One of the most remembered archers of the recent past of the Argentine National Team it is Sergio ‘Chiquito’ Romero, as he was the goalkeeper who was at the forefront in the 2010 and 2014 World Championships, being runner-up in the latter. In addition, the 1.92 meter tall goalkeeper It was one of the signings that Boca Juniors made in the most recent market, despite the fact that he has not debuted with the Xeneize shirt.
Nevertheless, the 35-year-old goalkeeper’s family draws quite a lot of attention since they have dedicated themselves to sports, and as in most Argentine homes, soccer was present; His three brothers also started playing football.
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and precisely one of the brothers of ‘Chiquito’ works in Colombia; except that he does it in basketball, well Diego Romero measures 2.05 meters (almost 15 centimeters more than Sergio) and in 2022 he arrived in the country to sign with Team Cali, of the Colombian Professional League.
Thus, the 40-year-old basketball player spoke with Luisa Peñaloza from Win Sports, and recounted his experience in the ‘orange ball sport’ and life with his brother, noting from the outset that “90% of Argentines believe they know football and know how to play”so football was the first discipline he practiced.
“We started playing soccer, then we both switched to basketball, then to handball. and we were changing for all sports”, commented Diego Romero between laughs, and proceeding to talk about his arrival and consolidation in basketball.
“I had a period, at age 13, when I grew a lot for two or three months and it was very difficult for me to coordinate in football”said Romero, this being one of the reasons for my arrival in the other sport, because “they invited me to a couple of basketball training sessions and the transition was easy for me.”
Likewise, Diego commented with satisfaction that “We finally made up our minds and were able to do two successful races”considering that his brother tempted him to play basketball, but the love of soccer got the best of him.
Sergio ‘Chiquito’ Romero also played basketball
“Sergio was a shooting guard and several times they called him from the club that we belong to while he was in Racing”, he affirmed; however, he said that the family encouraged “Chiquito” to continue in football, the favorite sport in the home.
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Now, a few decades after his beginnings in professional sports, Diego said that his brother Sergio “watches all the games and thinks he knows basketball”but he quickly made a clarification that few gauchos have dared to do, and that is that “we Argentines think we know everything.”
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Finally, the Team Cali player spoke about the soccer team he would like to follow in Colombia, since “I’m trying to go to a game of America since it is close to me”, arguing that -from his point of view- “the fact that there are many goals makes Colombian soccer more attractive, Argentine soccer is more strategic”.
