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When River Plate icon Diaz took over fourth-tier Oxford

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Emlyn Begley
BBC Sport journalist
Ramon DiazSteve Daniels

Ramon Diaz spent only six months of his near 30-year managing career working in Europe - at Oxford United

Twenty years ago a Copa Libertadores-winning legend turned up to manage mid-table fourth tier side Oxford United.

Six months later Ramon Diaz and the rest of his seven-man entourage were blocked from even entering the ground.

It seems unlikely anybody will ever the former River Plate manager, who played for Argentina, Inter Milan, Monaco and others, in winning South America's top tournament - and the League Two manager of the month award.

BBC Sport tell the story with help from former players Steve Basham, Chris Tardif and Lucas Cominelli, BBC Oxford editor Jerome Sale, and Jean Marc Goiran, the man who brokered the deal and acted as assistant manager, translator and unofficial chief executive.

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