“It means everything to the Argentine people”

Fernando Zurbriggen, escort of the basketball team that defeated Chile through the qualifying window for the AmeriCup 2022, remarked that Maradona “means everything to the Argentine people” when trying to explain the small tribute that the team offered him.

“It means everything to the Argentine people. It is true that I am 23 years old and I did not know so much about him, what he represented ”, said the Obras player called up by Gabriel Piccato to face the commitments against Chile (67-61) and Colombia, on dates 3 and 4 of the classification .

“I was watching videos all these days and what people were saying. Like, for example, those who said they didn’t have enough to eat but were happy because of what he was doing on a pitch ”, explained the Santa Fe.

Before the start of the game that Argentina beat Chile on Friday night, the CABB screened a video that featured the locution of the “Golden Generation” Fabricio Oberto, in which he reflected the devotion and affection towards crack.

“I understood more about the power of sport and what it can achieve. Diego transferred everything and was decisive in the social context. That is why we join the tribute ”, summarized Zurbriggen.

In the text, Oberto evoked Maradona saying that “you went to encourage us, you went to our courts, you were in our changing rooms and you admired our players, when you were number 1, but without making anyone feel what you really were.”

For this reason, the team members met, before starting the game, where they all wore shirts with the “10” and “Maradona” on the back.