Oscar Ruggeri knows exactly what a center-back should be like, and it has nothing to do with technique.
For El Cabezón, a player at the back has to look mean and not bathe on match day. No showing up at the stadium looking immaculate: a defender is there to make life difficult, not to show off.
And he said it in his best street-football tone: “If the opposing striker wore cologne, I drove him crazy for all 90 minutes” 😤⚽
It’s the age-old maxim of football: a defender should be intimidating, have no problem getting dirty, and be a constant headache for the referee 🪓
