7 incredible stories of Carlos Bilardo in his latest adventure as technical director

— Geleri, Geleri, what team do you want to play for, tell me, which Is it a team?

- How's it going, Carlos?

- What did you hear, what team would you like to play for?

-Carlos, Argentina

- And why do we have the Brazilian flag? Impossible from Argentina or Brazil?

- But Carlos, that's the way flip flops are, it's a brand

- But you have to choose, you have to choose tapara, tapara

Guerreri (none other than Marcos Angelelli) made this proposal in the summer of 2004 when he walked around Balneario 12 at the height of the Estudiantes preseason I met Carlos Bilardo put on sunscreen (so much so that the players below called him “Joker”) and criticized one of his management proteges, the defender, for his lack of attachment to his footwear homeland. Having resigned, Angelelli retired to the locker room and returned to the beach with a tape covering the Brazilian flag, which adorns the famous brand's flip-flops.

In 2003, when the average people began to worry about the Estudiantes de la Plata, their Estudiantes, was attacked by the Pincharata community Carlos. It was when Salvador Villardo could not refuse fate. “Flaco Poletti came and they called me the English witch Veron and the Spanish Martin Palermo “He revealed with the diver. At the age of 65, he took over for the fourth time as an adviser to the Platens Club, which won the title at Metropolitano in 1982, and made it to the national team. It was the last stage of the Doctor on the bench of deputies and, beyond that, he was later the manager and journalist of the national team, in addition to the omission of other activities such as politics and acting It continued to be linked to soccer.

True to his style, reinforced by the years and his obsession, Villardo poured out events and follies with his label, but he also left Estudiantes in Primera and in 2006 He also achieved the goal of leaving a base with several boys who would become champions in Primera under his guidance. Players such as Marcelo Karuska, Marcos Guerabel, José Sosa and Mariano Pavone passed through the hands as coaches Diego Simeone. And they enjoyed (and suffered) their particular way. On the day of the doctor's 84th birthday, there are some unmissable stories of his last stage as technical director.

Preseason based on austerity

Estudiantes footballers carefully descended from the microphone and looked at the panorama in disbelief. The team arrived in Mar del Plata for the preseason, and in front of them was a two-star, two-floor and 21-room Hotel Varna. Humble but cozy. So they were going to stay for a basic job to return to competition.

“We are doing well, a little tight, but good,” said Bilardo, accustomed to the comfort surrounding the elite club, to the media featured in Punta Mogotes. There was no TV in the room, 29 inches in front of a spacious armchair in the lobby, and several televisions descended from the microphone to share moments of leisure. On the side, the classic Siam refrigerator offered a vintage feel.

The first impressions helped the football player get used to it. Often they rushed to the premises where they were training, in the area of the port of La Ferris. Mike frolicked outside the hotel. And if someone unsuspecting entered the accommodation at night at the desk in the lobby instead of an employee, as naturally as he did it from the studio, he found Bilardo on the phone, televised for a radio program It's there. The whole day was dedicated to the team and its preparation. If the journalist wants an interview with the development with Ernarigon, he should make an appointment at dawn. Full time and big nose.

I train a lot at night

The anecdote belongs to Gonzalo Kruzener and he conveyed it in La Vos del Interior. “When he returned from Mar del Plata, Bilardo was desperately seeking a striker and did not bring him. One Thursday, after a double shift in which we were “shot”, he told me “Russia, today 22.30, already dinner, if they were not with Eloy (Colombano) and (Dante) Senger It won't be,” he said. So, around 19 o'clock, after training, we went to the boarding house and were taken back to the court at around 22:20. We wondered what this would come up with (by Bilardo). We arrived at the door of concentration and after a while they fell into two cars: Bilardo, Brown, Rem and the physical trainer,” the story lingered.

