2023-05-08 12:48:09
In Argentina, it is not called the Clasico as a “banal” Real-Barcelona but the “Superclasico”. It’s the match of the year in the country of the world champions, the one between Boca Juniors and River Plate. A new edition of the derby between the two clubs of the capital Buenos Aires took place on May 7 in the Monumental stadium which bears its name well. It was boiling hot.
The match counted for the 15th day of the Argentine championship between two teams on opposite dynamics: River Plate prances in the lead while Boca Juniors is stuck in the depths of La Liga. But this match has a flavor that goes beyond the championship. If River Plate won 1-0, it was not in peace. The bright board turned in favor of River Plate after a penalty whistled in the 93rd minute of play, in added time, and converted by Miguel Borja. Only, the referee’s decision has no more to Boca fans. A general fight quickly formed on the lawn, mixing players and staff.
The referee tried somehow to separate the two teams. To achieve this, he had only one means at his disposal: boxes. He then drew no less than six reds! Both teams sent three players to the bench each. The man in black also released nine yellow cards.
According to the first elements, it was the Boca goalkeeper who started the hostilities. Sergio Romero, the former Manchester United goalkeeper now in goal for Boca, said after the match that he was pushed by an opposing player. “Agustin Palavecino came to celebrate the goal shouting in his face, he explained. I reacted well, I went to grab him by the waist and told him why he was doing this. My teammates thought I was going to fight and they all came”.
Everything then went into a spin: in a few seconds, the lawn of the Monumental was transformed into a boxing ring, where several players from both teams came to blows. The stewards and the police intervened to separate the players: “It’s not good for the show, regretted Enzo Perez, the captain of River. A lot of people got involved from two sides: the staff, the substitutes… We tried to separate them and calm them down, but when there are so many people who shouldn’t be on the pitch, what’s more with such a nervousness, it’s difficult. »
The meeting finally ended after 109 minutes of play with a crucial victory for River Plate (1-0), which remains leader of the Argentine championship nine points ahead of San Lorenzo, Pope Francis’ favorite club, which has one game less. Boca Juniors is only 13th, 19 units behind its great rival
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