His way of seeing the game completely changed the way that football was played, not in South America but in the world. When you watch a football match today, there are several concepts you can look at and say, “Zubeldía created it”. Kind of ironic that a man that was notorious for defending anti-football has had so many of his concepts become so commonplace in the modern game.
Passion embodied his way of living and it engulfed his way of analyzing the game. His work ethic was second to none and that was transmitted over to many of his players throughout the years.
All of this despite the fact that Osvaldo Juan Zubeldía died 30 years ago on this date.
His gruff demeanor was a façade that had a mad genius behind it tinkering and over analyzing every single detail in every move that could be taken advantage of in any match. He knew that the puzzle always had one piece missing and the coach’s job was to make sure that no one figured out where it was. Very few were successful in figuring them out throughout his extraordinary career.
Many in South America hear his name and there is a sense of reverence over what he offered as a coach. He was a mastered football intelligence and was the master pragmatist. This came as his views as a player, one that saw him be a very good player aided him in making the transition to the bench.
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