Last Thursday, February 24, premiered “Bilardo: the Doctor of Soccer”an HBO documentary that reveals the secrets of Carlos Salvador Bilardo, one of the most transcendental and iconic characters in the history of the Argentine national team, champion as coach in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
The 83-year-old protagonist himself, who has suffered from a neurodegenerative disease since 2017, is watching his series and the renowned journalist Ezequiel Fernández Moores, in Cenital, revealed what his reaction was when he learned of the death of Diego Armando Maradona
“Bilardo sees the screen that tells of Diego’s death and says nothing. He just puts his hands together.”narrated the press worker in the article, when the chapter showed the words of the San Isidro prosecutor, John Broyard, confirming the news.
For now, nobody from the Doctor’s family and entourage came out to deny this information: it was known through his relatives, especially his brother Jorge, that until a few weeks ago Bilardo had not been notified about the harsh news that shocked the world. on November 25, 2020.
Claudia Villafañe, ex-wife of Maradona, declares that “It may be that (Bilardo) realizes it because Carlos is too alive not to realize it”. Meanwhile, Daniela Bilardo, her daughter, says that “it would be too strong a blow” for her father to find out about the sensitive loss of the star.
“They don’t want to load it because it lasts a lot, so they see it in parts. The doctor told the relatives to let a week or ten days pass for the emotion he had seeing his daughter to subside. You have to let him go down to the ground again, let him go slowly, ”said Miguel Ángel Lemme, his historical field assistant, in dialogue with Super Deportivo.
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