Argentinian striker Rodrigo Palacio (Gabriel Mariollo / Getty)
He decided Argentine striker Rodrigo Palacio, ending his football career at the age of forty, entering the world Basketball.
The star, born on February 5, 1982, in the capital Buenos Aires, precisely in the city of Bahia Blanca, like many Argentine basketball stars, Mano Ginobili, Pancho Gassin, Nico Ricciuti and Pepe Sanchez, has decided to enter the world of football, to because of its lack of fun Full length (1.76 meters).
The former Argentine football star currently plays with Garignano Milan, a team from the Italian fourth division of basketball.
In Argentina, Palacio played (in football) with clubs Bella Vista, Huracán, Banfield and Boca Juniors, and in 2009 he moved to Europe to move to Genoa, and three years later he signed with Inter Milan, where he remained. for five seasons.
Then he went to Bologna, and last season, in his last leg, he brought the Brescia shirt to the second division in Italy.
In the first division he scored 116 goals, and also showed his goalkeeping skills, when in the 2012 cup match between Inter and Verona, he had to act as protector of the lair, after the goalkeeper was sent off and his team out of replacements.
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Rodrigo Palacio, legend of Boca Juniors and former Inter striker, started playing basketball in the Italian Serie D after retiring from football. pic.twitter.com/K9zIlvM6Tm
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Missing the goal of the World Cup
His scoring skills allowed him to wear the Argentine national team jersey in 27 games, where he scored only 3 goals, and participated in the 2006 and 2014 World Cups, and in the first, the “Albiceleste” battalion called the championship from the quarterfinals of final, and in second place in second place After losing in the final against Germany, and in that confrontation, Palacio was the hero of history in a moment he will never forget.
In extra time he received a pass from the left, he stopped the ball in the chest, albeit a bit long, and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer made him take several steps forward, and Palacio tried to overtake him, but his ball is passed the right post, and a few minutes later, Mario Gotze scored the goal that awarded the title of the German national team.
Having overcome that painful experience, Palacio has continued to score until this season, which is his retirement, and now he will try to shine, but in the world of basketball, especially after having already participated in the Italian Championship, with his new team.
