The Untold Story: Coco Basile Reveals Behind the Scenes of His Departure from the Argentina National Team in 2008

The coach told behind the scenes of his departure from the team in 2008

Alfio Coco Basile surprised the air by recounting the internal events that occurred during his second stage as technical director of the Argentine national team and that led to his departure from the Albiceleste in 2008 after the defeat against Chile, in Santiago in the Qualifiers.

“You said: ‘I keep the secret under my pillow.’ Has the time come to tell it? “You left the Argentine national team, you got angry… and everyone says that Riquelme shows solidarity with you and that Messi and Maradona made your bed,” asked journalist Fernando Niembro on his Radio Colonia program ( AM 950).

The famous 80-year-old coach from Bahia, twice champion with the National Team in the Copa América, denied that the man from Rosario, who was 21 years old at the time, had anything to do with his resignation as coach. “Messi no. The thing is that at that moment I knew that the waters were moving. I saw that there was a movement between the players and some managers, Argentina was going to qualify anyway. I came rotten with a couple of players, whose names I will never tell you… It was a time to leave,” said Basile.

Then, Niembro mentioned the name of one of the members of that squad and mentioned Fernando Gago as one of those who was in that group and Basile confirmed it: “I was in the mix, Gaguito because, as always, Mascherano was the starter and he wanted play. So with Maradona as a friend… I love Diego so much…” El Coco avoided further involving his successor in the National Team process and who led the team in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Coco Basile during his second stage as coach of the Argentine national team (Photo: NA)

About the rumor installed about the influence of Leo Messi to force the departure of Coco Basile and make way for the great idol of the Argentines, the former coach of Boca and Racing. “Messi had nothing to do with it, he didn’t even speak. He was better than bread,” he concluded.

Basile’s departure from the National Team gave rise to several stories about his differences with the team, but the veteran coach never aired the details of his resignation or who was at the center of the conflict.

El Coco had arrived on the Albiceleste bench for the second time in September 2006 as a replacement for José Néstor Pekerman, who had submitted his resignation after the World Cup in Germany. After a successful time at Boca Juniors, Basile ended up in the National Team and could not complete the cycle of the Qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which Diego Armando Maradona ended up directing.

2024-02-24 18:42:00
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