Fear in Banfield: Falcioni will remain hospitalized at Finochietto for another 24 hours

Banfield’s technical director, Giulio Cesare Falcionihe will remain hospitalized for observation for another 24 hours at the Finochietto Sanatorium in the city of Buenos Aires after the discomfort felt on Friday morning before the training that the GBA Sud team was supposed to carry out at the Luis Guillón property.

“Everything is calm, but he will remain hospitalized until tomorrow”they confided to Clarín from the environment of the veteran coach, who will turn 68 next July.

Falcioni he felt a tingling in one of his arms before starting morning workouts. Alerted by the anomalous situation, he consulted one of the doctors of the professional team, who carried out the first checks and advised him to undergo a series of more in-depth checks at a medical centre.

For this reason, the coach went together with the doctors to the Finochietto Sanatorium, where he was hospitalized while they carried out clinical tests.

It was expected that the emperor He was discharged in the early hours of this Saturday. However, out of extreme caution, it was decided to keep him under control at least until Sunday.

After the sensational 3-0 away against Atlético Tucumán, Falcioni is preparing to prepare the team that will welcome Vélez Sarsfield this Monday, starting at 9.15pm, for the tenth round of the Professional League Cup. The leadership of the team fell into the hands of his two closest collaborators, Néstor Omar Píccoli and Julio Barraza.

Falcioni, a fighter

Former coach of Boca and Independiente, among others, and with a long career as a footballer, playing as a goalkeeper – he finished second in the Copa Libertadores three times with América de Cali and played two America’s Cups with the Argentina national team -, he knows well what a health problem he is facing.

Years ago He had to overcome laryngeal cancer which forced him to undergo 35 chemotherapy sessions, two weeks in intensive care and a 13-hour surgery that burned his vocal cords, leaving him with dysphonia that did not prevent him from continuing to work on football, the great passion of his life.

Already recovered and while he was leading Independiente. another club in which he had several cycles as coach, Falcioni suffered the blow of his wife’s death, Palka Ada Adelawho also battled cancer and complicated his condition after contracting coronavirus.

Resilient, the manager never stopped working and in May 2023 he returned to Banfield, where he reached the pinnacle of an idol after leading him to his first Olympic return to professional football in 2009 – the club had another star for a Cup won in amateurism – . However, his health played a trick on him again in June 2023, when he was admitted to the clinic again due to appendicitis which forced him to undergo emergency surgery.