Goodbye, 'Flaco'! The historic former Barça coach César Luis Menotti dies

Deceit in the world of the football! This Sunday 5 May gave to know the penoso demise of César Luis Menotti, an eminence futbolística regarding the technical direction, to his 85 years. Like this it revealed it the Association of the Argentinian Football 'AFA' by means of a brief communiqué issued in his social networks: "Deep Pain! The Association of the Argentinian Football regrets to inform with enormous sadness the demise of César Luis Menotti, current Director of National and ex Selections technical Champion of the World of Argentina".

#ProfundoDolor The Association of the Argentinian Football regrets to inform with enormous sadness the demise of César Luis Menotti, current Director of National and ex Selections technical Champion of the World of @Argentina.

Until always, Lean wanted to! pic.twitter.com/mkeppuzo2l

— AFA (@afa) May 5, 2024

The 'Lean', as it was mayormente known, was all a globe-trotter of the benches, arriving to comandar until 12 clubs. The majority of these clubs were rooted in his natal Argentina (Newell's Old Boys, Hurricane, Mouth Juniors, River Plate, Independent and Central Rosary), but also had experiences in Mexico (Populates and Students Tecos), Uruguay (Peñarol), Italy (Sampdoria) and Spain (Athletic of Madrid and FC Barcelona).

The Glass of the World of 1978, the attainment that inscribed it in the history of the Argentinian sport

Nevertheless, his legacy will be mainly remembered in the 'Albiceleste', where like trainer attained to carry to the Argentinian selection to win his first Glass of the World (1978). In that generation of footballers stood out found names like Mario Alberto 'the Matador' Kempes, Ubaldo 'the Duck' Fillol, Daniel Passarella, Ricardo The Volpe, among others, those who offered to Argentina his first joy of this type.

From that historical exploit, the 'Menottismo' began to earn a remarkable strength like style that several trainers began to imitate. This way of game that characterises by the creation of small societies in the field, with a constant circulation of the ball and the patience to go out playing from the bottom, looking for always bend the field to the rival goal.

Besides, this proposal of game emphasizes that the result is not the only important and gives him a fundamental paper to the how win the commitments. Equally, the possession of the spherical, the triangulations and the patience to look for spaces with the aim to create danger, represent an elegant and showy game

'The Lean' also knew to make history in the FC Barcelona

Paradoxically, this tactical proposal, that has trascended in the time and has installed in the imaginary community, was not the more laureada in terms of awards obtained. In spite of the joys added to level of selections, like the already mentioned Glass of the World of the 1978, in addition to the World-wide Sub-20 of 1979, Menotti did not attain to win a lot of titles to level of clubs. In his dilated path in the balompié Argentinian, only could be champion of the local tournament with Hurricane in the season 1972-73.

Curiously, his only two titles to level of clubs out of Argentina added them with the FC Barcelona, where was grieve two seasons (1982-83 and 1983-84) and directed 55 commitments. It replaced to a destituido Udo Lattek and attained to win the Glass of Rey (1982-83) and the Glass of the League (1982-83), defeating to the Real Madrid in both finals. Now, in the campaign 1983-84, the combined culé heaved the Supercopa. However, the Argentinian did not go to finish of the best forms his cycle in the Catalan picture. An exit that argued a lot of years afterwards: "Have me gone of the Barcelona is of the only that me arrepiento in the football. I was happy in the Barça. I went me by personal reasons, had died my mum, and was not well, felt a big sadness and confusion. Had a big relation with Núñez, with Gaspart, with the employees and neither speak with Johan Cruyff, with the one who kept a big friendship".

In front of this, the club culé, to the equal that other big teams of the world, has regretted the unlucky game of this mythical trainer, remembered also by his historical dispute with Carlos Salvador Bilardo. This dispute trascended the lines of the field and did not have gone back backwards, elevating even to the personal plane. César Luis Menotti was an irreverent trainer to the that many big of the current football have decided to imitate, and beyond all doubt, his footprint in the history of the Argentinian and world-wide football will be indeleble.

The FC Barcelona wants to express his condolencias by the death of the ex trainer of the Club, César Luis Menotti.

It rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/tyehbiklrg

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_is) May 5, 2024