Edgardo BauzHe knew how to make history in the world of football, being an idol in Rosario Central, one of the highest scoring defenders in the history of the Argentine tournament, winning two Copa Libertadores as a coach (with Liga de Quito and San Lorenzo) and directing the Argentine team . However, at age 64, the Paton suffer from a neurodegenerative disease that forced him to move away from the sports environment, something that confirmed his son Maximiliano.
After the recognition made by the scoundrel (they inaugurated a bust in homage to the former player and former technical director on the premises of the Santa Fe city of Arroyo Seco) to Bauza, José Camel In Leohis historical aide-de-camp for 24 years, spoke and might not hide his pain for his friend’s present during an interview with Super Deportivo Radio, radio program Villa Trinidad.
“When I saw the bust of El Patón I got upset, because he cannot enjoy and appreciate what they are doing to him. I would have liked him to be there, but because of his problem he has to be calm at home. I had a day of great anguish, sadness and many things were mixed up. We went and we are brothers, everything hurts a lot, “his story began. On the marble plaque below the bust is the phrase “Edgardo Paton Bauza. Champion as a player and as a technical director. Defender with the most goals in the history of Rosario Central. Top scorer in classics”. The man from Santa Fe, a native of the town of Granadero Baigorria, currently lives in Quito with his family.
The Camelalso emerged from the quarry scoundrel, stressed that “one is never prepared for this. It hurts me to have achieved so many things and now not being able to enjoy them together. We always talked regarding retiring together and that we were going to go see all the World Cups”.
One of the most painful moments of the interview was when Di Leo provided details of his friend’s health: “They are different stages. To start with, I was here in Argentina, I might speak. Now we are at a stage where it is necessary to force him to remember, or not. It also happens that I’m with him there and I end up hurting myself, because it’s like he’s forcing himself. Has no sense. I don’t like that, having to force it. I do not like that. It is very difficult. The truth is that I don’t know how to explain it to you. These are things that are difficult. Before, we used to have daily talks, all day. We looked at each other and I already knew what I wanted. He has to be calm. It has something that I can’t explain it well. It’s not Alzheimer’s like they said. But something else. It makes him stay away from reality. So it is necessary to be there and demand it or ask it for something that it cannot do”.
“In January or February I am going to go to Ecuador. I want to see him and I don’t care if he doesn’t know me. I want to see how it is. Every day I think that everything that happens to him is a lie and I live with the hope that he will be him once more. Every time I speak I get sick, ”he warned.
To close the topic, he outlined: “I am very sorry to remember when he told me that he was going to work until he was 68 years old and I until 64. He told me that all he wanted was to have his little house, a pool and a barbecue to eat a barbecue with friends.. It gives me a lot of anguish that I can enjoy and he can’t. That makes me bad, bad. He doesn’t know what is happening to him and he lives another reality. Sometimes I say what an injustice everything, what a pity”.
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