Pichi Campana, the MVP of the National League All-Star Game, 18 years after his retirement

Hector pichi Bell The curtain falls on his professional career in May 2004. But his talent is still valid and, 18 years after his retirement, he has given himself great pleasure. Is that Cordovan, the true emblem of the National Basketball League in which he played 19 seasons, was one of the great protagonists of the 33rd edition of the Game of the starswhich was played at the stadium La Pedrera sand of Villa Mercedes, San Luis. great figure of white team, who was crowned champion, the former escort was also chosen as the Most valuable player (MVP) of the match.

Campana, 57, scored 13 points for the team led by Sergio Sheep Hernández and who won the final 70-60 on the black teamWhich had Gustavo Wolf Fernandez as a coach and striker motto leonardo (15 points) and the intern Tayavek Gallizzi (12) as featured pieces.

The former player of Athens, Plays, River, Mouth Y Penarolamong others, he has scored 17,359 points in 785 games played in his nearly two decades in the most important Argentine basketball tournament and continues to be the all-time top scorer of the tournament, which he has won seven times.

Stainless in the nets, he shone again on the parquet of the San Luis stadium, where more than two thousand people were called up, and received the biggest ovations of the evening.

“Today basketball has given me an unforgettable night again. To be back on a court, with my family present and to receive the love and respect of the great players and the San Luis crowd. Eternally grateful,” he wrote little. after the game on your Twitter account.

Cordovan was also chosen as “the player of the night” in the 2013 edition of the event, the last to be played in San Luis.

A doubly special evening for Campana, who also received special recognition together with some of the Club’s teammates Gymnastics and Fencing and United Pedernera (GEPU), champion of the League in the 90/91 and 92/93 seasons. Together with Pichi they were honored Esteban “Gallo” Perez, Elnes Boling, Raffaello Costa, Sergio Dacuna, Javier Medina and the wolf Fernandez.

Before the match, traditional competitions of skill were played. In the triple tournamentwas imposed Martin Collonew reinforcement of flamingo of Brazil and a member of the White Team, which prevailed Leonel Schattman (Boca Juniors) in the final.

the so-called Star shot remained in power of the trinomial of the Black group, consisting of Sebastiano Vega, Augustine Jourdheuil and former basketball player Esteban Pérez.

The 3×3 challenge was won by the members of the Blanco cast, which he formed with lucio reinaudi, Mauro Cosolito, Agostino Barreiro Y Mariano Ferro. Meanwhile, Negro took the Competition of skillthanks to the actions of Luca Fagiano Y Agustina Marina.