Scola, the idol who debuted against Roca in the League and won the World Cup at Ruca Che

Luis Scola’s professional life has its points of contact with basketball in the region. It is that at the age of 15 the intern made his debut in the West Railway of Capital Federal in a match against Deportivo Roca for the National League 95/96 at the Héctor Etchart stadium.

Years later, In 2001, he played the World Cup with the national team, a tournament that Argentina won from end to end and it was the previous one to the contest held in Indianapolis, United States, where Rubén Magnano’s team came second.

The Ruca Che was the scene where Luifa and the Golden Generation began to do their thing.

There are people who overcome any context. One of them is Luis, an athlete who transcended his discipline earning the respect of his country and rivals by being himself.

In Saitama, the captain and maximum reference in the history of the basketball team put an end to his career in the national team and The emotion of the moment wiped from the air Argentina’s crushing defeat to Australia in the Tokyo 2020 quarterfinals.

Mentioning his myriad of individual and collective achievements with the light blue and white shirt is only seeing part of the film, even when those awards are very difficult to match and anyone would envy them. Gold in Athens 2004 is the highest point, but later you can name the bronze in Beijing 2008, the fourth place in London 2012, the world runner-ups in 2002 and 2019 and so on with dozens of continental tournaments.

It is that Luifa embodies from beginning to end the best of a litter that with him officially said goodbye to the activity, at least as far as the selection is concerned. The results were in the background because It is difficult to see a human being so applauded by locals and strangers with the respect that players and coaching staff from Argentina and Australia did towards Scola.

“We are all experiencing a special situation, having seen the rivals and the referees applaud me broke me a bit. I tried to get away from everything throughout the last year, I kept my composure as much as I could… ”, declared the protagonist of the Japanese night.

Even in the mixed zone after experiencing a mobilizing situation, he demonstrated through his words why both he and his teammates were different in the timeline of the national sport. “I wanted to work until the last minute and I got it. The Selection is much more than the names of the Golden Generation ”, he claimed.

Looking ahead, the man who emerged in the Western Railway, went through the best of European basketball, China and spent several years in the NBA, declared: “Now it’s time to rest, then we’ll see what comes next. You have to rethink everything. Times of change are coming in my life, so slow down a bit and I’ll start planning for the future ”.

We were not a few who got excited in the final section of the post-match interview when we heard that Luifa concluded: “I thank the jersey, I really enjoyed it. I gave him my biggest commitment, my best effort, and my best years of my career. I am going in peace with myself ”.

In addition to being the benchmark of the men’s basketball team, he became a beacon that well It could serve to straighten the ship of Argentine sports at a time when policies in this matter lack seriousness, knowledge, planning and so many necessary virtues that Luifa has.

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