La Scaloneta did it, 28 years later
At the least expected moment, the Argentine football team won the title again. the frame? The ideal, Brazil and the Maracana in the final match that we still shout about the goal and salvation Angel Di Maria.
The competition also left many certainties and other pleasant surprises, such as the certification of Lionel Scaloni In leading the team (he was the third man in the coaching staff of the 2018 World Cup in Russia), with Pablo Aimar, Walter Samuel and Roberto Ayala As assistants, they achieved what no one else could, accumulating the players’ experience and youth.
Leave also get pleasant surprises. A stranger appears Emiliano “Dibo” Martinez Where he played undisputed first in the Argentine goal and his phrases during the penalty shootout against Colombia on “Look how I eat you, brother.” When Yerry Mina was on his way to kick the penalty. Among the manifestations are also those Romero “The Holidays”, now fixed central mark, cover on the right side of Nahuel Molina multifunctionality Rodrigo de BolThe perfect partner for Lionel Messi.
Messi year
If we haven’t talked about the Argentine star before, it’s because his year was historic. Take off the heavy backpack for being a champion with the national team, He left Barcelona to go to Paris Saint-Germain (It was the news of the year) and at the end of 2021 he won the seventh Ballon d’Or.
As if that were not enough, did he achieve the goal of qualifying with the national team for the Qatar 2022 event, the last of which? A great chance to win the World Cup.
Always Gallardo
River fans were congratulated in 2021. With the postponed Argentine Super Cup in Santiago del Estero, beating Racing 5-0, the thorn in the Argentine league was removed, and at the end of the year he took the Champions Cup against Colon de Santa Fe.
But there was news that for fans of the millionaire it was worth more than any championship, the continuity of Marcelo Gallardo for at least another year. The most winning coach in River’s history chose to stay, as he himself said on the day of the press conference announcing it.
The “dummy” took over in 2014 and under his leadership “the river became a river again”. He won 14 titles, beating Ramon Diaz by five, and took home the most important tournament in the club’s history, the 2018 Copa Libertadores against Boca, in Madrid.
Volleyball for men and lionesses, highlights of Tokyo 2021
After 33 years, the volleyball team managed to reach the Olympic podium with a bronze medal. team led by Marcelo Mendes They excelled in their collective performance to finish third after beating Brazil 3-2.
This year, the Argentine women’s hockey team, known as Las Leonas, won its fifth medal in the last six Olympic Games.
After winning the silver medal in Tokyo, captain and reference Noel Barrionuevo withdrew from the selection. What is more, Augustina Albertario s Augustina Gorzelani Nominated by the International Hockey Federation for Player of the Season, Belen Sochi Best goalkeeper and Valentina Fox public promise.
Growing Manu Ginobili, NBA Hall of Fame nominee
Bahiense continues to make history despite his retirement, he has come up with a nomination to enter the NBA Hall of Fame. Ginobilli has distinguished before and after in Argentine and world basketball history, by becoming one of the most valuable players in NBA history.
His history included four Champions League rings and an Olympic gold medal in Athens 2004 with the Argentine national team. Manu has already been confirmed as one of 50 players who will seek induction into the Hall of Fame.
Retreats of Paula Barreto and Sergio Aguero
judoka Paula Pique BarrettoAt the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro she became the first Argentine woman to win a gold medal in an individual discipline, retired in July at the age of 35 after winning a diploma at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
In December he retired at the age of 33 due to heart problems Sergio ‘Con’ Aguero, World Cup Champion with Argentina in 2021, 2005 World Cup in Netherlands and Canada 2007, Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 and runner-up to the World Cup in Brazil 2014. |