“'Come on, come in. I'm going to watch the River and Racing game on TV,” he said. That day, La Gata (Gaston) Fernandez, who switched from river to racing, played and scored a goal. The first half marked the striker's movements, and when it was halftime, he told him to change into the locker room. I didn't know anything. When we arrived, there was an outfit with ankle boots down. Ankle boots? ' I asked Propman. “Yes, the doctor asked me to leave them,” he replied. We changed our clothes and went back to the office. Sit down We're going to look at the second half and then train,” Bilardo said. We looked at the boys and each other and thought he was crazy. At midnight, there were no lighted courts for training. He took us to the tip of the country, we hardly saw it, we got warm, and then he stopped Rem, Brown and Sensei in three rows and we It showed us how to move and with that temperament we had to evade our defenses. It was 12:00 in the evening! We were there for about an hour and he was teaching me how to lift the ball to his knees, not to the side, to overcome them and impose penalties. That's what Bilardo looks like. Character,” he concluded.

Musical marathon by DJ BILARDO

Genuine Decadent, Belle Suit Vergarabat, La Mosca, Band XXI Bilardo handled tactical exercises and DJ trays in a multifaceted manner. In Estudiantes, Carlos Salvador received a patent for “Training in a Musical Marathon”. A practice that lasted from 7 to 11 hours. With more specific or general work. And in the background we have cheerful and motivational music and a playlist chosen by an expert dancer who even knows how to show his goodness at the carnival.

“Music is to break the monotony of the country and motivate the players a little,” he said of the peculiar way. His longest marathon began at 9 am and ended after 20. Each football player passed 10 trials on that exhausting day. “You do what you like, so you don't get tired,” argued Nose, dropping his army.

Self-dismissal and Citybell Prison

2004/2 The student lost 1-57 to Independiente in 4-1 stadiums. For Villardo, a coach who was not allowed to celebrate his conceded goal in the final against Germany, during the title celebrations in Mexico 86, the defeat represented a deep sting and impossible to heal. Too many emotional accusations, such a level of self-criticism prompted him to make famous statements.

“I'm responsible for the defeat. In addition, if I were the president of the club, he would call me and say, “Go away.” It's just that such four goals can not be done to you, and if everything goes wrong, the coach is to blame, who am I in this case. If I were president, I would be thrown away,” he said with laughter, which was included before the synceride.

“They can't score you a goal after we win a corner in our favor. It's something that never happened to me. One goal, well, go too far, but four... , he continued to whip himself. Bilardo did not say goodbye to himself, but imposed punishment. He was trapped in the country of City Bell in order to “not waste time on travel.” There he was seen by a calm person walking through the courtroom in the dark after announcing a radio program on the phone looking for a solution to a wave of insomnia at dawn.

Angelelli, the frustrated singer

Marcos Angelelli was the protagonist of another Doctor's Folly. Field assistant Miguel Ángel Lemme was in charge of recounting the staging. “There was Carlos's room at the rally, then my room came and Angelelli's room came. I taught him props for playing the guitar. I made him sing to Angelelli. When Carlos got angry, he ran away and we won. And I told Carlos that we had to do it again because we won. Then I let Angelelli sing, he yelled at her and the little boy ran out”, elaborating the choreography repeated like a loop. “These are the beautiful things that we live next to our masters,” completed the cabezon that even the cabal generates nostalgia.

The Magic Way

The symbol of the Estudiantes, Bilardo gladly offered all his knowledge and esoteric artillery so that the club remained in the elite. “We went for a run out of the country and went to the other side of the Camino Negro. When I crossed the road, there was a dead road, and a chip was sticking out. And when we got back from running, he always stood there. And one Sunday, he said to me, “Come on, let's go find a boy.” I was talking to Propman and they brought an employee with autogenous life. He cut off the tracks and put them under the sleeping bed until we were saved from the descent. And then he took her home. I said the truck was lucky. One meter of track, yeah, bent at the tip “, explained the incredible movement El Cabezon Rem, who, of course, was not surprised because he knew all the repertoire.

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