Outstanding in football, the jewel of Real Madrid and Argentina also looked in another sport when he was a boy.
Few names have achieved resonate both in the world of football and Franco Mastantuono. The jewel arising from the lower River has managed to dazzle their own and others from a young age, and managed to get the attention of Real Madrid, who did not hesitate to buy his pass.
The meringues paid 40 million euros To keep the young Argentine, who even luxurious to debut in the Argentine National Team and all this before turning 18. Recently, he scored his first goal as a player of the Spanish team, but what few know is that today he is present because he chose this sport instead of another.
Mastantuono tennis
Franco Mastantuono’s first steps in tennis
Born and raised in blue, there he took his first steps with the ball, but also with the racket. His father trained a local club and while everyone imagined that his destiny was football, tennis appeared for the left -hander to find another sport to demonstrate his talent. Guillermo Coria, who could see the Tenista Mastantuono, revealed that he was one of the most prominent sub 10 he has seen throughout the country.
“I have a photo with him of a little boy, when we toured the entire country with a sports growth program. It is shown that what he does, does it well “the magician revealed, who is also a fan of River. Although he could not enjoy it as colleague or pupil, if he will have celebrated the goals of today Real Madrid player.
He helped him in football: the importance of his experience with the racket
For Mastantuono, we must not forget how tennis was important in his training as an athlete. The star of the meringues does not separate himself from his past and even absorbed some things to implement them in his current career as a soccer player.
“Competing, traveling and playing tournaments made me that competitive and I appreciate what I lived for tennis”he explained not long ago in an interview with Olé the former River. He also remarked that for him it was not the ball or racket, since today he is fulfilling his true dream in the White House of Spain.
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