HARD TIME! The Pepa Baldessari was on the show Andres Hurtado to be surprised by the driver, who promised to fulfill a dream after learning of the difficult economic situation he is going through. In the middle of the conversation, he assured that he will have a hard time when he has to leave Peru, since he plans to return to his native Argentina.
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The ex-soccer player thanked the people for their affection and also had nice words for his former club, Sporting Cristal. “I stayed for a four-month contract, I feel that the doors of Cristal are opening for me, I fell in love so much that I don’t see it as having spent it as a player. I am one more fan, my skin is turning more and more light blue. The response I got from my Crystal people is impressive. People love me I have received calls from people from Universitario, from Alianza, people love me as a person, regardless of the color of the shirt”, he said moved by crying.
In addition, he acknowledged that he feels alone and that it will be very difficult for him to leave our country. “I feel alone, but it’s not bad to be alone, it’s not ugly, it depends on how you are. People tell me don’t go, I have to go, and I know that I’m going to die the day I have to get on the plane, leave Peru… I don’t know what will happen to me but…”he added with a broken voice.
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Finally, the Pepa Baldessari He assured that he will go to his hometown, San Francisco, in Córdova, to visit the grave of his parents. “I want to arrive to go to the grave of my old people, I couldn’t bury them, but that’s where all the pain of leaving this will come together, missing, life is screwed up,” indicated broken by tears.
LA PEPA DEFENDS ITSELF FROM CRITICISM
The famous former Argentine soccer player thanked the solidarity messages he has been receiving after the dissemination of his dramatic story, but he also referred to the criticism, which claimed that he did not save ‘bread for May’.
“In my time, money was not earned in soccer. The contracts that the boys now make, which I congratulate them, are… next to what we earned. That’s where we finished our studies buying a little house, giving our children an education. People out there are mistaken, they think that because one plays soccer, they think we have money, there are people who do, who have been blessed to earn a lot of money, but not in our time.” clarified.
Who is Pepa Baldessari?
Horacio La Pepa Baldessari was one of the main figures of Sporting Cristal. The former player of Argentine nationality came to our country to strengthen Deportivo Municipal in 1990; according to what he confessed in an interview for Fe de Cuto, he came to test himself without knowing; since he had already demonstrated his goalscoring skills in the big clubs in Bolivia, such as Bolívar; Blooming and Oriente Petrolero.
with the t-shirt Sporting Cristal, La Pepa Baldessari he was crowned champion of Peruvian soccer and also, scorer of the tournament with 25 annotations.
CIRO CASTILLO GIVES LA PEPA WORK
Horacio, ‘La Pepa’ Baldessari, visited this Saturday the program of the popular Andres Hurtado and the driver surprised him with various gifts. Both characters, who revealed to be friends for 20 years, remembered their past times, when they didn’t even have anything to eat.
“We didn’t have anything to eat, we were starving, eight at night and we hadn’t had lunch. I took the television out of my house and we sold it to the first taxi driver who passed by.”commented the one also known as ‘Chibolín’, generating the astonishment of the ex-soccer player, who did not believe that he was telling that story.
On the other hand, Andrés Hurtado turned to the Migration Superintendent to help “Pepa” return to Argentina. “I ask you to give us an appointment on Monday or Tuesday to explain the issue of our Pepa and the specific issue is that in the last days of her life she wants to go to Argentina,” said the driver.
In addition, he announced to a guest that he would try to solve his current economic problems. “Mr. Ciro Castillo, through Carlitos Valdivia, sent me a thousand dollars for you, from his heart, from his love, but not only that, there is something else. You know what it is to be a father like me, you know what it is to lose a son like Ciro… because he wants to adopt you so that you can collaborate with the Callao region”Chibolín delimited before making the regional governor of Callao enter his set.
Cyrus Castillo, who lost her son several years ago in the Colca and is now entering politics, promised to give work to the Pepa Baldessari to encourage sports in the youth of your region.
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