“Not going to the World Cup was a failure,” acknowledged Facundo Campazzo

“Not going to the World Cup was a failure,” acknowledged Facundo Campazzo

September 20, 2023 – 16:46

The Argentine basketball team did not qualify for the World Cup after being runners-up in China 2019, while the last absence had been in Colombia 1982. At the same time, it will not be in an Olympic Games for the first time since Sydney 2000. What did the Argentine basketball team say? Cordoba base in this regard?

The Córdoba base Facundo Campazzofigure of real Madrid and of the Argentine National Teamsaid in an interview that it was “a failure” the non-classification World Cup in Japan, the Philippines and Indonesiawho finally won Germany. Also due to the elimination in the Pre-Olympic of Paris 2024 with Bahamas.

“From the game with the Dominican Republic that left us out of the World Cup, flashes of the game appear there, things that could have been played differently. I think that the defeats or those things that mark you, last a little longer. The sad or painful things are remembered more. I think we are a bit masochistic. I define it as something very hard. It was a failure.”the former basketball player was sincere Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks in the NBA during a note with TyC Sports.

The fall with Dominican It also occurred in front of Nestor Garciawhich had begun the qualifying process with Argentina and in the middle he was dismissed for extra-sports reasons.

Subsequently, Campazzo He also took responsibility for the fall with Bahamasmonths later, because he had a three-point shot to go ahead at the end and came up “short.”

“In an athlete’s career there are many failures and the important thing is to know how you deal with that and how you turn it into fuel for what is to come. We had a team to qualify and we couldn’t, we failed, it failed there”he continued.

“The talk of failure was prior to the Olympic Prequalifying process and we used it as fuel for what was to come. Although we did not achieve the objective either, I believe that something good was achieved, the creation of a group, new young people stepping into the Argentine National Team. “It is important how you get out of there, that is the key in the life of the athlete.”he sentenced.

Argentina was absent in a world after having been runner-up in China 2019 -the last absence had been in Colombia 1982– and he will do it in a Olympic Game for the first time since Sydney 2000since they later won the gold medal in Athens 2004the bronze in Beijing 2008 and fourth place in London 2012and the other classifications Rio de Janeiro 2016 (outside in rooms with USA) already Tokyo 2020 (removed in the same instance with Australia).

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