Wednesday, November 6

Brazilian who sold his world champion medal to buy drugs, accused Argentina of stealing the Qatar 2022 final from France

Paulo César Caju signs a contract with Olympique Marseille in 1974.
Paulo César Caju signs a contract with Olympique Marseille in 1974.

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Arnaldo Fernandez

Almost a month before the Qatar 2022 World Cup final in which Argentina beat France in a penalty shootout, the controversy seems not to go away. This time it was the former Brazilian soccer player Paulo Cézar Lima, better known as Caju.

The world champion in Mexico 70 assured that the Argentines would have robbed the French in the World Cup final. The statements were made in an interview with Le Parisien. It should be noted that Caju had a spell at Olympique de Marseille.

“The Argentines stole from France, it’s too much. There is no penalty on Di María and the last goal is offsidesaid Paulo Cesar.

On the career of Paulo Cézar Lima

Paulo Cézar Lima, better known as Caju, played In addition to the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, where Brazil was champion, the 1974 World Cup in Germany where the Amazonians ended up in the fourth box.

His personal life was very eventful, some have called him the first rebellious Brazilian soccer player, He had problems with cocaine and confessed in an interview to ABC that he had exchanged his World Champion medal for drugs.as well as a small replica of the Jules Rimet Cup.

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