Jorge Bilardo said on Tuesday that his brother Carlos, 88, follows Argentina's matches from Buenos Aires and smiles while watching Messi.
Jorge Bilardo described his brother Carlos Salvador Bilardo's reaction during the 2026 World Cup. “He watches the matches. He stays looking at them, he smiles and nothing more,” he said on Súper Deportivo Radio.
The former coach, diagnosed in 2017 with Hakim-Adams syndrome, gives short answers. Jorge added that Carlos laughed when Messi scored three goals and that he would recall his bond with the captain between 2008 and 2014.
Jorge also mentioned that Carlos recognized Diego Maradona's death because of the flags and that he teared up upon learning of Miguel Ángel Russo's passing, whom he debuted in 1975.
