Alejandro Sabella, former Argentine coach, dies at 66 – International Football – Sports



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This Tuesday the technician passed away at the age of 66 Alexander Sabella, who led Argentina in the Brazil World Cup 2014 reaching the subtitle.

The news of his death was confirmed on Tuesday by the main Argentine media, which closely followed the coach’s health.

Sabella had difficulty breathing on her own and that is why she had to receive assistance from an artificial respirator, according to what was reported by her relatives.

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He was hospitalized two weeks ago, suffering a decompensation due to a cardiac arrhythmia. Then he suffered an intrahospital virus for which he had to go to intensive therapy. When he was stable, he suffered this new relapse and later his death.

The former coach of Estudiantes and the Albiceleste team had gone through different health problems, including cancer.

Champion of the Copa Libertadores 2009 with Estudiantes, he was Daniel Passarella’s assistant in several teams such as River Plate, the Argentine and Uruguayan teams, Italian Parma, Mexican Monterrey and Brazilian Corinthians.

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On November 25, he suffered a general decompensation, the same day that Diego Maradona died, and at night he was transferred to the ICBA. In April 2016, he began a fight against laryngeal cancer that forced him to stay in the Italian Hospital, where he also suffered a complication from a coronary episode the previous year, which led to angioplasty.

One of his last public appearances was days before the reopening of the Estudiantes stadium and on January 6 of this year, when he welcomed Javier Mascherano on his arrival at the La Plata club.

As a player, he trained at the Gimnasia y Esgrima club in Buenos Aires (GEBA) and, in addition to Estudiantes de La Plata, River Plate and Ferrocarril Oeste in Argentina, he played for Sheffield United and Leeds United in England, Gremio in Brazil and Irapuato in Mexico. . He also wore the jacket of the Argentine national team in the 1983 Copa América.

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EFE

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