'I see a lot of Diego's flags, what's up?', Carlos Bilardo's moving phrase about Maradona

03/16/2021 4:46 PM

• Clarín.com

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Updated 03/16/2021 4:46 PM

On the day of Carlos Salvador Bilardo's 83rd birthday, his brother Jorge said that the world champion DT is fine, but to

preserve his health they prefer not to tell him

about the recent deaths in the soccer environment, among which the one of Diego Maradona.

He did not learn of the deaths "

neither of Cacho (Oscar Malbernat), nor of Tata (Brown), nor of (Alejandro) Sabella nor Diego (Maradona),

" he assured in statements to

Radio La Cielo

(FM103.5).

"When it was the Diego thing, the nurses put him on a Netflix series, he got hooked on a Colombian series. He watches the games. The other time he told me '

hey, I see a lot of Diego's flags, what's wrong?

'. I said ' You saw how people are ... they put a flag everywhere '", Jorge explained, 

El Narigón turned 83 years old.

He assured that "he

does not ask about Diego but ... Why are we going to tell him? To make him bitter?

He always talks with Pachamé and the boys of '86: Ruggeri, Pumpido, Burruchaga. People from Sevilla, from Colombia, "he said.

"Carlos doesn't like to celebrate his birthday, he doesn't say anything; he doesn't even know the year he was born. I'm going to chat with him this afternoon, he's fine, at home. He knows everyone and the family and grandchildren visit him. daily, "he continued.

Narigón's

brother

 said that "he eats alone, takes a bath, goes to the kinesiologist and is with two nurses permanently."

"He is fully aware of the Covid-19 pandemic, he knows that, the vaccine has already been given," he explained about what a day of the DT champion with the National Team in the 1986 World Cup is like.

And he confirmed that he continues to watch football: "He always asks about the '90 World Cup, who played and who didn't. And when

Estudiantes

plays

, we see it together, although he never gives a comment about a player or how the team plays. He also watches football matches. Europe".

Finally, he revealed that the idea is to take the

Doctor

to the field or to City Bell: "

We were going to go see a game just when the pandemic arrived, we also thought of taking it to the Country.

We are always in contact with Sebastián (Verón, president of Students), and also with the Witch (father) ".

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