The last episode of Golazothe podcast of
Sports.fr And French Football Weeklyreturns to five Golden Balls Fallen into oblivion and the history of the Spaniard Luis Suarez too often passes in the background. After the double of Alfredo Di Stefano, Real Madrid star and Ballon d'Or 1957 and 1959, Luis Suarez Miramontes is the first real Spaniard winner of the award of France FootballDi Stéfano being obviously a naturalized Spanish Argentinian.
Luisito Suarez, a native of Corogne and trained in Deportivo, became the master to play FC Barcelona under the orders of Helenio Herrera. A French coach, yes. A native of Argentina of Spanish parents, “HH” arrived as a child in Morocco, then French protectorate, and then became a footballer in France. He was called to the French team twice and then began his career as a coach in the Staff des Bleus!
Directed by Helenio Herrera, this first Grand Barça in history won the Liga in 1959 and 1960 at the expense of the Merengues and twice raised the trophy of the Cup of Fair cities (the ancestor of the UEFA/Europa League Cup) in 1958 and 1960. The double liga-cum-cut of Europe in 1960 allowed Luis Suarez Puskas, the Real striker, during the ballot of the Ballon d'Or.
A Spanish Ballon of Gold
“Suarez is not a wrestler: he does not need it. He knows how to do everything, with the authority of a duke, the precision of a surveyor and the beauty of an Apollo ”then wrote France Football Regarding this Luis Suarez who obviously has no relationship with the Uruguayan scorer also went through the FCB.
Luisito Suarez is really a legend of Spanish football. Helenio Herrera recruited the playmaker to Inter Milan and the Nerazzurri wrote the biggest page in their history by winning the Champions Clubs Cup in 1964 and 1965. The first two Inter -Champions League. The midfielder even won Euro 64 with the Seleccion, missing a second Ballon d'Or of a little. Less scorer, he is much less famous than Alfredo Di Stefano, Real legend and Spanish football. While he is Argentinian.
