Daniel Bertoni (Bahía Blanca, Argentina; 1955) is located for a few days in Europe. Has passed through Seville to participate in the homage that the entity of andalusia was carried out to Paul White, its excompañero between 1978 and 1980, the two years he spent in Seville. Will travel to Florence, where he will be the honoree. Enter the hall of fame of the Fiorentina. There he played between 1980 and 1985 and is also a legend. Figure in Independent, next to the great Bochini, where he won three Copas Libertadores and an argentine championship, Bertoni also played in Naples. There coincided a year with Maradona. He ended his tour of european Udinese. Bertoni was world champion with Argentina in 1978 and played also the World cup in Spain in 1982, falling in the quarterfinals.
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The world champion was received with great affection in Seville. In its time it was the most expensive signing in the history of the andalusian club. 70 million pesetas which were paid for thanks to the extra members of the Seville. Played two seasons in the capital of Andalusia, getting 24 goals. In his penultimate match with Sevilla he made it two goals to the Royal Society that gave the title to Madrid in 1980, and broke a streak of invincibility of the basques of 31 matches. “I think that in the Real Society did not have very good memories of me. The following year, when they won the League, was asked that who is the engaged. They said to me,” he smiles Bertoni in the bowels of the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
Bertoni, one of the icons of argentine football, analyzed for this journal the clash of round of the final of the Copa Libertadores between River Plate and Boca. Bertoni won with Standalone editions of 1973, 1974 and 1975. “Well, I’m Independent. I’m interested in the final because it is the derby more important, but I must admit that I’m going with River to the Mouth does not reach us in cups. If they win, they grab the seventh Libertadores. We won the seven finals that we played, and I prefer Vevobahis to win River,” says Bertoni, who formed a great partnership with Bochini in the Independent.
“is Not having a very good level in the final. It is a true reflection of our football team. A lot of rubbing, a lot of bluntness and not too much talent. The last chance that had the argentine football to be champion was in 2014. I hope that if we don’t organize it, if there is a project, we can be the Uruguay of the 50. That is to say, that we stay in 1986,” says Bertoni. “Boca and River are in the end, yes, but I don’t see our football team with the ability to form of new players. Our guys come off due to inertia. We are rich in talent and football is like our earth, very fertile. But there is no adequate preparation, nor the media.”
“Scaloni should not call any historical”
Argentina, wrapped now in a series of friendlies, chew still the disappointing World of Russia, where he fell in the eighth-final against France after a hideous qualifying in the first phase. Now, Lionel Scaloni is the coach in the interim. “I know you. I spoke with him and told him clearly. You should not call any historical. Honestly the only one that you should call and give him the time, without calling it, without smother, is to Messi. The others, who are. We don’t need more. And with all due respect to them because I just greet Banega, a great player. We have to prepare a team and a new generation,” says Bertoni. “And in Spain it happens the same thing. Spent his stage of glory. Do you not see that? We are champions before you play and that can’t be. To us punished by the politicians, but we won on the court. We had a great team: Kempes, Fillol, Passarella, Ardiles, Villa… we won because of that. In Spain, they have to take account also of that. You need to train a new generation,” added the world champion.
“the one who has The ability to decide is Messi. There is not that pressure. If you want to return, again. I told Scaloni. First, do not press it to Leo. Then, train a new generation win or lose the America’s Cup,” said Bertoni, a staunch proponent of Messi. Mate of Maradona, the comparison between the two is almost obligatory. “These are different times. I think it is unfair to say who is the best of the history. Going on for decades. For me the first was Di Stefano. Then, Sívori. Maradona was the best in its time and gave enormous satisfaction to the argentines. Messi is criticized because he did not win anything for Argentina, but do not need the forgiveness of my country. He has won a lot in the world of football”, culminates Bertoni, full of hugs in a stadium where he left a treasure for his football and his goals.
