National Soccer
“La Witch,” he directed in Guatemala to communications and was also in charge of the best performance of the Guatemala selection in a Gold Cup.
Juan Ramón Verón during his stage in Guatemala. (PHOTO FREE PRESS: PL hemeroteca)
The former Argentine soccer player and coach Juan Ramón “La Warta” Verón died on Tuesday At the Platense Medical Institute of La Plata, at 81, because of progressive deterioration and renal complications, the club in which it was idol, students of La Plata, reported.
Students of La Plata communicates with deep pain the death of Juan Ramón Verón, undisputed emblem of our history, absolute reference of our identity and eternal symbol of commitment, humility and belonging that distinguish the club, he announced.
The statement adds that Verón, who also played in Junior de Barranquilla, with whom he was champion as a player and technician in 1977, and in Cúcuta Deportivo, was born in La Plata on March 17, 1944 and He was the central protagonist of the most glorious era of students.
In Guatemala, Verón is remembered by two stages. The first was when it was in command of the Guatemala selection in the 1996 Gold Cupafter the passage of Horacio Cordero.
With Verón in command, Guatemala faced Mexico and San Vicente and the Granada in the group stage; 1-0 fell in front of the Aztecs and won San Vicente 3-0 and the Granada.
The triumph allowed the national team to advance to the semifinals as the best second. There he met Mexico again and added another 1-0 defeat, with a goal of the white Cuauhtémoc striker.
In the duel for third place, he fell 3-0 against the United States. To date, that is the best result that Guatemala records in the Gold Cup.
With communications, Verón raised two titles in the League (1995 and 1998), and also won two champion champion.