What is Ernesto Lazzatti?
{{NPOV|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ernesto Lazzatti | image = Ernesto Lazzatti 1945.jpeg | image_size = 180 | caption = Lazzatti in 1945 | fullname = | height = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1915|9|25}} | birth_place = [[Bahía Blanca]], [[Argentina]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1988|12|30|1915|9|25}} | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1 = 1924–1933 | youthclubs1 = Puerto Comercial | years1 = 1934–1947 | years2 = 1947–1948 | clubs1 = [[Boca Juniors]] | clubs2 = [[Danubio F.C.|Danubio]] | caps1 = 379 | caps2 = 50 | goals1 = 16 | goals2 = 0 | totalcaps = 429 | totalgoals = 16 | nationalyears1 = 1936–1937 | nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} [[File:Sosa lazzatti pescia.jpg|thumb|right|170px|[[Carlos Sosa (footballer)|Carlos Sosa]], Lazzatti and [[Natalio Pescia]], the midfield line of Boca Juniors in the 1940s and one of the most remembered in the history of the club]] '''Ernesto Lazzatti''' (25 September 1915 - 30 December 1988) was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[Association football|football]] midfielder and sports journalist. He played as a centre-half. At the beginning of his career, in the Quinta División of Puerto Comercial, he played as a right inside; it was Santos Ursino, the first-team centre-half, who advised him to change his position, taking on more defensive duties. Lazzatti was inspired by [[Luis Monti]] and [[Adolfo Zumelzú]], players he admired for their very different characteristics; another of his role models was Santos Ursino himself. Gifted with a clear vision of the game and a sense of timing in passing, he demonstrated his skills from a young age, so much so that he was nicknamed El Pibe de Oro (the golden boy). In addition to his technical qualities, he was also able to make passes, both short and long, and to play in the air; One of his weaknesses was his shooting accuracy, which he lacked. He was also a fair player: during his caree