“A strict and emotional tour of the tournament that our champion duo experienced. his World Cup, which is not the same as he world. One in Doha and another in Mendoza. One in a journalistic role, another in a fan role; but it is known that, for those of us who dedicate ourselves to this, everything that happens beyond the role can always be told2, says Luis Ábrego in the prologue of Daddy, we won the World Cuphe book written in two voices by Fabian Galdi and Gonzalo Ruiz which will be presented on Thursday, June 27 at 8 p.m. at La Bancaria (España 1234, City).
Both sports journalists, Galdi and Ruiz, the first from the World Cup headquarters, the second from Mendoza, rescue in this book how they experienced the tournament that gave us the third star, but exceeding the strictly journalistic and going much further, much more to the inside of each one. How to live and how to survive an initial defeat that later transforms into a dream come true. What can a father who is a football fan explain to his daughter, who prefers Pepa Pig. Where does an Argentinian stand surrounded by green shirts from Arabia and Mexico? These and so many more things cannot be written from the rationality of journalism, but from the heart.
“A chronicle that, mirroring the Scaloneta, is crossed by the initial drama, since it prepared for glory and was defeated in the debut; that makes you believe and “does not leave you flailing”, as Leo asked us; that started by scoring in the final and ended up suffering at the foot of Dibu Martínez. A book that takes us to the penalty shootout, where everyone is committed to what they believe in, and those who don’t sink into the chair waiting for the outcome. A compilation of stories that has nothing to do with television documentaries or post-match interviews where questions are not asked, a short pass is made at the bottom. There is here, on each page, the drive of witnesses, an instinct for preservation, a vocation to tell. “adds Abrego in the prologue, summarizing what was stated by the Mendoza writers.
On Thursday, June 27 at 8 p.m., at La Bancaria, the appointment is with the authors during the presentation. With the vivid memory of those days of World Cup Qatar 2022with Dibu getting the last one, with Messi raising the Cup, with the streets once again full of people celebrating, with the fanatic heart that doesn’t stop beating.
