“Football is a short life, so you have to know how to make the most of it”, is a phrase that gets repeated over and over again, especially when players are nearing the end of their professional careers. Today, a legend from Sporting Cristal resists the term because he is in a difficult economic moment that is forcing him to leave the country.
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This is ‘Peba’ Baldesari, heavily in debt and without a home of his own, spending nights in a hotel in Linz where he hasn’t paid for about 6 months.
In an interview with Diario Drom, the top-scorer in the first division in 1991, he assured that he did not want help from his former teammates or the club as they know how to shake hands at other times. “You can’t sleep over your friends every day. You ask once, but not every day.” The coach also commented.
Baldesari was part of Crystal Champions in 1991. Photo: Twitter.
The character of the Peruvian “King of Sports” has made a decision that will surely upset his fans and he is seriously evaluating the possibility of returning to Argentina. “I am going to my land. The house my parents left me in Córdoba is still here, at least I have a place to die“, done
