Argentina football producers face competition from imports

Argentina needs about 4 million balls a year; some factories say they could survive by producing 20 percent of that.

Some of the world’s biggest football stars – like Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona – come from Argentina.

But its ball-producing sector is in crisis, imports are leaving hundreds of people out of work.

Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports from Belle Ville in the Argentinian province of Cordoba.