On Friday afternoon, the Velez family surprisingly lost a member of their club.
In sad news for the world of Argentine football, Velez Sarsfield reported the death of Hernan Manrique, one of the reserve coaches, at the age of 49. According to the information provided by the club, he decompensated in the preview of his team’s game against Racing and went into cardiac arrest on the way to hospital.
After giving the routine technical lecture at the Olympic Village, Palito expressed his discomfort and Velez’s doctors began to treat him.. First they made an electrocardiogram and then they transferred him to the Hospital del Bicentenario in Ituzaingó. Right there he went into cardiac arrest and they couldn’t resuscitate him.
Came to Velez In 2017 he directed first in Children, later in Youth. Since the end of 2022, they took over the post of the Reserve together with Marcelo Bravo. They reached second place in the previous tournament and are leaders in the current one. Today they won the Academy 2-0, but at half-time it was decided to abandon the game after hearing the fatal news.
Before I became DT, He had a long career as a football player. He started in Nueva Chicago, went through All Boys and promoted to B Nacional and then promoted to the First Division in Belgrano. He was followed by an experience in Unión de Santa Fe, to return to Torito and rise to the top tier with a goal from him against Instituto. Huracán, Chacarita and Unión de Sunchales were his last clubs.
He Fort announced in an official statement that the board of directors had made the decision to do so suspend all football-related weekend activities. In addition, thanks to the approval of AFA and Liga Profesional, The game they were supposed to play against Racing at the Presidente Perón stadium on Friday from 9:30 p.m. was postponed. There is no new date and time for the game yet.
Source: Goal