Article by Claudiu Badea – published Wednesday, April 16, 2025 22:11 / Updated Wednesday, April 16, 2025 22:27
Before the dispute between Real Madrid and Arsenalfrom the return of the “quarters” of the Champions League, a moment of silence was held for Leo Beenhakker and Mario Vargas Llosa. Nearly 78,000 people were silent, then applauded the moment.
Leo Beenhakker was a legendary coach for “Galactici” and trained Gică Hagi during the “King” evolved for Madrid. Mario Vargas Llosa, the prolific and the multi-premier Peruvian writer, died at 89, leaving a universal inheritance of books, words, sensations, contradictions and surprises.
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Leo Beenhakker died on April 10. The Dutch health state was precarious for a long time, his close friends revealing in February that “he doesn't feel good at all and refuses to go out.”
Leo Beenhakker was 82 years old. He was especially known for the mandates he had on Real Madrid's bank, the first between 1986 and 1989, the second in the first half of 1992, resulting in 6 trophies.
In the second term, Beenhakker had under his command on Gică Hagi. Under the Dutch guidance, Hagi scored 11 goals in a total of 27 matches.
Leo Beenhakker not only trained club teams, but also national: the Netherlands in 1990, Saudi Arabia in 1993 and 1994, Trinidad and Tobago in 2005 and 2006, Poland between 2006-2009. The most recently activated at Sparta Rotterdam, boarding the club leaders.
Leo Beenhakker
Mario Vargas Llosa, the author of the masterpieces Conversation to the cathedral and The war of the end of the world, He passed away on April 13, at the age of 89. The Peruvian had obtained the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010 and was the fan of the University de Deportes team.
The author of the volume The city and the dogs, Born on March 28, 1936 in the city of Arequipa, he also played football in childhood, being present on Estadio Nacional dressed in the club's complete equipment.
On February 2, 2011, during the event called “Noche Crema” – the evening on which the team of the University Deportes team is presented -, Mario Vargas Llosa was ovated on the open stage by 60,000 fans of the Peruan Club, who listened to stories told by the great writer about their common passion, football.
Mario Vargas Llosa in January 2023, in the residence of Madrid Photo: Imago Images
