The city of the silver is divided between Gym and Students. The classic is lived in all the ways you can imagine. It’s a matter of honor. The triperos dragged 13 wins without beating the puncharratas and they wanted to cut that negative streak yes or yes. So, at home, in the Forest, Gimnasia did everything to win. There was an umbanda ritual, there was salt and there was a hugely celebrated victory.
During the week, at the Gymnastics stadium, with the permission of its president Mariano Cowen, they say that an umbanda ritual was authorized. They painted different places gold: the entrances, the flowerpots that are in the corridors, the railings that are in the access tunnel to the playing field, in the corner flag… A lot of gold, that color to which it is attributed success, love, beauty, wealth, prosperity…
Mariano Andújar, goalkeeper for Estudiantes, warned his teammates not to touch the golden railings when they went down the stairs to the playing field, but they say that someone did not hear him and touched them…
Of course, there was more: when the substitute players of Estudiantes approached the bank they found a lot of salt. They took it as a ‘job’ from their rival to bring them bad luck. No one sat down until the area was cleaned with water…
Country invasion and blue and white party
There was no case. Estudiantes couldn’t against the gold color. And that started winning with a goal that included a dose of fortune. Despite the experience that counts in his team, the Lion could not sustain the result. And Gymnastics, with a formation with a majority of homegrown players, ended up winning it 2-1. There the Wolf unleashed his madness.
There was an invasion of the countryside and an endless blue and white party in the streets of the city. Gymnastics had won a classic from La Plata after 13 years. No one knows how far the gold color and salt influenced.
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