2024-05-08 04:27:29
Argentina‘s first title in football history came in 1978. Cesare Luis Menotti was the mastermind behind this title. Menotti, the mastermind behind Argentina’s first World Cup victory, left for the land of no return today. The news was confirmed by the Argentine Football Association. Menotti was 85 years old.
It is known that Menotti was in the hospital for a month with anemia and various physical complications. However, this veteran coach lost despite fighting. Argentina captain Lionel Messi and coach Lionel Scaloni mourned his death.
Under his coaching, Argentina won the 1978 World Cup and won the long-term regret. The following year they won the Youth World Cup (U-20) under his coaching. Diego Maradona gave a good message of his arrival in world football by performing excellently in that Youth World Cup. Maradona made his debut in the international arena with the help of this coach.
Cesar Luis Menotti was born in Rosario in 1938. He was a striker in his playing career. Couldn’t do anything worth mentioning in his playing career. But as a coach, he surpassed everything. Started for Newell’s Old Boys. Then, under his coaching, Uracan won the Argentine Championship in 1973.
In 1974, he took charge of the Argentina national team. For a long time, he built the team for the World Cup and Argentina became the champion after defeating the Netherlands in the 1978 World Cup final at home. He will also be immortalized for changing the Mardanga style of football in Argentina and introducing aesthetic and attractive football.
After the 1982 World Cup, he returned to club coaching and took charge of Barcelona. Under his coaching, the Catalans won the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup in 1983. After a long coaching career, he coached clubs against Boca Juniors, Atletico Madrid, Mexico national team, Sampdoria, Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay.