Argentina is now so strong in basketball, so is its domestic football still a mainstream sport?

Of course, this is a country of football, and although basketball is very strong now, no basketball player shines as brightly as their superstars in the football world, and its football popularity and star production capacity are only comparable to Brazil in the world, which is still much stronger than their basketball status in the world.

It's like swimming in the United States is so strong, then diving in its country is not yet the mainstream sport. The mainstream sport is American football + baseball.

In Argentina, football has a status that any sport can match. Almost everybody knows football. Also, you can't watch the stars.

Because the popularity of a star is different in every country. To be honest, a certain basketball star who is very well-known in China may not be known by many people in the United States, so don't doubt it, because basketball is only the fifth sport in the United States now. In the same way, Argentine basketball stars, perhaps in their hearts, are only honorary stars such as Guo Jingjing and Wang Nan, rather than idols such as Messi and Maradona.

Of course, even if the Argentine men's basketball team wins the world championship, its domestic basketball league is still not comparable to his popular football league, just like Chinese football is much worse than basketball, but the Chinese Super League is still hotter than the CBA.

According to the description of Argentina in high school textbooks, the country has three major specialties - tango, barbecue and football.

In addition, Maradona is regarded as a god in Argentina, and Ginobili obviously does not have this treatment, and his popularity in China is less than half that of Messi.

And I think their basketball is going to hit a low ebb soon, with talent disconnected after Ginobili, Oberto, Nocioni, Delfino, and only Scola is a little younger. Football is the first period, and the successive World Youth Championship championships and the first generation led by Messi, Aguero, Zarate, and Di Maria illustrate the vigorous development of football.

Yes, definitely, other balls can only compete for the second sport.

Football is definitely the hottest. Argentine basketball is also Ginobili and Scola, in the NBA, quite a lot of top 10Messi and Lao Ma, 1 active NO1, an eternal football king, there is no comparison between the two.

Just look at this :

Ginobili admired Maradona the most.

Scola is a River Plate fan!

It cannot be said that China has won many gold medals in diving, and diving is the mainstream sport in China. is also the first, and the weight is still light. There is only one champion in the football World Cup, but the mass influence is the first in the world, because of the existence of football fanaticism in Europe, South America, and Africa.

In Argentina, football, one of the most fanatical and beloved sports, is hard to replace.

In addition, if people like Kobe Bryant and Nash had followed the crowd at the beginning and had not changed by chance, they would have been football players.

In Argentina, soccer is definitely the number one sport, and I've only heard Argentines call old horses God, and I don't care about other Argentine basketball players. Do you think the Argentines will pay more attention to Lao Ma and Messi or to Ginobili and Scola?

You don't need to question this.

Over the past 20 years, although the role of their coaching staff has changed, the four coaches have always been in the team, so they have ensured the continuity and stability of the national team program, even if the players have changed, the system has not changed.

This is very important. In addition, many Argentine professionals have also revealed that they do not have players with overflowing talent like teams such as Spain, Lithuania, and Serbia, so their secret is to maintain the stability of a whole set of plans. And this is also the real secret of the longevity of the Argentine men's basketball team.

Argentina is so awesome.

With the retirement of the first generation such as Ginobili, the Argentine men's basketball team will encounter a low period. What I didn't expect was that people were at a low point, but it was not obvious, and it could even be said that no matter who retired, it gave people a feeling that someone could come up.

In such a game, they not only defeated the Serbian men's basketball team, the favorite to win the championship, but also entered the semifinals. And, looking at the data, in addition to Scola's 20 points, Garino had 15 points, Dike had 13 points and 8 rebounds, and Bendoza had 11 points.

The latter three are all young, Garino is 26 years old, while Dick and Berdosa are only 24 years old. Yes, they not only have 39-year-old veterans like Scola, but also post-95s like Dike Beldosa.

In fact, only one player in Argentina is Scola who is born in the 80s, and the oldest is Campazo, born in 1991 and 28 years old this year. In other words, the Argentine men's basketball team has already completed the handover.

The reasons why Argentine football is strong are as follows:

1. Argentina's domestic league is excellent, and it can continuously deliver talents for the national team.

2. The players are more diligent, because playing football is their only way out.

3. If they perform well in the domestic league, they may go to Europe to pan for gold, which is what they yearn for.

4. The state regards the export of players as a way to earn foreign exchange from the country, and actively encourages them to go abroad.

5. Argentina is a grassland country, which has created a muscular physical fitness of players and can adapt to the leagues of various countries.

6. Talent, which cannot be ignored.

The Argentina National Football Team is governed by the Argentine Football Federation, one of the most successful national teams in the world, having won 20 major national tournaments (the same record as Uruguay), including three World Cup Copa America, two Olympic men's gold medals, and one Confederations Cup.

On June 16, 2018, in the first match of Group D of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Argentina drew 1-1 with Iceland and lost 0-3 to Croatia in the second game. In the final round, they narrowly defeated Nigeria 2:1 and finally advanced to the round of 16 with the second place in the group.

On June 30, 2018, the knockout round of the World Cup in Russia officially began, and Argentina lost to France 3-4 and missed the top 8. In 2021, the Argentine national team won the Copa America.

In December 2022, Argentina defeated France on penalties to win the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.