Argentina’s legendary football coach Cesar Luis Menotti passed away after a long illness.
According to Argentine media, Luis Menotti had been ill for the past few months and died on Sunday in Buenos Aires.
Eighty-five-year-old Manotti was a legendary football coach of Argentina, he was the head coach of the Argentina team that won the football world cup on home ground in 1978. He also won trophies for the Spanish club Barcelona, the youth world cup winning Argentina under-20 team. was the coach of
Menotti was a big fan of Pakistan hockey team and he made the strategy to win the World Cup inspired by the Pakistan hockey team. In 1978, when the Pakistan hockey team was in Argentina, Menotti came to meet the Pakistan hockey team. But he met Pakistan hockey team coach Waheed Khan who gave him several tips including double attack. Menotti has also expressed in an interview that he wanted to play Argentina football team like Pakistan hockey team and that is why they won the World Cup.
Menotti later thanked Abdul Waheed Khan in a telegram in Karachi and admitted that Pakistan Hockey’s strategy had helped them win the World Cup.
