BREAKING: Legendary Argentina manager Cesar Menotti dies as tributes pour in for World Cup winner

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Cesar Menotti managed Argentina when they won their first ever World Cup on home soil in 1978, beating the Netherlands 3-1 in extra-time in the final in Buenos Aires

Argentine football coach Cesar Luis Menotti has died aged 85 — Argentine football coach Cesar Menotti has died aged 85

Tributes are being paid to former Argentina boss Cesar Menotti, who's died aged 85.

Menotti led his nation to their first ever World Cup win in 1978.

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