The color light blue and whiteand the image of the players, are the most outstanding features in the interventions carried out by the owners of three old vehicles to honor the Argentine soccer team in different areas of the country, for various purposes, such as solidarity activities, the passion for soccer and even lucky charms.
The victory of the national team in the 2021 Copa América, which was played in Brazil, was not only a before and after for the team led by Lionel Scaloni, but also for other people, who decided to honor the team by making interventions on their vehicles, powered by the dream of winning the World Cup in Qatar 2022.
Among them, Gaston Constantini and his daughter Lola, who, with their 1966 Rambler car, pay homage to the albiceleste team for solidarity purposes.
Constantini, promoter of Hot Wheels Solidarios, told Télam that his daughter “is a big fan and collector of those little cars and for some time she had the idea of owning her own real Hot Wheels.”
Constantini, a native of the city of La Plata, added that the health problem his daughter had was a before and after to carry out the initiative.
“While I was in the waiting room, I found this vehicle, which was in Santa Fe, online and Lola (her daughter) told me that’s the one I like, and we contacted the seller. A few days passed, and After the surgical intervention was satisfactory, we traveled to Santa Fe to buy the car,” he said.
From that moment, Constantini and his daughter, together with this vehicle, which has more than 100,000 kilometers, Solidarity campaigns are carried out for the patients of the Hospital de Niños de la Plataand some picnic areas in the Buenos Aires capital.
“With this initiative we seek to generate a solidarity network that can make children smile and contribute material issues for different charitable projects,” Constantini said.
The resident of La Plata highlighted that the initiative to carry out a design in tribute to the “Scaloneta”arose after his daughter viewed a portrait made by Juan Méndez, a young artist from the town of Pergamino.
The vehicle has on the front the image of Lionel Mession the back the representations of Ángel Di María, Rodrigo De Paul, Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez and Lautaro Martínez and on the sides the images of the technician lionel scaloni and two other symbols of the albiceleste team: Diego Maradona and Mario Alberto Kempes.
“This car generates a lot of sensations on the street, especially with children who keep coming up to take a photo. This is truly beautiful not only because I share something with my daughter, but also because we transform the truly distressing into something positive” .
724 kilometers away, in the town of Río Tercero, Córdoba, a neighbor decided to honor the “Scaloneta” with a design by Lionel Messi on his 1963 Bedford vehicle, which was adapted into a motorhome.
Sergio “Pupo” Villalónwho is president of the neighborhood commission of the Monte Grande neighborhood of Río Tercero, told Télam that the reason behind this initiative was “his passion for the national team.”
“It occurred to me to paint it in the colors of our flag, and since the World Cup was coming up and I am passionate about the Argentina team, it occurred to me to make the “scaloneta” real since the original was an imaginary group of the Argentina team to upload and support (Lionel) Scaloni’s project,” Villalon said.
The vehicle has on its sides the images of Lionel Messi and Diego Armando Maradona, flagged with the colors light blue and white.
The initiative had a great impact on children and adults not only in the Monte Grande neighborhood, but also in the surroundings of the city of Río Tercero.
“Everyone wants a photo, especially the youngest with (Lionel) Messi. They ask us from schools, institutions, businesses, parties so that we can come by, so that we can be present at these activities. In addition, we have visited other neighboring towns and in the capital Córdoba we went to the Kempes stadium, where several fans from all the Córdoba clubs immortalized their presence with a photo,” Villalon acknowledged.
When celebrations are held for the victories of the national team in the province, Villalón pointed out that the vehicle is one of the concentration points in the Río Tercero area.
“It’s beautiful to see everyone celebrating, happy, hopeful, and united by the same passion. It may be for a while, but football and passion is like that, it makes us forget about our problems for a while,” Villalon said.
The passion for the Argentine soccer team is also lived in Chubut Patagonia, in the town of Gaiman, which has a population of about 12,000 people, where a Fiat 600 model car became a “lucky charm.”
Nancy Cardenas, The owner of the vehicle, whom I call “La Escaloneta”, pointed out that the initiative was born at the beginning of the year, when her nephew participated in the “La Voz” singing contest, and plotted his car to campaign in favor of his relative.
“At the beginning of the year I plotted my car to campaign for my nephew to win the contest and at that time he called it ‘La Yhosvaneta’, and it had a great impact on artists like Lali Espósito, Soledad Pastorutti and Ricardo Montaner,” Cárdenas acknowledged.
With the victory of his nephew, Yhosva Montoya In the television contest, Cárdenas, who describes herself as a very passionate woman, suggested the idea of making some repairs to the vehicle and adapting it to the World Cup context and with the image of the Argentine team players.
“For many, the vehicle became a cabal, a lucky charm, because if Yhosva (Montoya) could win, the national team can also win,” Cárdenas admitted.
And he added: “I don’t know much about football, but when the national team plays, all my adrenaline rises.”
The vehicle had a great reception in the town of Gaiman, as a focus of attraction for residents and participating in celebratory caravans in the town.
The Fiat 600 has the image of the team of the national team on the front of the vehicle, with the phrase “La Escaloneta”, a photo of Lionel Messi kicking a ball, with the phrase “that the people trusted”, said by the Argentine captain after of the defeat with Saudi Arabia during the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar 2022.
Cárdenas stressed that he feels “very happy” because his car is loved in the town, where it is recognized by the neighbors.
“It makes me happy that the people love the Fiat and now that it is plotted with the colors of the national team it makes me even more proud,” the fan of the national team admitted to Télam.
