South American footballer who won the Americas Cup three times was able to conquer Zidane, but he was in a bad way because of his coach

At the request of my friends, let’s talk about Franciscoli, this legendary Uruguayan star who combines technology, creativity and ornamentality.

Enzo Franciscoli was born on November 12, 1961 in Montevideo, Uruguay. When he was a teenager, he did not have the idea of becoming a professional player, but just played football on campus. However, his football talent is too outstanding, even if he plays on behalf of the school team, he can still compete with the echelon players of professional clubs. The local Montevideo Wanderers Club was conquered by Francescoli's talent and took the initiative to recruit him. After joining the professional club, Francescoli received systematic training and his football skills became more and more outstanding. In the first half of 1980, Francescoli was promoted to Montevideo's first team and quickly occupied the main seat. Two years later, Francescoli was selected for the Uruguay national team and soon became an important member of the team.

In the 1983 Copa America, Francescoli, who had not celebrated his 22nd birthday, had already begun to take the lead. He not only helped Uruguay to reach the final, but also scored a wonderful free kick in the final against Brazil, making great contributions to Uruguay's championship. After the Copa America ended, he was named the best player of the tournament without any suspense.

Players who can shine in the Copa America will naturally attract the attention of other clubs. Argentina's old club River Plate took action, bringing Francescoli to the Argentine League and entrusting its core responsibilities. Francescoli's performance was also very impressive. He not only led the team to win the championship in 1984, but also won the league Golden Boot. It is precisely for this performance that Francescoli was named South American Footballer. After conquering the Copa America and the Argentine League, Francescoli turned his attention to the World Cup stage again. In the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Francescoli led the team to participate in the competition as a core person. Although Francescoli's personal performance was good, he led the team out of the group stage. But his luck was really bad. He met Argentina led by Maradona just as he entered the knockout stage. As we all know, Maradona played like a god descending to earth in this World Cup, and Francescoli could only accept the result of returning home. After the World Cup, Francescoli landed in the European League and became a member of the Athletic Club in Paris. Although this club has no sense of existence now, in that era, it was famous for its wealth and greatness, and introduced good players such as Litbarski and Ginola.

It’s a pity that this club has obvious problems in its team building thinking. It blindly introduces front court stars, but ignores the reinforcement work in the backcourt. This directly leads to the fact that even though Francescoli's personal performance is impeccable, the club he works in can't see any hope of winning the championship. When the 1986-87 season ended, the club's ranking in the Ligue 1 standings was just a pitiful 13th place. In the 1987 Copa America, Francescoli continued to play his strong performance. Under his leadership, Uruguay defeated Argentina and Chile one after another, winning the Copa America championship again. After the Copa America, Francescoli continued to play for Athletic Paris. However, this team's top-heavy problem is destined to fail to achieve good results. The club owner was disheartened and decided to stop the loss in time. Against this background, Francescoli was traded to Marseille.

Marseille at this stage is a giant in Ligue 1, and it is easy to dominate the league. After joining Francescoli, he won his first Ligue 1 championship in his career in the 1989-90 season. As for the Champions League, Francescoli's team also made it to the semi-finals and performed quite well.

For the Ligue 1, Francescoli is definitely a star player and will naturally conquer many fans. For example, Zidane, who was still very young at the time, was conquered by Francescoli and became his hardcore fan. Even after Zidane became famous, he would still act like a little fan in front of Francescoli.

In the 1990 World Cup in Italy, Francescoli, with Ruben Sousa and Fonseca, formed the offensive line of the Uruguay team and stumbled into the group stage. However, as soon as the team entered the knockout stage, they met Italy, which is known for its defense. No matter how hard Franciscoli and others worked, they still had no choice but to take advantage of the Italian defense line and could only accept the result of returning home.

After the frustrated World Cup trip, Francescoli took his junior brother Fonseca to play in Cagliari. As for this team, due to their overall strength, they can only deal with their opponents with their defensive counterattack tactics. Francescoli's position in the back of the ball will naturally affect his firepower on the offensive end...

Francescoli played for Cagliari for three seasons, and then transferred to Turin. However, compared with Cagliari's lineup configuration, the Turin team was only half a dozen, and it was still mainly focused on defensive counterattacks. After Francescoli joined Turin, his goal efficiency has declined again. During the entire 1993-94 season, only 3 goals in the league were scored.

The trip to Turin was not very smooth, and Franciscoli also encountered trouble with the national team. In the qualifiers of the United States World Cup, Uruguay lost to Brazil led by Romario in the last round, losing the qualification to participate in the World Cup main competition.

If the record is not good, someone will definitely take the blame. At that time, Uruguay coach Luis Cubila, who was in conflict with Francescoli on weekdays, simply threw the blame to Francescoli, and even used extremely dazzling words such as "traitor".

Franciscoli, who took the blame for the coach, not only bears huge psychological pressure, but also feels extremely aggrieved and can't help but shed tears.. After watching the 94 World Cup in front of the TV, he left Turin and returned to the riverbed to play. Maradona, the king of football, also played in the Argentine League at that time. The two of them met on the stadium from time to time and staged a battle between dragons and tigers. According to Maradona, Francescoli is a respectable opponent.

Franciscoli, recognized by Maradona, is rejuvenated in the riverbed for a second spring. Under his leadership, River Plate won the league championship and the South American Liberators Cup, which was a glorious one. There is also the Uruguay national team, which also benefited from Francescoli's strong performance and won the Copa America championship in 1995. This year, Francescoli deserves the South American footballer.

It’s a pity that the sunset is extremely beautiful, but it’s just near dusk. Although Francescoli has a very high professional quality, he is no match for the old man of Time after all, and he announced that he would hang up his boots a few years later.

Looking at Francescoli's career, he led the team to win the Copa America three times with the national team, won the Ligue 1 championship in the club, and even conquered Zidane. It is definitely a legend of the green sky. However, it is really sad that even such an existence will still take the blame for the coach.

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