Overview
- Jorge Bilardo said he informed his brother while they watched Boca’s televised homage to Russo, when flags and tributes made the news unavoidable.
- Carlos Bilardo reacted by falling silent and shedding tears, according to Jorge’s radio interview.
- He did not attend the wake at La Bombonera because he can move very little from his home, Jorge said.
- Relatives have been shielding him from distressing news due to Hakim‑Adams syndrome, using a similar approach when he learned of Diego Maradona’s death.
- Bilardo and Russo’s bond stretches back to Estudiantes, where they won the 1982 Metropolitano, and Russo was later an early national‑team call‑up before a knee injury kept him out of Mexico ’86.