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Ricardo La Volpe is a benchmark of Mexican soccer as a player and Also as a coach, he was invited to his country Argentina to a television program to talk about the codes in this sport and ended up praised with Óscar Ruggeri in a memorable battle of words.
The remembered coach of the Mexican team in Germany 2006 reviewed various stories in the program F 90 of ESPN, like the World Cup of 1978 that he raised with Argentina, but that he did not play in a official because he was a substitute for Ubaldo Fillol.
Already deeply involved in the subject of codes, La Volpé launched: “The same Bilardo codes that you were not allowed to go out and Maradona went out every day” . This sentence ended up enraging the ‘Big Head’ Ruggeri, who is always ready to debate.
“Maradona entered the venue and told everyone clearly: this is my World Cup, I don’t want any interviews. Now, you can see that you have everything clear. And another thing: you just talked about codes. This is not having codes. Because if you go out and say it, it is not having codes on your part. It surprises me of you, that you are 70 years old and you lost the codes. Diego is not alive and you go out to say that Maradona was leaving the concentration. Don’t spin around ”, replied Ruggeri.
“You never won anything”
Fully on, Ruggeri took from La Volpe the time when they coincided in Mexican soccer. The defender played for America between 1993 and 1994, while La Volpe was Atlante’s coach at the time.
“You forgot the title you won with Atlante in Mexico, I remind you that they brought a referee from abroad to harm America, three goals that guy canceled us,” Ruggeri reminded him.
“It seems that you don’t know anything about football,” La Volpe replied.
“You are a phenomenon who came here to take the world ahead and you lost a championship with Boca, three games, led by my four-year-old boy. Sitting like this, without touching anything, go out and play. One point had to do Boca and you did nothing, go ahead, and you become the phenomenon. And you come to face me. Without codes, without anything, you lost everything “, added Ruggeri.
And to close, La Volpe invited him to argue his words:” Explain something, that you talk and talk and you don’t explain anything ”.
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