The Argentina bridge team Mauricio Macri was eliminated from the world following losing this Sunday once morest Sweden, and was in twelfth place. The former president was unable to participate in the last meeting of the first round, which defined the passage to the final stage: his entourage alleged a “small conjunctivitis”, which would have left him out of the decisive match.
After having faced 22 of the 23 teams registered in the Senior category, Argentina was in ninth place, with 250.75 points. Sweden, his rival this Sunday, was seventh. Therefore, The team that makes up the former president was forced to win in order to get into the top eight and qualify for the direct elimination stage.
From the game were Carlos Lucena and Walter Fornasari. The team was completed by Héctor Camberos, captain Marco Bertagnoni and coach Debra Hyatt. Macri, meanwhile, experienced it from the outside. Although the albiceleste team had a good start, the Swedes managed to recover and ended up winning 37-25.
Despite not qualifying for the final phase, the founder of the PRO might be satisfied: he managed to surpass the performance of his father Franco Macri, who in 2007 had reached 15th place in the world championship and who transmitted to him the “passion” for the card game . It is even said that the patriarch of the clan used to fight his son in the games they played, always focusing on him as the rival to beat, in addition to the table companions. The former president formed the Argentina team with several of his father’s friendsseveral of whom are professional players.
frequent flyer
Even without having completed his participation in the “famous” tournament, The former president once once more asked the Justice for permission to leave Argentina. Now, he plans to leave the country between April 18 and 22, but his lawyer, Pablo Lanuse, decided to keep the destination secret.
since it was prosecuted for alleged illegal espionage to the relatives of the victims of the sinking of the ARA San Juan submarine, Macri was authorized to travel abroad on several occasions.
He visited different countries, including Italy, Spain, Qatar and the United States, with different excuses.
One of the last requests for authorization was to teach a course at a University in Florida, United States. Days ago he had been in Uruguay, where he had been invited by a company.
