Marco Pellegrino, the young man who changed tennis for football. Platense
“Everything happened to him very quickly and he never despaired.” The story of Marco Pellegrino He arouses curiosity because he is one of those young people who adapts to practically any sport and becomes competitive in all of them. From tennis to soccer, he today plays for AC Milan in Italy’s Serie A and was called up by Lionel Scaloni to join the Argentine National Team for the double qualifying round towards the 2026 World Cup. His first steps and the decision he had to make to turn his life around.
That aforementioned phrase was told to him by a source close to the media outlet La Nación. Born in Saavedra, currently He is 21 years old and has already been a member of the substitute bench of the historic Italian club six times, after a brief and successful time in Platense, in the first division of Argentine football.
The curious thing about his story is that as soon as he arrived in Platense he began to play as a tennis player. In fact, on the institution’s website They promoted it as one of the promises of this sport. Faithful admirer of Juan Martín del Potrohe competed in G-3 and G-4 tournaments, as well as being part of some interclubs organized by the Argentine Tennis Association (AAT).
Horacio Salvo, vice president of Platense, gave more details in the interview with the aforementioned media and acknowledged that “Marco stood out in all sports. In tennis he always played against rivals of a higher category”, while detailing: “He comes from a family that always cared about their diet.. His father, Gabriel, followed him throughout his career and always supported him. The family opted for education and sports”.
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In any case, the final decision was made when he was 14 years old. She spoke with the coach of the eighth division and devoted herself to soccer. “I love tennis, I watch it a lot, but I always had a different passion with football. So at the moment of deciding, when I started training all week, and three or four days in tennis, it was impossible for me to cover all the schedules and I didn’t think twice: I threw myself into football“, he himself had revealed some time ago Pellegrino in a chat with a Squid site.
To conclude the story, another curious detail is that He started as number ’10’, but now plays as ‘6’, central defender. As a result of his good ball handling and the preparation he acquired to head and play, the left-handed player established himself in a place he had never thought possible. Now, he is part of one of the best football clubs in the world after an operation that was a record in the history of Platense (€ 3.5 million for 100% of his record) and dreams of making his debut in the Argentine National Team.
2023-10-05 17:41:56
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