It seems that nothing will happen anymore. The biggest game in Argentine soccer enters into added time and heads convinced towards zero to zero. However, suddenly, Agustín Sandez brushes against Pablo Solari, who falls in the area as if he had been stabbed. The referee Darío Herrera whistles a penalty. All Mouth protest, with some reason. It sounds like an exaggeration that a Super classic It is resolved at the last breath for a more than minimal infraction, but the VAR ratifies the judge’s decision. And Miguel Borja performs with class, downstairs, in a corner… The whole party is River. All the anger is from Boca.
Of course, in the celebration, Agustín Palavecino shouts the goal in the face of Sergio Romero and the Boca players. Then, the xeneizes explode and a majestic tumult breaks out, with shoving, slapping, running. Total confusion. And six expelled: three from River (two of them were on the substitute bench) and three from Boca who were on the field at that time. There are only two minutes left. There is no room for more. The hottest Superclásico of recent times is from River.
It is true that River sought and deserved more, as true as it was difficult for him to translate that intention into football overflow and goal situations. Boca proposed a development of waiting and control, perhaps standing too far back, but was still about to crown with a tie that was positive considering that Jorge Almirón is just being put together and that he was a good visitor in a Monumental covered by 85,000 millionaires.
River players celebrate the victory against Boca with their fans
Franco Armani had hardly been required. Sergio Romero had had more work, deflecting a shot from outside by Nacho Fernández in the first half and drawing a save against a missile from Nicolás De la Cruz. However, it had not been a sweeping domain and zero to zero had already been decreed. Until that moment came when he gave victory to River and unleashed that scandal.
The ‘millionaires’ are heading to the title
Almost nothing from the game was left to analyze the Superclásico. That distorted epilogue stole much of the debate. Boca concluded wrapped in impotence. Now it is 19 points behind a River that is heading towards the title and that took 9 points from the guard San Lorenzo, who today will meet the third Defensa y Justicia.
Beyond the position table, River needed this impact. It was Martín Demichelis’s first Superclásico as coach. It was the first game after the beating suffered during the week against Fluminense (1-5 in Rio de Janeiro) by the Libertadores. For this reason, after the penalty, the expulsions, the scandal, when the game had already ended, the millionaire players unleashed a celebration with their moving people on the field. The footballers and the fans lit up singing “A minute of silence…” over and over again, remaining silent for a few seconds and then completing with all their might: “…for Boca, who is dead”. Yes, River enjoyed it. Yes, Boca in the anger locker room exploded.
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