Mexico coach asked not to smoke
2006-06-13 09:27
Berlin - Fifa will write to Mexico's
colourful coach Ricardo Lavolpe asking him to stop smoking
during Mexico's World Cup matches.
Although Lavolpe is not breaking any regulations, Fifa has
already asked all coaches not to smoke during games.
TV pictures showed the 54-year-old Argentinian-born coach puffing away at pitchside during his team's 3-1 win over Iran on Sunday.
Fifa spokesman Markus Siegler said on Monday Fifa would look
at replays of the coverage and ask him to observe the
guidelines.
Lavolpe, who has a keen dress sense and sports a goatee
beard, has improved Mexico's soccer fortunes over the last three years and they could well make the later stages of the
competition.
Many coaches have smoked in the past, most famously Cesar
Luis Menotti who led Argentina to victory in the 1978 World Cup
final in Buenos Aires.