The Barça remembers to Kobe Bryant, a year after his death

On 26 January of the 2020 was one of these days that is preferable to forget. The sport lost to one of his more important stars and a person that attained traspasar the barriers of the basketball and turn into an icon of the sport and an example of fight, proof and hard work. It does a year, Kobe Bryant died, beside his daughter Gianna and seven companions more, but his legacy and memory is more valid that never.

The figure of Black Mamba in the NBA will be inmborrable and very dificil to surpass. It linked, in fact, to two idols of the sport: Michael Jordan, when Kobe hardly began his way to turn into a legend, and to LeBron James, the one who has continued his legacy and looks for to carry to the Los Angeles Lakers to the highest, like recognition to his 20 years of path in the franchise.

But the impact of Kobe Bryant went much more there of the basketball and turned into an example for all the sportsmen, independently of the discipline practised. In the football, in specific, the players, especially after his death, have showed cuán important was the American for the development of his careers and how his example of proof has turned them into better fútbolistas.

The relation between 'KB24' and the football always was near. In a lot of opportunities travelled until the old continent to visit the stadiums and know to the footballers. With the FC Barcelona, in specific, saved a very near relation, since it was his favourite team, where have played two of his idols in the sport: Ronaldinho and Lionel Messi. In different opportunities, recognised that the Brazilian forward was one of the reasons by which went back culé and, later, was 'The Flea' that him enamoró with his football.

From Can Barça, at all times, the admiration and respect by Kobe Bryant was evident, by what his demise also supposed a vase of cold water for the club of the City Condal. By this reason, have not overlooked the anniversary of his death and have devoted him a short, but moving message to remember it and honour by all what reached. Accompanied of an image of Kobe with the elastic Barcelona, the club wrote "Kobe Bryant, will be extrañado by always".

 

 

 

 

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Black Mamba, a culé confeso

Kobe Bryant in some opportunity confessed that if in algun moment left the NBA, would have liked him play in Europe and, surely, in the rows of the Barcelona section of basketball. In his different meetings with the FC Barcelona, the majority in Los Angeles, Kobe showed excited for knowing of the Barça and share with the players.

It recognised, in his moment, that was fanatical of what did Frank Rikjaard in the centre of the field blaugrana, but at the end remained with the exert of Ronaldinho or Leo Messi. Regarding the star of Rosario, aimed in some occasion that "is the best of the world and deserves the Balloon of Gold and "is them ás big and, in these moments, no approaches him anybody".