Two weeks after the Argentine debut at the World Cup in Qatar, the Albiceleste team remained at the center of an unusual controversy that went viral when a former missionary deputy called “unusual and inexplicable” that the team led by Lionel Scaloni has Uruguayan yerba mate in Doha.
“unusual and inexplicable. There are dozens of brands of excellent yerba mate in Argentina produced in Misiones and Corrientes. However, the national team brings a Uruguayan brand to Qatar. Is there an official explanation? It’s almost a provocation, “former UCR deputy missionary Luis Mario Campos wrote on Twitter.
This is how the former legislator reacted by sharing a photo of one of the bags that the AFA props sent for boarding for Qatar. In one of the many trunks, dozens of packs of Canarias yerba were observed, a well-known Uruguayan brand that is chosen by the players of the selected team.
His criticism quickly went viral and not really because the users of the net agreed with him. The fans of the “scaloneta” met Pastori with answers full of irony.
“If yerba canarias doesn’t give Messi acidity yerba Canarias is taken and the altitude is taken by Misiones“, replied a user on Twitter.
Many Uruguayan users have also joined the controversy: “Messi drank mate with Suárez, Di María with Cavani, De Paul with Josema and Zaira with Forlán and for this reason they understood that a good Canary Islands is unparalleled”, they stressed to Pastori.
In a few hours this question from the missionary leader went viral and Pastori tried to respond amidst criticism.
“Of course it’s nothing against the national team, of which I’m a fan like anyone else. It’s about defending a product of the region. Canarias yerba mate is produced in southern Brazil (Santa Catarina, RG do Sul, Paraná), and is packaged in Uruguay. It is not difficult to understand. No? “He wrote.
The partner will undoubtedly be a constant company of the Argentine players in Qatar, as happens in every concentration.
In addition to the yerba mate, there were several bags of gummy candies, the traditional “jungle sticks”.
Scaloni is only six days away to have the full squad in Abu Dhabi, where the national team will formally begin training with the debut goal, which will be on Tuesday 22 of this month against Saudi Arabia.
Scaloni and the president of AFA, Claudio Chiqui Tapia, led the delegation with the first members of the Argentine national team who arrived in Qatar. Together with the DT and the head of the Alfa, Franco Armani also got off the plane, in some way the first confirmed by the list of players who will play the World Cup.
Once on Qatar soil, the Argentine delegation went to the Qatar University campus, where the campus will be hosted. But this first stage will last a few days as next Monday they will move to Abu Dhabi where most of the squad will join. On November 16, a friendly match will be played at the Mohamed Bin Zayed stadium in Abu Dhabi, against the United Arab Emirates, the team led by Rodolfo Arruabarrena.
Source: Clarin
