"The sense that Argentines have the most absent... common sense, I congratulate you Pepe".
"If the Argentine clubs came together like in the World Cups, we could change values, solidarity, camaraderie."
"This is a unique opportunity to show that we are just rivals, not enemies."
Posts like the ones above
are multiplying by thousands on social networks
after the video of former soccer player José Chatruc, Pepe, who wore the colors of Racing, is identified with the club and was champion with the Academy in 2001, went viral. after a 45-year drought of local tournaments.
"Without Independiente there is no classic, without Independiente there is no emotion for Racing. I am a partner, my children are partners, all with the quota up to date... I want the rivalry, but we are not enemies, we have to end so much madness
.
After the insults and threats (that he received), I think we have to
rethink a lot of things as a society
. Aguante Racing".
Pepe Chatruc made a video that went viral on the networks explaining why, being a Racing fan, he donated money to Independiente.
Ignacio (37), a resident of Lanús, a sales employee, is a Racing fan, partner and has been on the field since he was twelve years old.
As soon as he saw Santiago Maratea explaining on television how the collection would be carried out, together with his idol Pepé Santoro, "I went to Twitter and found the links. I didn't wait for it to end. I'm a fan of Racing and the first thing I thought was when
the trustee Liliana Ripoll, in 1999, said: 'Racing Club has ceased to exist
'. It makes me a knot, I swear".
With the white and light blue on his chest, Ignacio imposes good sense, wisdom.
"Football today is impregnated with violence, bullshit, mafias...
What better opportunity than this to show that not everything is rotten
. I have a 7-year-old boy, obviously from Racing, but I want to instill in him values such as solidarity and empathy for who is on the floor today".
He shares that his soccer friends barded him, they did not welcome his attitude.
"I don't care, I did it convinced although I prefer not to say the amount... Not even a woman could believe it, but I have things clear.
Sportingly I want to score eight goals against Independiente and for them to go down the pitch,
but I don't want to that an institution like that would sink as a result of the deals of the mafia that ran it".
"This is how the day began for the collection for Independiente," Santiago Maratea posted on his Instagram.
In the same vein is Cristian (62), from Belgrano, "a huge River fan", he comments that he contributed four thousand pesos for "those
thrown
by Avellaneda. No, poor people, poor club, an institution like Independiente
does not deserve to be going through this situation due to the mismanagement
of its leaders".
Businessman, Cristian says he has been a lifelong soccer fan "and for me, after my dear River, Red is a club I grew up with.
My old man would take me to the Independiente stadium when we couldn't go to the Monumental
, and we would see some spectacular players... I saw him champion of America in the 70s and I take my hat off, even though I suffered for River and
cried for a whole week when in 2011 we went to B.
But, I insist, this is something else " .
Santiago Maratea shows his cell phone to announce how much money his collection for Independiente has raised.
Photo: Capture TV.
"When are we Argentines going to change?"
he wonders herself vehemently.
I don't want to talk about politics, but a lot of what happens on the field has to do with what Kirchnerism installed for twenty years: the crack.
But football is not hate, there is no hate for the rival of a lifetime.
I don't hate Boca.
River would not be River without Boca.
I understand that football is the most passionate of sports, but
clubs should not be hotbeds of hate
."
Tattooed with the colors of San Lorenzo from the buttocks to the torso, Macarena (28) is honest: "I feel capable of being able to separate the goals. It was not easy for me at first, one always wants the worst for those who are part of the circle one of the greats.
My father, less of a soccer fan, saw (Santiago) Maratea on TV and told me that he wanted to help
Independiente. At first I thought he was screwing me," admits this psychology student from Ciudadela.
Forced to reflect on her future profession, Macarena came to her senses.
"Dad, who is retired, earns 140,000 pesos, I think, and he gave me $2,000 and told me to show him the receipt -he laughs-. I listened to him and the truth is that he is right, the old man
taught me a lesson
, without no football interest, only that of someone who knows some history".
Data for those interested who want to be part of the collection.
"He told me about Trossero and Villaverde, about Giusti, Marangoni, Bochini, about Percudani... I wrote them all down and he told me that
Independiente is a school and the school must be respected and helped.
It reminded me of when we paid monthly the tuition fee. cooperator in the public school to give back some of what he gave us. And my old man always paid a little more than the average for the Liniers school that I went to and he had gone to ".
Macarena is a regular at Nuevo Gasómetro, where she goes with her boyfriend.
"Soccer is not war, it is not life or death. We have to change our heads, it is not an easy task,
there is a lot of
thermos
that inhabits soccer, who does not understand and who sees the other as the worst garbage
and would not hesitate to kick him in the This thing about Maratea has to make us better, having won the World Cup with a team that showed solidarity has to be a mirror".
None of those consulted by
Clarín
wanted to give their last name, nor send a photo of themselves, nor show proof of the donation.
"I don't feel like being bitched for a whole week.
Argentine soccer is not prepared for this type of actions from the fans," was the common denominator in the responses.
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