River Plate, the other “temple” of Argentinian football.

Sunday October 8, took place in the "estadio monumental", the “Superclásico” won by the club “River Plate”, 3 to 1 (*), at the expense of its lifelong rival, the club of “Boca Juniors”.
Once again, as at the time of World cup, the whole city had stopped, families quarreled, lifelong friends insulted the one who did not carry the same shirt : blue and yellow for “Boca”, white and red for “River”. Impassioned comments of the sports correspondents went from TV set to TV set, preventing the indifferent one or the ignoramus, to benefit from the silence which prevails traditionally at the end of the Sunday evening, in “the city which never sleeps”.
Four times, a dull clamour come off all the “barrios”at the same time, succeeding the hysterical and without end “goaaaaalll” from the voice in the cathode ray tube. Only the few spite swearwords from the losers clan answered to it.
The “cancha” of “River” was inaugurated on May 25, 1938. Conceived to receive 70000 people, it could accept some 135000 the day of the finale of the World cup, in 1978, between the Argentinian national selection and Holland. The Atlético Club de River Plate resides in it. It was founded in 1901 and has a trophy list (**) which can make many European clubs envious. .

(*) 2 of the River's goals were marked by the 18 years old Franco-argentinian Gonzalo Higuaín.
(**) The Argentina and the world most titled club is however that of “Boca Juniors”.