His record as technical director includes the 1973 Metropolitan Tournament with Huracán, the 1978 World Cup with Argentina and the 1979 Youth World Cup.
The Argentine Football Association (AFA) reported the death of César Luis Menottirecognized former coach of the Argentine team, world champion in 1978.
The former coach of teams like Boca Juniors, River Plate, and even Barcelona in Spain and Atlético Madrid, He was currently working as general director of the AFA National Teams.
His record as technical director includes the 1973 Metropolitan Tournament with Huracán, the 1978 World Cup with Argentina and the 1979 Youth World Cup.
The ’78 World Cup was marred by the trans-Andean military dictatorship, the same one that in 1976 asked for Menotti’s departure for political reasons. which was rejected by Alfredo Cantilo, then president of AFA.
“I didn’t know Cantilo, Peronism had taken me. But he saved me, I submitted my resignation and he rejected it. He was the most loyal and loyal guy of all the leaders I knew. And he defended me when I signed the request (for the missing), ”the coach recalled at the time.
“Menotti was identified in the history of our football for ffavor the development of a technical, aesthetic and ball possession game, in which collective, attacking play, and good handling of the ball were the axis of its postulates“, highlighted AFA in the farewell of the beloved Flaco.
