Lucas Biglia, another world vice champion at Brazil 2014, retires from football: the decision and the message for Pocho Lavezzi

At 38 years old and after an interesting career lasting twenty years, Luca Bigliaranked second in the world with the Argentina national team inside World Cup Brazil 2014, announced his permanent retirement from professional football on Friday. Emerged in the quarry of Juniors of Argentina and with the passages remembered by Independent, lazio AND Milanthe midfielder has decided to hang up his boots to focus on his family and begin his journey as technical director.

“I made the decision to retire. It ended in a forced retirement”, said the midfielder in conversation with TyC Sports, specifying that it was a decision taken together with his family. Based in Italy, he commented that he will start attending the coaching course and will look for new goals, always in relation to football.

Biglia revealed that both Argentinos Juniors and Independiente had occasionally knocked on his door to attempt a possible return to Argentine football and explained that he deeply appreciated the interest but that returning to the country was not part of his plans at the time .

His return to Bicho de La Paternal also rang strong at the end of last year, when he declared his love for the club at an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the reopening of the Diego Armando Maradona stadium. “This club trained me as a player, coming back after 20 years is very nice,” the club’s former player commented at the time. Anderlecht Belgian and Turkish Fatih Karagümrük AND Basaksehir.

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The national team was his second home from 2011 to 2018, a period in which he was world runner-up in Brazil 2014 – only four of the players who played in the final at the Maracaná are still active – and also in the Copa América of 2015 and 2016.

Biglia was part of a generation in which the most important titles slipped through the fingers, but which thrilled an entire country on several occasions. He was present in the most difficult moments and said goodbye to Russia 2018. Like many, he did not take revenge as Lionel Messi AND Angelo Di Mariawhich finally got rid of the thorn in Qatar 2022.

His greatest joys with the Albiceleste were in the youth team: he became South American Under 17 champion in 2003 and won the Under 20 World Cup in 2005, also with Messi as standard bearer.

Biglia took the opportunity to send a message of support to his former colleague from Aelección Ezequiel ‘Pocho’ Lavezzi, who is currently in a rehab center after suffering a health crisis due to his addictions. “‘Pocho’ knows that he has many people who appreciate and love him. Every now and then I send him a message. He needs his mother and son to be close to him. He is not alone”, commented Biglia.