A part of the Argentine delegation entered the bus once the training was finished at the Central Córdoba site in Santiago del Estero, but not all got on, some decided to take another route back.
The bus traveled 8 kilometers, returned to the NH hotel located in the downtown area of the city of Santiago and a handful of players paraded between the fences set up by security.
Suddenly, minutes later, a few blocks away, a man in a t-shirt and shorts, both dark blue, was seen walking quickly and intrepidly in the cold and cloudy afternoon of Santiago del Estero.
The scene was reminiscent of the film “Forrest Gump”, the character brilliantly embodied by American actor Tom Hanks and which won him the Oscar for best actor in 1994.
“Run Forrest, run,” they told him, and he ran. The clothing of the Argentine national team corroborated that it was Javier Mascherano himself, in “Forrest Gump” mode. The DT of the Argentine U-20 team trotted accompanied by some members of his coaching staff.
When he arrived at the hotel entrance, the “Jefecito” took time to greet the few fans who were around and they looked for a selfie.
mascherano He usually does this activity and with the future of the activities prior to the match with Uzbekistan he was deprived of going for a run. A member of his coaching staff alerted Télam minutes before that the former Barcelona from Spain would return at full trot from the Central Córdoba property, to travel 8 kilometers, and he complied.
Source: Ambito
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