The Obelisk, as always, the sounding board of the great Argentine soccer celebrations, this time it was “painted blue and gold” again with a crowd that crossed the geography of Buenos Aires and spread throughout the country to become a popular festival, of the people of Boca , which from this Sunday wears its 73rd. star in a shield that has the colors of the sky and the sun.
The auriazul flags waved in the Plaza de la República, the horns and the chants, the overflowing but not overflowing happiness, and the joy that some dream of repeating, in a much broader framework, in less than two months, when all the Argentine fans may be able to unite to celebrate another title on December 18, the World Cup, which will encompass everyone.
There was joy in Chivilcoy, and not only because of the victory by penalties of “his” Independiente over Gimnasia y Tiro, from Salta, which deposited him in the quarterfinals of Federal A.
And there was manifest happiness in Doomselar and San Rafael in Mendoza, as well as in Córdoba’s Panaholma and Tartagal in Salta. In Cipolletti and Comodoro Rivadavia.
And in Bahía Blanca too, which became blue and gold in the downtown streets after Boca Juniors became champion of the Professional Soccer League after the tie with Independiente and River’s victory against Racing.
The people of Bahia, many of them wearing t-shirts, hats and Boca flags, gathered on the steps of the Municipal Theater located in Alem and Alsina, in the heart of downtown, a traditional place for celebrations.
Shouting “Give him Champion, give him champion”, the fans approached the Municipal Theater shortly after 7:30 p.m. as well as others walked through the central streets passing through the Rivadavia square, in front of the commune.
The Municipal Theater of Bahía Blanca has always been chosen as the center of celebrations in that city in the south of Buenos Aires, from the triumphs of local teams, national soccer teams, basketball teams, or the Argentine team led by captain Lionel Messi now, among others.
And due to the concentration of people, police and traffic personnel had to carry out a cut off of vehicular traffic in the vicinity of the Bahian theater. As for the celebration to have its “pomp and circumstance”.
