Argentine former basketball player Emanuel Ginobili, winner of four NBA titles with San Antonio Spurs, assured this Thursday that Argentina, with its captain Lionel Messi, has another chance to be world champion.
“Messi is quite possibly the best player in historya different type, to whom everyone in Argentina we wish him well because now he has another chance to lift the trophyManu declared in statements to the site MedioTiempo de México, during his visit to the North American country.
The 45-year-old Bahian and Olympic champion (Athens 2004) and runner-up in the world with the Argentine national team considers that a World Cup is different from any competition. “A World Cup in Latin America is something that goes beyond sports; it’s on the skin, people breathe it. That Mexico has touched us again as a rival in the group is very significant; our countries stop for a month during the world,” he said.
“It will be very intense, every match in a World Cup is fundamental, a mistake can leave you out, a bad defense or a lucky goal can leave you out of the World Cup or help you pass the instance. As an Argentine, they obviously know who I’m going to support,” said the former elite athlete.