“I have two houses, one where my wife and children are, and the other is Students. There is no first and second, I live in both”. So he fired the Photo to one of the most outstanding legends in the history of the club. The sentence corresponds to Eduardo Raul Flores, who passed away at the age of 77 after being hospitalized in recent days for a lung disease that worsened and which he could not dribble.
The bocce He was an ambassador of the La Plata entity and will continue to be in the kingdom of heaven. A man who never took off a shirt, pants or a jacket with the shield of the Lion and that he walked the Country of City Bell or the Stadium One meter by meter in each training session or match played by Estudiantes. It didn’t matter if it was the juniors or the First.
In recent times he has always been at the side of his great partner in the multi-champion Estudiantes de Osvaldo Zubeldia, the Witch Juan Ramon Veron. Always with anecdotes, advice for the youngest and transmitting the DNA Puncturer.
Flores He was trained in the youth of the institution of La Plata, ddebuted in 1962 and when it arrived Zubeldía turned it into a fundamental pillar of the team that broke the hegemony of the greats by consecrating Metropolitan champion in 1967 and then get three times the Liberators cup, a Interamerican Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.
Those who saw him play say that It was the best “10″ in the history of Estudiantes. Juice 164 matches in the click and scored 65 goals. He was the great figure in the only cup that Estudiantes won at home in 1969 in view of Montevideo National.
He was only out of the club for two years when he played for Nancy from France. Then he came back to never leave again. It was coach, youth trainer and talent spotter, between them to Key Ernesto Farias. It was always said that he had a great eye to see players and take them to the club.
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He once said: “For me students is life. I grew up there. I’ve been in the club since I was 12 years old. It is truly my second home, I leave my house and go to the country or to the stadium, my life always went like this”.
That’s how he was bocce. Simple, straightforward, humble, friendly and with a smile on the surface. It was part of the inauguration of the new stadium when he stepped on the green grass with some teammates and raised the World Cup to tremendous emotion.
The Club broke the news on its social networks and the squad together with the coaching staff met in the central circle prior to the second shift in the afternoon, where they observed a minute of silence that ended with applause.
Students will miss him but will not forget him. It is part of history and forged its figure of legend. Don Osvaldo will be receiving him to give him a hug after so long and concentrate it to prepare some new strategy with the companions who have already left.
The deep sorrow for his death began in At payment, but the collective feeling continued for the Diagonal City to settle in the hearts of football lovers. To the bocce He will be missed today and always.
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