Cesar Luis Menotti, known as El Flaco, is hospitalized in Buenos Aires. As reported by Mundo Deportivo, the former coach of the 1978 World Cup-winning Argentina team, and of Barcelona and Atletico, has been retained in a facility of the capital. The eighty-five-year-old, as confirmed by the Selecion, is accompanied by his children and doctors are still assessing his situation to shed light on the illness. During the four days he has been hospitalized, the newspaper Clarin states that the former coach has undergone transfusions.
In August, Menotti had already been hospitalized due to a fall at home that caused internal bleeding. The former coach throughout his career enabled Argentina to win its first World Cup. The following year, he also won the World Cup with the National Under 20 team, in which Maradona played excellently.
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