You praise from Gustavo Alfaro, Ecuador coach, to Tite caused uprising in two former champions for Argentina. And the most striking of them was Claudio “Turco” García, a forward who won the Copa América in 1991 and 1993. For him, an Argentine coach wishing Tite luck and saying that Brazil will be champion of the World Cup was reason for “disgust” .
“Say that Alfaro is traitors [gíria equivalente a antipatriota] it’s a lot, but I’m angry because I wore the national team shirt, I was champion of America twice. Your words disgusted me, wish me luck and tell anyone else you’re going to be champion, except Brazil and Chile. If a Brazilian comes, or anyone else, and asks me for a glass of water, I give it, but playing soccer is another thing”, declared the “Turk” to the Player 23 program, shown at dawn today in Buenos Aires by the TV channel TyC Sports.
“If he wants to hex Brazil, or whoever he is, let him talk differently. He did everything like sell smoke [gíria para enganador]. For me, if Argentina is not champion, let it be nobody, let the Cup be suspended.”
World champion with Argentina in 1986, ex-back Julio Olarticoechea also lashed out at the dialogue between Alfaro and Tite. “It’s idiotic, really,” he told Rádio La Red. “For me, it would never have crossed my mind to say that to an opposing coach, more to a Brazilian. Being an Argentine…”, he concluded.
Argentina is facing Ecuador in the Copa America, coached by Gustavo Alfaro. The match valid for the quarter finals will be this Saturday (3), at 10 pm (GMT), in Goiânia.
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