The captain of the Uruguayan soccer team, Diego Godin, said goodbye to the coach of the Celeste until this Friday, Oscar Washington Tabárez, with an emotional letter of appreciation for the teachings, for transmitting “the love for the national team” and making it part of their lives.
So he said in a post on his social networks next to a photo looking at the ‘Master’ Tabarez that, he assures, “could summarize” everything he feels, since it is difficult for him “to find the right words and summarize in a text so many experiences, emotions and matches” as well as everything he has learned.
The selector of Uruguay, Oscar Washington Tabárez, was dismissed this Friday a few days after La Celeste accumulated its fourth consecutive defeat by the South American qualifiers at Qatar World Cup 2022 and after more than fifteen years at the helm of the South American team.
“You managed to generate that respect between us and with and for the people. And that was what was always transmitted from the inside out, towards the world”, emphasizes the writing of Godin.
In addition, the captain and current footballer with the most games played in the history of the Uruguayan team thanked him for everything he taught him Tabárez and for what helped him in his life.
“Also for giving me and choosing me to first be a soccer player for the Uruguayan team, which is the biggest dream I could have as a child (…) and then for giving me the responsibility of wearing the captain’s armband, with all that that entails. in our country “, emphasizes the ‘Pharaoh’.
The defender of Cagliari He said that he always gave himself “body and soul” by Celeste and that is also thanks to what was transmitted by Tabárez of “values of identity, responsibility and love for the selection”.
“He made the national team feel for what it is and he always says it: ‘the most important of the least important things.’ He made the national team part of our lives and the sense of belonging and pride in the national team. more than three million Uruguayans feel and see themselves again in every corner of the world, “he emphasizes.
Godin close the letter with a “just THANK YOU Master !!” to say goodbye to who was his guide for more than a decade in the selection process.
Tabárez, 74, assumed for the first time as head of the Uruguayan national team in 1988 and left after the end of the Italy World Cup 1990.
After several years, on March 8, 2006, the ‘Master’ returned to La Celeste and from that moment he led a process that lasted 15 years and eight months.
Champion of America and World Cup player on three other occasions, the coach witnessed the growth of a huge number of footballers, including Godín himself, Diego Forlán, Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani and Federico Valverde.
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