Ramón Díaz won the Copa del Rey in Saudi Arabia and equaled the all-time record set by Helenio Herrera

the rioiano Ramon Diaz equaled to Helenio Herrera as the Argentine coach with the most titles in historybeing crowned Saudi Arabian King’s Cup champion this Friday with a win of al hilal on penalties against Al Wehda at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah city.

Ramón’s team, with Cordoba striker Luciano Vietto (ex Racing) starting, won 7-6 in the definition after drawing 1-1 in regular time.

This conquest meant the coach’s fourth place in Arab football and the 16th of his career, which equals the record of Helenio Herrera, successful technical director of the 50s and 60s in European football. The man from La Rioja also won 11 titles with River Plate (9 local and 2 international) and another national championship with San Lorenzo.

Herrera was champion with Atlético de Madrid (3 times), Barcelona (5), Roma (1) and Inter Milan (7), which he led to the conquest of the Intercontinental Cup twice.

Behind them, as the most successful Argentine coaches, are Marcelo Gallardo and Carlos Bianchi with 15; Guillermo Stábile with 13 and Alfio Basile with 11.

In turn, the Arab club, with the conquest of the day, added its tenth Copa del Rey and its 66th title in its entire history.

Lionel Messi has not signed any deal with Saudi Arabia: “There is nothing with anyone and there won’t be until the end of the season”

The news, which in the end was not news or a rumor, exploded with force this first Tuesday in Argentina. “Agreement closed”, assured the France Presse agency (AFP), between Lionel Messi and Saudi Arabia. He cited anonymous sources from the Middle Eastern country and many have echoed the transcendence that appeared with neon lights on the portals of the world’s main newspapers. However, hours later, George Messifather and representative of the captain of the Argentine national team, he came out at the crossroads of the versions and denied them through a decisive statement released on his social networks.

“There is absolutely nothing with any club for next year. The decision will never be made before Lionel finishes the season with PSG.”begins the letter published by the patriarch Messi as an image on his Instagram account.

In this sense, as he said clarion he adds in recent weeks that “once the season is over it will be time to analyze and see what’s there, and then make a decision.”

And he remarks: “There are always rumors and many use Lionel’s name to gain notoriety but there is only one truth and we can assure you that there is nothing with anyone. Neither verbal nor signed nor agreed, and it won’t be there until the end season”.

Finally, they complained about the mishandling of information by some media who want to “turn any malicious rumor into news”. To know more.