) confirmed that 'Flaco' is in a common room, accompanied by his children, in a hospital in the Argentine capital where he was admitted over the weekend, while he continues to undergo studies to determine the severity. of his illness.
According to the newspaper Clarín, Menotti, 85, received some transfusions during the four days he was hospitalized.
Brazil national team and César Luis Menotti
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'Flaco' suffered a fall at his home last August, which caused internal bleeding, for which he was hospitalized. Previously, he also had health problems that prevented him from traveling to the World Cup in Qatar, where in December 2022 Argentina won its third star.
The current director of the AFA National Teams made his last intervention in the media weeks ago, when he spoke with Radio Splendid about various issues surrounding legendary football figures, such as Pelé or Diego Armando Maradona. “There is one who cannot be compared, it is impossible. There is one who, if he played today, would win the games on his own, which is Pelé. Then we have Diego, (Johan) Cruyff, (Alfredo) Di Stefano and now Messi, but Pelé was another thing,” Menotti declared.
After his retirement, the man from Rosario had a very successful career on the bench, the peak of which was being able to place the first star on the Albiceleste shirt, to which would later be added those obtained by his colleagues Carlos Salvador Bilardo in 1986 and Scaloni in 2022. Also He won the U-20 World Cup for Argentina in 1979, a tournament in which Maradona was the most outstanding player.
Menotti was a coach for clubs such as FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid, in Spain; the Argentine Independiente and Boca Juniors, the Italian Sampdoria or the Mexican Puebla.
EFE
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