Pellistri’s two ‘incredible’ Uruguayan influences

“I remember the day I knew that he was going to be our manager, [it] was an incredible moment,” Pellistri said recently, in the latest episode of our TeamViewer Diaries series.

“He knows a lot about football. He had an incredible career, so he taught me a lot of things. The most important thing that I remember is that after training, we stayed with him, shooting [with] him all the time. He was advising me and other young players that were there.

“And that is the thing that I remember most: all the advice that he gave us.

“And of course, as he was one of the best players, it’s very important for us young players to hear all that. He was one of the best.

“Even [after] he had retired, he was one of the best while we did all the training stuff and shooting, he was the best.”