Tokyo 2020: Facundo Campazzo exploded as the Hulk and the Olympic jersey was the victim of his anger

07/29/2021 11:38 AM

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Updated 07/29/2021 11:38 AM

Facundo Campazzo is one of the figures of the Argentine basketball team in Tokyo 2020. However, the Denver Nuggets point guard did not have a good time against Spain and his frustration was evident when he was sent off for a fifth foul and, when he left the court, he threw from the neck of the shirt and tore it.

The movement that resembled - although in different circumstances - the celebration that tennis player Charly Berlocq imposed in the Davis Cup a few years ago was the summary of an unexpected outcome for a player who had started as a scorer in the first quarter with Nicolás Laprovittola.

But Campazzo died too soon.

He went from those eight points in the initial game to only specify two more in all that was left to the game that Spain won 81-71.

In addition, their percentages were very low: just 3-10 in shots from the court and 1-6 in triples.

Frustrated, moreover, by Ricky Rubio, who could not win the hand-to-hand on either side of the court, the Cordoba had to leave the court in the final part of the game for having reached the fifth foul.

This is how Campazzo got the shirt.

"I worry about the bad habits of protesting too much and not coming down to defend for any protest. We don't have enough talent to afford to do that, not even the very talented can do it. There is a way to go on the court that we cannot lose, "remarked Luis Scola when asked about the team's fouls.

Campazzo, meanwhile, chose "to be positive."

"We made good passages, we were aggressive and at times we could control them but we could not lower the percentage of points," he argued. "We continue to have chances to qualify and we are already psyched up in Japan, the next rival. We have to turn the page. Japan is our next final, you have to play basketball well and try to win whatever it takes. "

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