The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), in advance of the Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana draws, paid tribute to the Argentine team, world champion in Qatar 2022 and, in a special way, to Lionel Messi.
The recognition of the entity that governs South American football began with a series of images of the different world champions that the continent had and, after that, the president of the confederation, Alejandro Dominguezread several prominent tweets from Argentine supporters during November.
“Thank you for your humility and the Argentine team is the path we have to follow”the Paraguayan told the Albiceleste footballers.
The national team coach, lionel scaloniwas also invited to take the stage and offer a few words: “Thank you for the gift. Thanks to everyone who is here, to the players. Soccer belongs to them because we are coaches and we can’t play anymore.”
“We try to provide them with tools for the field of play. Argentina was not just Argentina, but all of South America. She infected many countries. Seeing Mauro Silva, who is Brazilian and who is happy with what we have achieved, shows what this team has generated.”Scaloni added.
At the moment, the collaborators of the national cast received their awards Roberto Ayala, Walter Samuel, Pablo Aimar, Luis Martín and Martín Tocalli.
Then, different fans took the stage, which went viral on the networks during the World Cup, and proceeded to deliver the respective recognitions to 24 of the 25 champions.
For his part, Messi was honored in a special way, since he was shown a video with the presence of the singer Soledad Pastorutti who sang her song “Brindis”, a famous single that she sang live to Diego Armando Maradona and which has millions of views on YouTube.
At the end of the track, the artist approached the star – who was seen moved – and took his hand to sing the last verses.
Continuing with the recognition of Rosario, a dialogue between Pelé and “Pelusa” was recreated with artificial intelligence.
Later, Domínguez returned to the podium together with the Paris Saint Germain (PSG) player, to whom he gave the replica of the three cups that the “Scaloneta” won and commented, laughing: “The one you lack is the Libertadores” .
The president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia.
Finally, with the presence of number ten from Argentina, the full-scale statue of “La Pulga” with the World Cup was unveiled -which will be in the museum of the conmebol along with those of Pelé and Maradona – and he was given a cane, similar to the presidential one and designed by Adrián Pallarols, as “king of world football”.
Source: Ambito
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