An unparalleled goodbye, a gift arch and a forgotten champion: 14 years after Martín Palermo’s last game

An unparalleled goodbye, a gift arch and a forgotten champion: 14 years after Martín Palermo’s last game

Palermo left an indelible mark on Argentine football and it is impossible not to remember his last function in the Bombonera with Boca’s shirt.

A day that will remain forever In Argentine football history books It is undoubtedly the farewell of the top scorer in the history of Boca Juniors. Is that on June 12 but 2011, Martín Palermo He retired with the blue and gold shirt in a bombonera that shouted and cried for his star.

The Titan began his career in Estudiantes de La Plata, tried luck in Spain in clubs such as Villarreal, Real Betis and Deportivo Alavés but his house will always be the Xeneize. There he achieved the impossible when converting goals and forged an unbreakable link with the fans, who today remember him with love.

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Palermo received a particular gift from Boca in his last game in La Bombonera.

Palermo received a particular gift from Boca in his last game in La Bombonera.

The farewell to an Argentine football legend: Martín Palermo’s successes

From that beginning without luck to the June 12, 2011you have to review several moments of Martín Palermo’s career in football and especially with Boca. The goal a River After returning from an injury that moved him away several months from the courts, the two goals to real Madrid And countless moments of joy, they were those who marked their destiny with the blue and gold shirt.

There, the goal optimist conquered the Copa Libertadores de América in 2000 and 2007, the Intercontinental Cup in 2000, the 2004 and 2005 South American Cups and the South American Recopa 2005 and 2008.

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Palermo retains the arch that Boca gave him in his last game in La Bombonera.

Palermo retains the arch that Boca gave him in his last game in La Bombonera.

An unexpected gift and a champion that few remembered

That June 12, 2011 not only marked Martín Palermo’s goodbye in La Bombonerasince he brought with him a very particular gift. The club decided to give him the arc that gives for the gallery where 12 is usually, something he took by surprise even the former striker.

Another not less data is that that same day Vélez became Argentine football champion, but no focus was for Liniers. All were watching how the Titan last measured in Alberto J. Armando, in what was a 1 to 1 draw before Banfield.

Then, on the last day of that tournament, he also said goodbye to professional football also in an equality, 2 to 2 against Gymnastics and Fencing of La Plata, who had Guillermo Barros Schelotto, his great friend, among his headlines.

Source: Ambito

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