The incredible proposal that came to the Argentine national team’s title trick: changing the rules for Lionel Messi’s emblem letter

In the space of a year and a half in which the Argentine national team has swept away every title that has happened to it (Copa América 2021, Finalissima and World Cup in Qatar 2022), a thousand anecdotes and situations that each of the members of the ‘staircase’ and the 47 million fans who accompanied them will always remember. Within this compendium it is undeniable that the deck of cards in general and the trick – that ancient game that represents us so much – in particular, have crossed paths with the Albiceleste team.

Because she was the most chosen distraction in that eternal concentration in the midst of the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic when she consecrated herself in the legendary Maracana stadium, even in those days in Spain before conquering Wembley with a victory against Italy included, and of course at Doha University, where the heat meant spending most of the time indoors and the challenges multiplied. If an internal tournament was even organized with the participation of all members of the delegation, in addition to the president of the AFA, Claudio Chiqui Tapia.

Almost a month after the revolution that produced the historic conquest of the Argentine team at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the promises, celebrations and tributes don’t stop. And in the first days of this 2023 it was the turn of the Argentine Makeup Association (ASART), the only Civil Association set up that regulates this card discipline that unites families, groups of friends and becomes more and more professional with the creation of the National League of Tricks (LNT).

He was just one of the more 60 flowers who participated in the first edition in 2022, the one who launched a particular proposal modify the historical values ​​of the trick cardsbased on an anecdote that was known before the dispute of the top football club tournament and involving Lionel Messicaptain of Albiceleste and best player of all time.

“What the national team has generated has been historic from every point of view, that’s why we think it can’t generate another historic change in a discipline like make-up that is so important to Argentines and accompanies us in every happy moment we share.”He wondered Santiago Walkclub president Sarandi fieldswhich was one of 12 clubs to reach the LNT finals, later won by Jockey Club of Rosariojust before Qatar 2022.

But what is it specifically? In giving much more body to the 5 of cupsplacing it as the card with the highest value, above spade widthstructurally modifying the game, as in the official ASART regulation (available on the website www.asart.com.ar) this card is found next to the other three ‘fives’ only before 4.

The formal proposal reached the ASART Board of Directors, whose members were able to experience the consecration of the Argentina national team up close, accompanied each of the seven matches with their encouragement in the stands and even organized an impressive trick tournament for the fans. who were in Doha.

“We acknowledge receipt, and as before each of the questions or opinions we receive from our partners and participants in the National Truco League, we will submit it for discussion with the rest of the Board of Directors. What happened in Qatar mobilized all of us Argentines and what the national team generated was seen in that massive welcome in Buenos Aires and in every corner of the country where the team members were”.said the president of ASART, Jose Beto Viciconti.

A game that has a tattoo

The anecdote that motivated this proposal was created during the conquest of the Copa América 2021, when, as in so many free moments in concentration, the players of the national team led by Papa Gomez Y Rodrigo De Paul began to play with Spanish cards: it wasn’t a trick game, but it was guessing the next card that would appear upside down.

“I tell them, ‘what are you idiots doing?’ Rodri and Papu were both together and both always have stupid ideas,” recalled Sergio Kun Agüero, who was part of that team, in the series Sean Eternos: Campeones de América, on the Netflix platform.

“If I guess one out of ten, we win the Cup”he swore Papa Gomezwho was the one who broke the ice and, in his last chance, hit the width of the flowerswhich led to a celebration “like it’s a finish line,” as revealed angel of marythe one who continued the game before Nicola Otamendi (he chose the 7 of spades) and… Lionel Messi.

“It depends on Leo, he throws the cards, he misses… and, of course, he had lost four finals with Argentina, four cups… And he hit five, so we said: ‘OK, we can’t lose'”completed that emerged in Arsenal de Sarandí and currently in Seville in Spain.

The Five of Cups, therefore, has become a companion in this successful cycle of the Argentine football club, which has won the 2021 Copa América, the 2022 Finalissima and crowned the Qatar World Cup, providing the iconic image of Lionel Messi lifting the most coveted trophy

Will she be able to change an age-old regulation like the makeup in her tribute?