Menotti, the football romantic who led Argentina to first World Cup

Cesar Menotti with Diego Maradona during his stint as Barcelona coach. — AFP

CESAR Luis Menotti, who died at the age of 85 on Sunday, led a dashing Argentina team to victory in the 1978 World Cup.

Menotti, who was born in Rosario, Argentina, in 1938, won 11 caps for Argentina in the 1960s and then managed 11 clubs, some more than once, and two national teams in a coaching career that lasted 37 years.

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