The
♣ Neapolitan
club from
Italy enterviews
Fernando
Lema (2010)
Which
were the reactions in Argentina to the entry of Agustin Madala into Italian
National Team? How did it take the Argentine Federation? How did the fans?
We,
Argentines, have a very special relationship with professional sport: for years
we are used to the fact that the best players go to play in the top leagues in
the world. I'm sure they are all very happy for Agustin, both managers that fans
. Surely the Italian Federation Bridge may offer him the opportunities that he
deserves.
Many Italian fans are enthusiastic about the new
acquisition. In your opinion, what added value can bring this young Argentine
phenomenon in the mature national Italian?
I think Mrs. Maria Teresa
Lavazza
has
done a great favor or a good service to the Italian bridge. She first approached
a young Agustin to Italy, a rough diamond, and polished him like an exquisite
piece with the best italian players ... Italian-style bridge.
Agustin has grown and
today is no longer the teenager who left Argentina only four years ago. Agustín
has paid off much dedication winning for the team Lavazza and has a great desire
to win yet even more for the Italian National Team.
Some
Italian fans, however, do not like that an Argentine plays in the Italian
National Team. Someone puts into question the real 'Italian' membership of
Madala, some even complain that, for example, on BBO , Madala plays showing in
his profile Argentine flag ...What about ' Italian' ' Madala? And especially How
much Italian does Agustin Madala feel himselself?
This has always happened in all
sports. In rugby for example, which I practiced when I was young, I remember the
case of Diego Dominguez, who, although it was Argentine, took Italian
citizenship as his grandmother was Italian: later he could play with the Italian
National Team, becoming the largest historical marker.
Another case is that of the
Argentine naturalised Italian Sergio Parisse, player born in Mar del Plata
(Argentina): was the winner of the poll for the best player, which involved all
coaches of
Agustin Madala & Dano de
Falco
the first division of the
Italian rugby. He made his debut in the Italian national team in 2002 and
offered a great performance once worn the jersey of the Italian national rugby.
This brought him today to compete for the captaincy with Bergamasco.
What do
you think about the
Madala
partnership with the Italian champion Bocchi? Although only two years to play
together, we can define a pair already close and reliable for the Italian
National?
If the Managers of the Italian
National Team have considered appropriate to include the pair Bocchi - Madala,
is because they satisfy the expectations placed upon them.
About the partnership with Bocchi, which enrichment may
be for Madala in the the opportunity to work closely with a consolidated
champion like Bocchi?
I
believe that, after playing with great champions as Guido Ferraro and Antonio
Sowing, the game of Agustin has improved considerably. This experience has
certainly enabled both to enrich themselves and consolidate themselves as a pair.
During these two years the pair Bocchi – Madala has already won in various
international events, only in 2010: NEC 2010 Championships Open 2010, pairs IMP
Juan Le pain 2010 where, among other couples considered the strongest in this
type of competition played Duboin and Sementa, who finished fourth.
Certainly in 2010 Bocchi and Madala
are showing a maturity which is translated into concrete results.
Antonio Sementa, Giorgio Duboin,
Agustin Madala & Norberto Bocchi
And, conversely, wich enrichment
can be obtained by Bocchi meeting Madala?
Both will surely have the opportunity to become the best pair in the world.
Let's talk about character profil of this phenomenon of
the Bridge. It is true that in the past the young Agustin was noted also for
some excesses? His Italian partner, Bocchi, says that Agustin is 's a bit
irascible' It is true that Agustin has a character so intemperate and impulsive?
We can all be a bit 'angry, but I do not define the character of Agustin as
impulsive. Part of the challenge of the pair in the future might be precisely to
sharpen this type of reaction.
It is said that in 2007, unable to
access the casino in St. Louis because he had not yet reached 21 years, tried to
enter using the passport of Brad Moss. It is also said that for this one year
later, in spring 2008, he was denied access in the United States. What's true in
this affair? And, if it is true, waht's your comment?
It's
all true, in Argentina there is a saying " a golpe se hacen los hombres' (strong
shots do men). Agustin was just a teenager, the important thing is that a very
young Agustin had the opportunity to learn that certain limits cannot be pass.
And I know that very soon the problem of entry in U. S. A. will be solved.
Antonio Sementa, Agustín Madala &
su hija Juanita Madala en el Cameponato Mundial de Bridge San Pablo, 2010
I ask you now to deepen the purely
bridge profile of Agustin Madala. What are his strengths and what, if any,
instead his limits?
His
talent and exceptional skill in playing cards is universally recognized, to say
that this is his strong point is not a discovery.
Fernando Lema, you are a bridge
champion but also the author of brilliant interviews and chronicles about Bridge
(insert here link to his website): will you give us an opinion on our new
initiative? What do you think of our site 'Neapolitan Club'?
I discovered your site a month ago
and I visited it often. I know many few sites where you can find the type of
information that I found rather in your web page.
Gabriel Chagas y Agustin Madala
I hope in the near future to
incorporate part of it in the official website of the
South American Confederation Bridge (www.confsudbridge.org) and the weekly
magazine that I edit with my wife Ana Roth. |