Because of those things that soccer has, because of a game that he could win and lost,
Alejandro Sabella
did not settle in the pantheon of the great heroes of Argentine sports.
But he was able to do it, because with him as coach,
Argentina
was one step away from winning the
world title in 2014 at the Maracana stadium
in Brazil.
Today he died at the
age of 66
, exhausted from a long fight against cancer.
"Symbol of sobriety and hierarchy in the football elite," he titled "
Clarín
" when he gave the news, in a good synthesis of what Sabella was, who shone as elegant "10" in
River
and
Estudiantes de La Plata
and had also a good step in British football.
"
Sabella is magic
", said the graffiti in
Sheffield
in those years.
Sabella is magical.
His career as a coach was also of a high level: he led
Estudiantes
to the title of the Copa Libertadores in 2009 and had
Barcelona
of
Josep Guardiola and Lionel Messi
on the
ropes
in the final of the Club World Cup that year.
His figure, however, gained strong international recognition with his performance as
Argentina's
technical director
at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
.
That team, with
Messi
as the leader, had a very good performance with a football that bore Sabella's stamp: defensive solidity and orderly offensive intentions.
A team that evolved, from an alarming debut against
Bosnia
, despite the victory, to a great semi-final with the
Netherlands
, won on penalties.
The
final against Germany
, which Argentina lost 1-0, could perfectly have been won by Messi's team.
It would have been the third world title of the albiceleste.
Sabella's death hit Argentina hard on a Tuesday that is a holiday.
The students of La Plata authorities offered their stadium to fire him.
Sabella also had a strong social conscience side.
In 2013, huge floods hit La Plata, with a death toll that to this day remains unclear.
Sabella, who was the coach of the national team, hosted people who had lost their homes at her home and cooked for them and many more.
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