The Buenos Aires-born defender afforded his compatriot a warm embrace when they caught up at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on Friday, where Mauricio guided us to a 6-1 victory over Inter, the Italian club at which Zanetti spent almost two decades as a player before hanging up his boots in 2014.
Now serving the Serie A outfit as a vice-president, Zanetti was full of praise for the work his former international team-mate is doing at White Hart Lane.
“I have known Mauricio since the age of 15 and so it’s a pleasure to see him again – we share thoughts about Argentina when we are together,” said Zanetti, 42, who played alongside Mauricio in the Argentina national team between 1999 and 2002.