Up to the task. In the run-up to the match between River Plate and Racing for the third round of the Argentine Superliga 2019, both teams paid a touching tribute to the memory of José Luis Brown, who passed away this week due to a neurodegenerative disease. In January, the 'Tata' had been urgently hospitalized due to acute dehydration caused by Alzheimer's disease. Since then, his health had deteriorated and in recent times he no longer recognized his own children.
" A day of great sadness for the Albirroja family, our gladiator José Luis Brown leaves us. His memory and his love for the club will endure forever", tweeted the entity where he shone and became Argentine champion in 1982. Brown made his debut in the First Division in 1975 with Estudiantes, and seven years later became an emblem of the club, as captain of the champion team in the Metropolitano tournament of 1982 and Nacional tournament of 1983, under the orders of coach Carlos Bilardo, who later brought him to the national team.
River Plate and Racing pay tribute to 'Tata' Brown in El Cilindro. (Twitter)
Argentine former footballer José Luis Brown, World Cup champion with the Albiceleste in Mexico 1986, passed away last Monday at the age of 62 in Argentina, reported Estudiantes de la Plata, his first professional club and one of his historic figures. The 'Tata', who played as a central defender, scored one of the goals in the '86 World Cup final against West Germany, specifically the 1-0, in a match that ended 3-2 in favor of the South Americans.
At the beginning of 2019, it was revealed through a medical report that Brown was suffering from a neurodegenerative disease that had already worsened. In the tournament that gave Argentina its second World Cup title, the 'Tata' was a starter in the team led by Carlos Bilardo and commanded on the field by Diego Armando Maradona. It is also worth noting that in addition to being a world champion, Brown won two Argentine championships with Estudiantes de la Plata.
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