Juan Ramón Verón, who scored at Old Trafford for Argentina's Estudiantes de La Plata, dies at 81

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Juan Ramón Verón, who scored a goal against Manchester United at Old Trafford to help Argentina's Estudiantes de La Plata win the 1968 Intercontinental Cup, died on Tuesday, his former team said. He was 81.
Verón, nicknamed 'the Witch,' was the father of Juan Sebastián, the current president of Estudiantes and himself a former player.

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