Diego Maradona. The video and the memory that the first Argentine team that came out to play dedicated to him

Diego Maradona he shone in football, but it was common to see him enjoy as a fan other selected Argentines. Encourage the Davis Cup team from the stands, follow Pumas games, vibrate with the achievements of the Golden Generation. After the death of the crack, the first Albiceleste team to have action was that of basketball, that this Friday he faced with Chile by classification to dispute the AmeriCup. And that he did not forget 10, of course, on a night in which beat 67 to 61 and it was closer to the target.

Although average 24 years old, Almost as long as the former soccer player had been out of court (23), and they did not experience Maradona’s sporting feats first hand, Argentine basketball players honored Fluff wearing T-shirts with the number 10 and the inscription “Maradona” when entering the Obras Sanitarias field. And the Argentine Basketball Confederation (CABB) produced a tribute video.

In the pictures, they have a Fabricio Oberto as announcer in off, The ’86 Mexican champion appears several times, sharing moments with members of the Golden Generation, such as Manu Ginobili and Oberto himself. “Genuine fan of Argentine basketball and of our beloved team”, He is described by the former Cordovan pivot, who in the rest of the minute that the video lasts praises his closeness to the sport of hoops and boards. “You went to cheer, you went to our courts, you were in our dressing rooms and you admired our players, when you were number 1”, expresses the Olympic champion of Athens 2004.

The video of tribute of El Alma al 10

“I am 23 years old and I did not know so much about Diego, about what he means for the country, for the Argentine people. I have been all these days watching videos and what people were saying, like those who said they did not have food but were happy what he was doing on a court. I understood more the power of sport and what can be achieved. Diego transferred everything and was decisive in the social context “, rescued Fernando Zurbriggen, one of the members of a team that against Chile did not have of almost none of its main figures.

On the other side of the age scale, a benchmark for the Argentine basketball team, his coach until recently Sergio Hernandez, He referred in Spain to the departure of his friend Maradona. “It was a very hard day. They called me from all over, but I did not go out because I was not going to be able to speak. Our grief not only has to do with his departure. As I said. [Roberto] Fontanarrosa, «I don’t care what Maradona did with his life; I care what he did with mine. We feel like he left us. We thought that a world would not exist without Maradona. With the good and with the bad. For me it was a disastrous afternoon, “said the 57-year-old new technical director of Zaragoza, in the program Table football TV, of Aragon.

“Everything that had to do with sports and everything that had to do with an Argentine jersey, was for him his family. Diego saw an Argentine shirt and was excited. That united us. Diego has a photo with all the athletes. Not just because we were going to look for it: he was looking for that photo. He felt pride and admiration for all athletes “, highlighted the Bahian, world runner-up in China 2019.

The best plays of the victory against Chile

At least for this window of the tie heading to the AmeriCup, “Oveja” Hernández is replaced by Gabriel Piccato, who made his debut as Argentina’s main coach with the aforementioned 67-61 over Chile. The victory was not only tight, it was also at risk, with a tie at 61-23 seconds from the close. The venue lacked Luis Scola, Facundo Campazzo, Nicolás Laprovittola, Gabriel Deck, Luca Vildoza and other outstanding pieces that starred in the Chinese final; on the other hand, of the world runners-up were Máximo Fjellerup (14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals; best of the winner) and Agustin Caffaro, in the middle of a squad of young people who for long stretches had a bad time against a surprising Chile.

However, they won and remained, with two successes and a setback, well outlined in group A of the tie, along with Venezuela, that earlier beat Colombia by 73 to 69. This saturday, always in Sanitary Works, Venezuelans and Chileans will cross at 4:10 p.m., and the Argentina will conclude this window against Colombia, starting at 10:10 p.m. with television from TyC Sports. Zone A will have its last meetings in February, in Chile.