The dramatic confession of Loco Dalla Libera after Platense’s classification to the final: “I was dead for a few minutes”

Platense is one step away from glory. El Calamar will play on Saturday against Central Rosary their third final in history in the First Division and will seek to establish themselves in the Professional League Cup. The road to this defining meeting was not without drama, because both before Hurricane like in front of Godoy Cruzwon the victory for penalties. That caused a lot of nervousness among his fans, those who were in San Luis and San Nicolás, headquarters of the quarterfinals and semi-finals respectively, but also for those who followed him on television.

And precisely the definition against Tomba brought one of Platense’s emblematic players to the scene: Mariano Dalla Libera. The ‘Crazy’ confessed that he was afraid for his health, since six months ago he suffered “a heart attack”was “a few minutes dead” and I feared a relapse due to the tension of the series that had Ramiro Macagno as its hero.

In dialogue with the radio program “Fulbo Champagne”, he recounted in many details the key moments of the match and among them he revealed that a few months ago he had suffered a health problem that kept him on the tightrope.

The player who was part of the Platense team in the 90s, when remembering the semifinal match against the Mendoza team, confessed that “he suffered a heart attack” and that “he was dead for a few minutes.”

When talking about the club, he did so from the passion of any fan and, in an ironic tone, he completed: “Platense always gives you something and to me, personally, what he gave me is 100% that my heart is right”. The 59-year-old former player said that He called his doctor to let him know that he was perfect after having “survived” the game.

“I had surgery six months ago. This is not a joke, I’m telling you the truth. He gave me cardiac arrest and I fell flat. “I was clinically dead for a couple of minutes.”Dalla Libera recounted, and completed: “I don’t know why it happened to me, I live doing sports, I don’t drink alcohol, I have never taken drugs in my life. Well, it happened to me”.

El Loco had to go ahead and notify those who follow his state of health, that he was in perfect condition because, of course, that semifinal was not suitable for everyone; more than anything, because the current rise of the club built an illusion in the fans who never thought they would go this far. “These guys gave me the balls, not in the never, they put it up there in the clouds”the former River Plate player recalled with a laugh.

Already in a 100% football talk and leaving his health status behind, Dalla Libera emphasized Calamar’s way of playing and analyzed the advantages that the team may have to go out and look for the game. “Platense plays against. If Central opens up a little, Platense is brave”he assured.

El Loco, who led the club in 2008, being his only experience as a coach, did not hesitate to highlight the positive arrival of Martín Palermo and how he correctly managed all areas. “Palermo is a very great merit, because the leadership knew how to bank it. He did a great job. The processes are like that, nothing is magic”he analyzed.

Furthermore, he added: “It’s terrible what he did with kids from the club, with kids he believed in. A solid goalkeeper, a team that knows what he plays”.

On the table is the chance to become champion for the first time in 118 years of history and secure a place to play their debut in the Copa Libertadores, and make the Calamar community proud, for the growth being a club with few resources compared to others. in Argentine soccer.