Gonzalo Peillat, a 31-year-old defender and former champion with the Lions in Rio 2016, is now a figure in the German hockey team.
The Lions face Germany this Sunday in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games. In the midst of the clash between the two teams, the Argentine naturalized German Gonzalo Peillat, He celebrated the goal from a corner and made a striking celebration that generated anger on social networks.
When the Argentine anthem was played, Los Leones sang out loud. The cameras of the official broadcast went with Peillat who, on the other side of the field, He just kept a concentrated expression on his face. He didn’t sing or make any kind of gesture. The 31-year-old defender resigned from the national team in 2019 due to the poor management of Argentine hockey. Immediately, Germany offered him to represent the country while he was playing for Manheimer HC.
Peillat and the decision to play for the German national team
It was only in 2020 that Peillat decided to represent the German national team. in the different competitions. At the end of that year received a call from the then German coach to make clear his intentions to add him to the team.
“There comes a time when you no longer feel like banging your head all day long. I had to think about it a thousand times with my family, but at the same time I couldn’t talk about it with almost anyone.“It wasn’t easy at all, because I was thinking about what people would say or what a German player would think about me playing for them,” he had said in an interview.
After making the decision, he received a German passport and started playing for the European national team. Over the years, He became a key part of the team.
Source: Ambito
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