The technical director of Banfield,
Julio César Falcioni
, will remain hospitalized for observation for another 24 hours at the Finochietto Sanatorium in the City of Buenos Aires after the discomfort he felt on Friday morning before the training that the GBA South team was to carry out in Luis Guillón's property.
"Everything is calm, but he will remain hospitalized until tomorrow
," they confided to Clarín from the environment of the veteran coach, who will turn 68 next July.
Falcioni
felt a tingling in one of his arms
before starting morning practice.
Alerted by the abnormal situation, he consulted one of the doctors on the professional team, who did the first check-ups and recommended that he undergo a series of more exhaustive check-ups at a medical center.
That is why the coach went with the doctors to the Finochietto Sanatorium, where he was hospitalized while they performed clinical examinations.
The Emperor
was expected
to be discharged in the early hours of this Saturday.
However, out of an abundance of caution, the decision was made to keep it under control at least until Sunday.
After the resounding 3-0 victory as a visitor over Atlético Tucumán,
Falcioni was preparing to prepare the team that this Monday, from 9:15 p.m., will receive Vélez Sarsfield
, for the tenth round of the Professional League Cup.
The leadership of the team fell into the hands of his two closest collaborators, Néstor Omar Píccoli and Julio Barraza.
Falcioni, a fighter
Julio Falcioni.
(Marcelo Carroll)
The former coach of Boca and Independiente, among other teams, and with an extensive career as a footballer, playing as a goalkeeper - he was runner-up in the Copa Libertadores three times with América de Cali and played in two América Cups with the Argentine National Team -, knows well what is facing a health problem.
Years ago
he had to overcome laryngeal cancer
that forced him to undergo 35 chemotherapy sessions, two weeks in intensive care and a 13-hour surgery that burned his vocal cords, leaving him with dysphonia that did not prevent him from continuing to work in football. the great passion of his life.
"What happened to me is that the cancer was hidden, I didn't have any symptoms. I went to see the otorhinolaryngologist because I was dysphonic, but it wasn't anything strange, I generally felt like that. The first thing you think is that because of the fact of shouting in practice, added to the fact that it was winter and the mornings were cold... He gave me an antibiotic and that was it. When the antibiotic didn't go away, he sent me to do a study and there they saw the nodules. But the nodules couldn't be seen. disease that was behind
," he said in an interview with
Clarín
, in August 2019 when he had already left the disease behind.
And he went deeper:
"When you have cancer, that's the fear: not being able to lead a normal life again,
I didn't want to be disabled in the apartment
. And luckily I was never like that. I had the disease, I did the treatment but I was always able to stand up, I was able to go to practices, I was able to direct..."
Already recovered and while he was in charge of Independiente.
Another club in which he had several cycles as coach, Falcioni suffered the blow of the death of her wife,
Palka Ada Adela
, who also battled cancer and complicated her condition after contracting coronavirus.
Resilient, the coach never stopped working and in May 2023 he returned to Banfield, where he reached the height of an idol after taking him to his first Olympic return in professional football in 2009 - the club had another star for a Cup won in amateurism - .
However, his health played tricks on him again in June 2023, when he was admitted to a clinic again as a result of appendicitis that made him undergo emergency surgery.