Argentina has to digest the next death of a well-known footballer after Diego Maradona: the former national coach Alejandro Sabella is dead.
Buenos Aires - These are difficult weeks for Argentine football fans.
Her idol Diego Maradona * only died at the end of November.
The former world class player succumbed to the consequences of a heart attack.
Now the country has to say goodbye again - to
Alejandro Sabella
.
The former national coach died on December 8th at the age of 66.
This was announced by the Argentine Football Association AFA.
"Today we lost a great player, coach and a good person," said a statement.
According to media reports, the former midfielder had been treated for heart, kidney and respiratory diseases in a clinic in Buenos Aires for almost two weeks.
Alejandro Sabella: former national coach of Argentina is dead
Sabella
was of course not only known in Argentina.
German football fans in particular should know the coach
- he led Lionel Messi * and Co. to the final of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
There the DFB-Elf * kept the upper hand.
#ProfundoDolor La @afa, a través de su Presidente Claudio Tapia, lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento de Alejandro Sabella, ex entrenador de @Argentina, y envía su más cálido abrazo a familiares y seres queridos.
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- AFA (@afa) December 8, 2020
"Alejandro was a great person and an extraordinary professional who shaped me in my career and from whom I learned a lot," wrote Messi on Instagram.
Alejandro Sabella is dead: he led Argentina to the World Cup final against Germany
Sabella
used to be a player in England - he played for Sheffield United and Leeds, then later for Estudiantes de La Plata in Argentina and Gremio Porto Alegre in Brazil.
He later returned to Estudiantes de La Plata as a coach and won the Copa Libertadores with the team in 2009 before finally taking over the national team in 2011.
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