This Tuesday, August 3, will be a before and after in the history of Argentine sport. Today, after Argentina’s elimination against Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Luis Scola, the last player of the golden generation of Athens 2004, retired.
With less than a minute to go before the end of the match, Luifa withdrew from the court being replaced by a decision by Sergio Hernández and, there, the game was stopped for several seconds after the applause of his own and others, which left an image for the history of basketball.
Australia’s players and coaching staff also applauded Scola following his replacement. Photo: Reuters.
From social networks the emotion of this event was also felt and several tweets were seen from historical figures of the sport paying tribute to Luifa.” How much emotion in that last applause!! Thank you @LScola4 for teaching us so much in these years and for always leading by example. A companion’s lujazo. I applaud standing up!” wrote Manu Ginóbili on Twitter.
How much emotion in that last applause!! Thank you @LScola4 for teaching us so much in these years and for always leading by example. A companion’s lujazo. I applaud standing up! — Manu Ginobili (@manuginobili)
August 3, 2021
He finished: “I’m still a little touched. What a piece of professional!! What a work ethic, commitment… What an ease to make points!! Unrepeatable for so many things. Thank you again Luifa.”
Thank you! Luis — Andrés Nocioni (@SoyElChapu)
August 3, 2021
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