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Serbian coach Ljubomir Obradovic was a six-time FC Porto champion and Alfredo Quintana’s first coach in Portugal
Ljubomir Obradovic attended THE GAME to talk about Alfredo Quintana, the goalkeeper of the FC Porto handball team and the National Team, who died this Friday at the age of 32.
The Serbian, six times champion of FC Porto, was Quintana’s first coach in Portugal, perhaps without hiding a special affection for the Portuguese-Cuban. “It is very sad. It was my boy Quintana. I have no reaction, I cannot say what is in my heart, I cannot explain what I feel, there are no words. What I can say is Alfredo Quintana … Bravo.” THE GAME told him.
“Today I looked up at the sky and saw a star brighter than the others up there, it was Quintana. I lost her as a son, a giant, a giant son. He was perfect, as a man, as a sportsman, as a guard -networks, everything he did was always perfect and with style ”, added Ljubomir Obradovic.
Excited, very excited, he said: “Quintana had no enemies, no rivals. I am a very happy man to have met him. The rivalry between FC Porto and Benfica is incredible and what Benfica did, playing with his name, unequivocally proves who is it”. Quintana was “.
Alfredo Quintana died, at the age of 32, after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest on Monday, during the training of the “blue and white”, in the service of which he won six championships, one Cup and two Super Cups.
Quintana was treated immediately, with the support of a vehicle from the National Institute of Medical Emergencies (INEM), having been transferred to the São João Hospital after stabilization.
Born in Havana (Cuba), the 2.01-meter goalkeeper signed for FC Porto in 2010, became Portuguese and internationalized in 2014, becoming a benchmark in the quinas team, which he represented in 67 games, having He was part of the teams that achieved sixth place in the 2020 European Championship and tenth in the 2021 World Cup, the best Portuguese rankings in history.
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