Mascot, idol and camp: Gustavo Costas sees Racing, the one he loves

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El regreso de Gustavo Costas a Racing Club significa la apertura de un nuevo capítulo en la historia de amor entre el exfutbolista y el club de su vida.

Trained in the lower divisions of the university environment, Costas began his relationship with the Avellaneda organization when Costitas and fought as a mascot of José’s team.

As a child, on February 28, 1963, Avellaneda participated in the action led by Juan José Pizzuti that lost the unbeaten streak of 39 games against River, at the time when the historic coach replaced him.

Then, specifically on April 5, 1981, the defender, central defender, wonderful time and a lot of interga, made his deyet in the First of Racing, however in his first years the teams lived, from the stands through a patellar tendon rotor, One of the most striking moments in their history: their relegation in 1983. After being named character and captain of the team, Costas won the promotion in 1985, after the following semester in Argentino de Mendoza, as a rented plant. of the academy.

Costas siguió escribiendo su historia en Avellaneda, al punto de erigirse en el futbolista con más presencias en la historia del profesionalismo (337 -anotó 9 goles-, solo por debajo de las 405 de Natalio Perinetti, en el amateurismo) y de ganarse un cántico icónico como el “Y chupe y chupe, no deje de chupar, que Costa’ es lo más garnde del fútbol nacional”, que se coreaba al unísono en el Cilindro.

One of his golden chapters at the club won the 1988 Supercopa Sudamericana in Brazil, after getting rid of Santos, River and Cruzeiro, and the Inter-American Super Cup, a friendly match, a month later.

During a job in Locarno, Switzerland (1989-1992), Néstor Fabbri’s former teammate returned to the academy (1981-1989 and 1992-1996), but eventually retired to Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy (1996-1997).

His career as a businessman also began in motorsport, after leading the institution’s youth teams. The race for cycling fines was recorded by Costas in his debut with the dismissal of Humberto “Bocha” Maschio: in the midst of the deep economic and institutional crisis, Racing won 30 things in a championship and maintained the relegation.

Throughout his vast sector, the former defender has coached Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico and Chile, he has committed camp in Alianza Lima, Cerro Porteño, Barcelona and Independiente Santa Fe, but even so he has A moment prevented in Avellaneda: in 2007, when Mostaza Merlo premiered, it was only presented in the midst of an institutional crisis, with an average generation. During the middle year and resignation, without many results.

In the club of his loves, Costa controlled 74 games, with a series of 23 trios, 23 draws and 28 defeats, in the same context in which he is now applying to update Fernando Gago (and the interims Sebastián Grazzini and Ezequiel Videla) in its moment. . very different from reality.

A lo largo de su vida, Costas vivió todas las etapas de Racing. Las buenas, las malas. Algunas de las mejores, muchas de las peores. Y esa historia tendrá, después de más de una década y media, un nuevo capítulo.

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