Agustin Giay I went to the tribune, the local header, since I was 13 years old. Over time, she followed his passion. Years of inferiors, with the same image running through his head. “Every day I woke up with the same dream: to score a goal on this pitch,” says the 18-year-old midfielder in jersey number 47.
Jeremiah James He does not stop crying: his knee hurts his soul 14 minutes into the first half, when he is replaced, while the tears fall right on his shield. Defender, 21 years old, also from the house. Siro Rosane is 22, just like Nicholas Fernandez Mercau, with a little more experience, in a context that suffocates. Pains of this time, of all kinds, shades of azulgrana. The suffering is capital: they are the boys of the house. A while later, when San Lorenzo went from losing to winning, from shouting a goal that the VAR considers illegal, minutes before a wasted penalty (again, in society, the San Lorenzo of miracles, the one who suffers and gets up ), enters Iván Leguizamón, the last letter of hope, from 20.
On the bench, Gonzalo Luján (21), Tomás Silva (19), Ezequiel Herrera (19), Francisco Perruzzi (21) and Matías Hernández (17) are waiting. Agustín Martegani he is better known: he has 22, more games and some shorts. San Lorenzo is a piberío. For this reason, when the task ends before the xeneizes stars, more willing for the divan than for a classic with history, the song arises spontaneously. “Come on kids!”se entona.
It is the war cry, also of pride, after so many marches, so much anger. The fact that everyone leaves, the request for elections, is left aside. He is not forgotten. However, this Saturday afternoon, the equation is transformed. San Lorenzo wins tactically, strategically, yes, it’s true. In reality, San Lorenzo beats Boca with his heart in his hand. An image that seemed lost in the tunnel of time. When was the last time San Lorenzo played like this?, with this substance? “Some Dabove party, before the pandemic”, is the reflection. It was a life that San Lorenzo was not so happy.
“Adding games, winning a classic, the support of the public, these kinds of meetings give the boys friction. We have 10, 11 players with a significant flow of quality, 70 percent of the squad is from the club. They have conditions and natural traits of our essence: rebelliousness and temperament”, assumes Rubén Insua, the sentiment technician. The goal that screams the most is the one that was annulled, that of Fernández Mercau: a message that San Lorenzo is coming from the wrong direction. It was an anecdote: before and after, it was all Barça spirit.
Compact of San Lorenzo 2 vs. mouth 1
“You do not know the joy that the boys had and the people left happy. Always winning a classic of these characteristics is important. Before the game, seeing how the stadium was, there was confidence. And there is an excellent future. Luckily…”, el Gallego assumes, a lovable guy, beyond some strange decisions, such as slamming the door on Maroni or the surprising ownership of Torrico, the idol through time. Was it his last save, the condor’s flight to the corner (after touching the crossbar) from Oscar Romero’s free kick? The 42 years, the wear, the debt… “Tonight I talk about it with my family”promises.
The Cyclone accumulated 10 games without winning in the New Gasometer: the last victory, a 3-2 over Newell’s, on December 12. San Lorenzo accumulated 14 classics without winning in Bajo Flores. The last victory had been in 2017: a 2-1 against River, with goals from Blandi and Paulo Díaz. Think about the average, he is the only giant that did not play an international cup and, suddenly, he has the striker of the tournament, Adam Bareiro, with 5. “I’m sorry I didn’t take the penalty,” he says. The jokes pointed him out: today he is the Prince. Soccer, sometimes, is a coin toss. “We have a lot of youngsters, we have to show sacrifice. We are showing it game by game. The boys are at the height of this institution, we have to strengthen ourselves. Everything costs, Argentine football is tough”, he says.
Word of Torrico, goalkeeper and referent of the Cyclone
Cerutti says: “We are building a path with many guys, they are doing very well. It is a process. All the people in the club deserved this victory. We didn’t achieve anything, but it’s a step forward. This is not enjoyed very much, we have to take San Lorenzo where it deserves. We had difficult times you have to have personality to play for this club”.
Gatoni says: “Winning again at home, winning a classic again. We believe in ourselves. We are clear that the results were not being given to us, we became strong from the inside. Quality to spare, there are players with hierarchy, with experience. I have the tape, but the references are others”.
The azulgrana celebration in the classic
One afternoon, all of a sudden, San Lorenzo became San Lorenzo again.