Legendary former Real Madrid coach Leo Beenhakker dies at 82

A very sad piece of news for football fans today has come from the Netherlands.

Details: Real Madrid announced on their official website that the life of former head coach Leo Beenhakker has ended at the age of 82.

In recent years, Beenhakker had been battling illness, and unfortunately, he could not win this fight.

As the head coach of Real Madrid, the Dutch coach won 3 Spanish league titles, 1 Spanish Cup, and 2 Spanish Super Cups.

Besides Real Madrid, he successfully coached Feyenoord and Ajax, with whom he won the Dutch championship twice each. At the national team level, he coached Saudi Arabia and Poland, and in 2006, he led Trinidad and Tobago to their first-ever World Cup. His last position was with Sparta Rotterdam.

Reminder: Today, CONMEBOL officially requested FIFA to expand the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams