Hugo SotilBarcelona legend of the 70s and protagonist of the legendary 0-5 at the Santiago Bernabéu, died at the age of 75 in a hospital in Lime.
The former Peruvian soccer player had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit since December 19, 2024, shortly after returning from his visit to Barcelonainvited by the Club’s Veterans Association to coincide with the celebration of the club’s 125th anniversary.
He was recognized as the best partner that the Catalan club’s top Dutch star, Johan Cruyff, could have had.
Sotil was an emblematic figure despite his short career at Barça. He played alongside Cruyff, Carles Rexach, José Manuel Asensi, Marcial and other Barça legends. The Peruvian scored one of the goals, the fifth, in the rout of Madrid in the 73-74 season, which will be 50 years old in 2024.
His phrase “Mommy, we champion!” was famous. which he pronounced from a telephone booth at the El Molinón stadium after Barcelona certified their league title by beating Sporting 2-4 in a telephone conference with Peru right after the match and still dressed as a footballer.
In 1977, Sotil returned to Peru and became a two-time national champion, already with ‘his’ Alianza de Lima, for which he had barely played in the youth teams before emerging at Municipal de Lima, a springboard club in a career that took him to Barça. .
