“There was so much love that moved us and I felt that in some way we had to thank those gestures. When the World Cup started I joined several Facebook groups of fans of Argentina in Bangladesh. So it occurred to me to make a group of Argentine fans of Bangladesh, as a reciprocity with sport, which is important to them,” said this 30-year-old economist from Buenos Aires and world travel writer.
The group was created a week ago, shortly before the Argentina-Australia round of 16 match, and it continues to add members.
The first day 30,000 joined and Dan Lande and the creation of the group made headlines even in the Bangladeshi press.
But if in Bangladesh they are fans of our football, we have to be fans of their cricket
“I don’t know anything about cricket. I like football. I think I only saw a cricket match once, when I was traveling in Sri Lanka. But I don’t understand the rules, I don’t know how to play. The idea of cricket fans It was symbolic, it started almost as a joke,” he admits.
“But if in Bangladesh they are fans of our football, we have to be fans of their cricket. The Facebook group was filled with Argentines, none of them understand the sport, but that’s the least of it, the important thing is the ties of friendship,” he said. .