River Plate win the Libertadores ‘never’

The beat distance of the Liberators

Numerous personalities in the River-Mouth of the Bernabeu

River provided by don Alfredo di Stéfano

A large number of fans of River Plate came to the Puerta del Sol in Madrid to celebrate the title of the Libertadores Cup won by his own after winning 3-1 at Boca Juniors at the estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

After the triumph in a thrilling duel, marked by the traditional rivalry existing between the two sets , some of those who witnessed it live were heading to the meeting place established to celebrate in the case that there are reasons for this.

it Is for that reason that from the mouth of Callao metro were emerging, people wearing the red and white club and joining a party where mingled with others who had not been able to get tickets, with the media and curious people of various nationalities who sought to be part of that moment of collective joy.

The rhythm of the drums, the gorges broke out to sing various songs in support of the entity ‘millionaire’ as well as of criticism to the contrary, all this in a peaceful way and with the police attentive although they did not have to intervene.

Among the group was for example Ariel Diaz, who, although satisfied he regretted not having been able to lift the trophy at the Monumental: “was Not good, I would have liked to win it as local in the court of the River Plate as it deserved. But it has been beautiful to know the Bernabeu, winning the Copa Libertadores when Boca Juniors here. Madrid is beautiful and Spain is a country cute but the ideal would have been to play the match in Argentina.”

Happy were also Andrew and John Francis Cantelmi, father and son. So I explained the first one: “it Is the joy of sport greatest of my life. I lived in the other Cups Libertadores, all in Argentina, but never against the Boca Juniors, and with all the special conditions that have this”.

In the same line as expressed to his father: “I am seventy-four years old, my passion is the River Plate. I’ve been to all the sporting events where there were big wins and nothing, absolutely nothing, is comparable with this.”

Andrew highlighted the great effort made: “You have been outside of Argentina gives us an epic special. we Traveled over eleven thousand miles, we had to leave our family and do a lot of things to be able to come to see him despite having gone Saturday and Sunday, the two times I was suspended from the party. Beat the Boca Juniors with all that… it Is an experience between father and son that is not going to forget ever, it is indelible”.

“To Madrid, we’ve gone many times for tourism, but this is another thing. This time we came to something specific.

we Came to the great frustration or great joy. And gave the second”, says Juan Francisco.

the decision to move The meeting to another city came after the violence that preceded the shock, which was envisaged in the Monumental: “In Argentina we are a lot and the day of the incident the court had sixty-six thousand people, all normal people except a handful of very small that is not going to encourage the River Plate, but that is going to do anything else. The fan’s normal to us that we celebrate, we celebrate and nothing more.”

Both will return to their native land like many others that have completed a long journey to enjoy one of the confrontations most important in the history of the club. No one knows what the future holds to your equipment but, no matter what, Madrid will remain forever in your memory.

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