my people of The Faith of Cuto Here we are like every Monday to tell you my stories lived in football and in life. But first, I ask you not to forget to watch the second chapter of the interview with my nephew Alberto Rodriguez. For many Junior it has been a pleasant revelation telling their stories in a very particular way. He has left a lot of water for the followers of my program. Do not miss it. And what is coming on Friday is spectacular.
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Now I bring you a story that happened to me with the Peruvian team in the pre-olympic of 96 that we disputed it in Tandil, Argentina. Last week I told you that I was about to be left out of that team for falling asleep, but in the end I told you the story and released it. But in that pre-Olympic it did not go well for us. That’s the truth, harsh as it sounds. There were many factors that happened, but we were left with the feeling that we could do something more, but there was an area of the team that failed more than necessary and that took its toll on us.
I remember well that we debuted before the powerful Brazil. In that Scratch I remember that a young man started Robert Carlos, who some time later came to Real Madrid and won everything. We started the match winning with a goal from Jean-Ferrari, the same one who is now administrator of academic. As she reads it. The match was controlled, we were fine. But unfortunately in the end we fell 4-1 against the ‘verdeamarelha‘. They even scored an Olympic goal for us. It was terrible, it was a very hard blow.
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It was at the end of that duel that the story that I am telling you happened. I was with all the unease or anger for the defeat. At that time he had a very rebellious character. It is not new. He had played forward. While I was throwing away my anger and ready to go to the locker room, I listened to the encouragement that we gave each other among our teammates, in that I see that the Brazilian coach is approaching me Wolf Zagallo. At first I thought he was looking for someone else. But every time I saw him closer to me. In that he stands in front of me and stops to talk to me. There were no more doubts. He went for me.
Talk about the Brazilian coach Mario Jorge Lobo Zagallo They are big words. He is a living legend in Brazil and for world football since he came out world champion as a footballer in Sweden 1958 and Chile 1962 and he also did it as a coach by winning the World Cup in Mexico 1970. As if that were not little, he was also part of the technical bodies that reached the World Cup with the ‘Canarinha‘ at the United States World Cup in United States in 1994 and Korea Japan in 2002. So we all know that Wolf Zagallo He is an eminence in world football.
WORDS OF A GREAT
At that moment we were face to face and coach Zagallo in his masticated ‘portuñol’ (Portuguese with Spanish) tells me like this: “Good match, congratulations”the strategist told me. To which I thanked him for his word and especially because he took his time to go find me. Immediately afterwards he tells me and makes the gesture to exchange a shirt to which I agreed. He tells me that he will send an assistant with the Brazilian shirt to the Peruvian locker room.
Indeed, while in the locker room, the Brazilian assistant approached wearing the Brazil shirt. I went looking for him with the Peruvian shirt to do the shirt exchange. I said goodbye very kindly.
Then we face Uruguay. We fell 4-2 against the ‘charrúas‘. In that duel he was able to score a goal. But beyond the whole group he made a good presentation in that tournament. I know that many unbelievers will not believe the story that I am telling you. But so it happened. As it is. Lobo Zagallo asked me for the Peruvian shirt that I wore in that match.
See you next monday.
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