Coco Basile and her lucid eye on football. Photo: Marcelo Carroll
There is no doubt that Alfio Basile is a reference of Racing where he won the Copa Libertadores de América and was even Intercontinental Champion in 1967. This milestone is what allows La Academia fans to present their club as “the first World Champion”. But the via del Coco does not end in Avellaneda. Over time it has become the authorized word for Bocawhere he obtained the historic figure of five championships (out of five disputed) and, obviously, of the Argentine national team where he left the historic championship twice and the record of 31 unbeaten games that took almost decades to be recently beaten by the Scaloni national team.
Undoubtedly, what is convulsive these days is the Boca world. A dressing room expert, Basile was consulted on the subject in Come va per te, the program by Marcelo Benedetto of Directv Sport Radio. And also from Racing which, while shining for the game that has imposed itself Fernando Gago (as Basile sees it), the focus of the conflict passes through a single player: Edwin Cardona.
“Boca is hellish gossip. Look, I was there and it went well, but something always happens. They control the privacy of the players. We know immediately and some invent “, launched Coco and made a joke to Fabián Cubero, one of the speakers of the program:” It is good that you were not there “, launched Alfio who had previously told Bean that he was “one of the best known in Argentina”, for his appearances in the programs of the heart.
El Coco talked about the conflict in Boca. Photo: AP
Returning to football, the conflict between Izquierdoz, Benedetto and Rojo could not be missing. “Watching the captain hug a substitute you killed is a dagger in the tail. It is a tremendous blow“He shot straight to the bone.
Basile said that we cannot talk about what happened in the gallery with Benedetto: “The barbarism said, maybe there was an important quilombo, but we don’t know because we are not in the locker room”.
Furthermore, yesterday information emerged assuring that Edwin Cardona was looking for a farewell to Racing. The data said that Atlético Nacional de Medellín wanted the Colombian and that he would be the one to seek the exit from the Academy. And Coco has a very clear position on the level of the former Boca.
But before entering the conflict of the former 10 xeneize, he spoke of another player involving Boca and Racing: “He is maturing. He directed with the same system in Mar del Plata, he didn’t have the players but the thought was there. you see how he handled the ball, by the changes he makes. The other day he was sent to play for line one, with Sigali. He has an offensive way of playing in his personality. And as a player you realized that you were intelligent and, in general, the clever gets along well as a technician.
Coco went on to say who is the coach he likes best in the world: “I always liked Pep Guardiola for the way he played, and he wasn’t the biggest star. And today they play the way he wants. And I don’t. I have no faith in him, other than having greeted him, nor is he my friend ».
Regarding Gago, Cubero asked him if it is okay to “die with his parents”. “No, what you say is fine, you have to realize why Argentine football gives you 4 games. But it was starting, he was very young. But I really appreciate what he feels. Now he has great players, he changes”, well now yes ” is. It’s a pity that he didn’t have any luck in the final. “
Coco is happy with Gago’s topicality. Photo: Juan Manuel Foglia.
Coco ended up being pretty tough on Edwin Cardona. He agreed to be happy when he moved to Racing, but in the end he lost faith in the Colombian.
“I see Cardona getting worse and worse, I liked him at Boca. My feeling is that he no longer has his head in Argentina. He didn’t play well even five minutes and he was a player I liked. He never had much of a change of pace, but he hit balls, he settled in 10, 11. But now he’s there … maybe he wants to leave, he’s a player with barbaric technical conditions “, shot Basile, who in Racing has lived with other Colombians such as Gio Moreno and Teófilo Gutiérrez . Shortly before finishing her final stage in Racing, Coco was in the locker room the day Barranquilla’s Junior 9 pulled out a revolver after crashing in the classic.
How the rumor of Cardona’s possible departure was born
Cardona’s answer
Source: Clarin
