The past culé of pizzi, trainer of the valency

The past culé of Pizzi, trainer of Valencia

The past culé of Pizzi, trainer of Valencia

Published:31/01/2014 - 03:18h

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The Hispanic technician-Argentinian of Valencia lived a brief but intense stage of Barcelona between 1996 and 1998. To the shadow of Ronaldo, first, and of Anderson, afterwards, erigió in the revulsivo perfect. In the memory, his goal to the Athletic

This Saturday the Camp Nou will see again closely to Juan Antonio Pizzi, a forward that did want to finals of the years ninety. Fichó By the Barça in 1996 pertinent of the Tenerife. He finish to be the Pichichi of the League and to contest the Eurocopa (had nationalised Spanish in the 94). The Club had closed the era Cruyff and trusted the bench to Bobby Robson. And the forward to a phenomenon called Ronaldo.

The English technician played with an only leading centre and Pizzi would assume the paper of revulsivo. A role that would develop to perfection. The Hispanic-Argentinian was a big striker and a player experienced -arrived with 28 years- and committed. In his first course in the Barça, only in League, signed until 8 goals going in from the bench.

In any case, Juan Antonio Pizzi would reserve a place in the memory futbolística barcelonista in a night of Glass. It was on 12 March 1997, in a turn of the quarter-finals against the Athletic of Madrid. After the 2-2 of the gone in the Calderón, the colchoneros advanced by 0-3 and 2-4 in the Camp Nou. In the middle of the most absolute madness, arrived to the minute 82 with tie to four.



Then, the miracle. Abelardo finished with the head a centre from the right, the goalkeeper Molina made a feline stop and the refuse fell to the feet of a turncoat Pizzi, that spliced the balloon at the end of the network. The locutor Joaquim Maria Puyal it inmortalizaría repeating one and again: "Pizzi, sos macanudo". That Glass would finish in the vitrinas of the Museum. The Hispanic-Argentinian would go back to be key in a final in the Bernabéu without Ronaldo, in which it marked the goal that would give step to the extention.

In the following season, with Louis go Gaal, the participation of Pizzi mermaría. The bet of the Club for suplir the course of Ronaldo was Sony Anderson. Of the 33 parties of League that Pizzi had contested the previous year, happened to play 15 (only 3 to title). This yes, would complete his list of winners with a doublet (League and Glass). In spite of the few opportunities that had, always spoke very well of Go Gaal: "Tácticamente is one of the ablest trainers, taught me a lot".

In 1998 it would leave the Barcelona discipline and, until 2002, would play in River Plate, Rosario Central, the Port wine and the Villarreal. Three years later would initiate a stage like technician that would carry him to Peru, Chile and Argentina. His bigger success is the Initial Tournament, that conquered does some months with Saint Lorenzo of Almagro and that opened him the doors, again, of the Spanish League like trainer of Valencia.

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