The year 1986 It was historic for River for several reasons; Not only would the local championship win, but also I would conquer the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental.
But there was a milestone that remained forever in the fan’s retina, and that a April 6, 1986. A pending superclassic in La Bombonera, a ball of an unusual color and an Olympic return were the condiments of an ideal millionaire evening.
April 6, 1986: The day River turned the Olympic in the mouth
River He had left champion of that tournament three dates before facing Boca; He consecrated against Vélez, where he could not go around the invasion of the court, played against Gymnastics of La Plata and received Deportivo Español in the Monumental.
Since 1982 that Núñez’s team did not visit La Bombonera. In that context, The president of Argentina at that time, Raúl Alfonsín, asked the president of River, Hugo Santilli, not to give the Olympic return on the Boca court.
Although after a debate in the costumes it was concluded that they were not going to do it, the attack of the Xeneize fans to the River’s micro enraged the players, which They made the sudden decision to turn before starting the game. This was an image for the story, of a moment that served to heat the atmosphere of a superclassic hot.
Why was played with an orange ball that day
“Today God will have said: ´Beto, it’s your turn to you ‘. And I put two goals. When they told me that I played with a ball of that color, I did the same: I knew that the madman was going to end up looking inside “said Norberto “Beto” Alonso, Figure of the encounter. With the “crazy” he refers to Hugo Orlando Gatti, Boca archer who asked to play the game with an orange ball, since he believed that he was going to be confused with the papers that the fans threw.
Then the story was divided into two; The first half with orange ball, the second with La Blanca. In both, Alonso marked, and the most remembered postcard of that meeting was The header that put at 31 ‘of the first half, when he sent the spherical orange to the bottom of the network.
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The party’s process was even; River, without his figure (Enzo Francescoli), hit at the right momentswhile Boca could not become the arch that took care Nery Pumpido. After the game ended, More than 20 years passed without knowing the whereabouts of the mythical ball.
Finally, in the 1990s, Francisco Lamolinareferee of that match, donated the orange to the River Museum, where he is currently exposed.
Source: Ambito
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