Carlos Salvador Bilardo owes his celebrity both to his titles and to his somewhat quirky personality. A man who was obsessive in detail, austere, superstitious and with a pragmatic sense that, at times, dragged him beyond ethical limits.

To take advantage of the arbitral authority, money has been used, the crudest and most corrupt method; fear, which there are many ways to summon; or cunning, which is a nice shortcut that intelligence takes to influence. Bilardo was a man who considered any insignificance from which he could gain a small advantage critical.