“I saw them all play, I faced some of them and for me Lionel Messi He is the best of all“Says Humberto Dionisio Maschio, 87 years old (10-2-1933, Avellaneda) with conviction, privileged memory, a glory of Argentine football, and he explains. “Look at Charro Moreno, Say Stéfano, Skin, Maradona and Cruyff, a little less, were geniuses, huge players each in his time, but the speed at that time was different. Analyze Messi’s goals, he kicks below the rival’s legs with the goalkeeper covered, that he does on purpose. In addition, you saw that it is not a lot of running on the court, but when it does, it has the great virtue of having the ball stuck to the foot, hooks it and it is stuck. I have seen players with incredible speed, but when they had the ball they slowed down, but this kid does it in a fantastic way ”.
He Bocce He continues to live in Avellaneda, very close to the Piñeyro area, the neighborhood in which he was born and raised. Although his knees sometimes hurt, he lives alone and copes quite well. But he misses going to a coffee with his friends, going to the house of Juan Carlos Rulli, a champion like him in Racing, with whom he talks every day, to eat barbecue and especially his two children and three grandchildren. , who live in Río Ceballos, Córdoba: “Since Christmas I have not seen them. Yesterday I spoke to them and my grandson said to me, ‘Grandfather, I miss you’, we have been like this for four months and you start to think, pucha, it passes quickly even in the routine, but hey, we will have to continue taking care of ourselves ”, he tells the talk with Clarion.
The pass of Humberto Maschio from Deportivo Huracán de San Justo to Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, in the AFA records.
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Saying Maschio is entering the living history of Argentine soccer. From the paddocks of the neighborhood to Arsenal de Llavallol when he had not yet entered the AFA, traveled by the inferiors of Deportivo Huracán de San Justo and Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, the arrival in Quilmes in the old Second Division in 1953, the consecration in Racing , the Selection, the Carasucias Lima, Italian Serie A, World Cup 62 with the Azur, the return to Racing to crown himself with glory and, after retirement, an unprecedented situation: his first job as a coach was in the Argentine national team. Later, the Libertadores also won with Independiente. All that and much more is the Bocce. “I also directed Marcelo Bielsa”, He comments in the talk as one who does not want the thing.
– He remembers?
– In Institute, in the 70s, to be honest, I don’t even remember how he played, but he did like soccer a lot. I arrived an hour before training and he arrived behind me; I asked you about everything. What he did now with Leeds strikes me as sensational. We will see how it goes if he continues in the Premier.
– Do you like English football, do you watch it?
– Yes, I see a lot of football, old games when they happen on TV, Racing, Boca, everything. I was always a big fan of Spanish and Italian football. But for a few years now the Premier League has been the best. It is an open game, they go out to win, the men on the tips, they move well, they have a brand, I love it. It will not be easy for Bielsa, now it seems that they started to move to buy players, hopefully they will continue and do well.