08/13/2021 10:27 AM
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Updated 08/13/2021 10:53
The new Boca shirt created by Adidas for this season was unveiled and comes with a design that pays tribute to the champion of the 1981 Metropolitan Tournament, in which Diego Maradona shone.
"Boca? Maradona."
For a long time and even today, talking about Boca in the world is talking about Maradona, and that bond that the best soccer player of all time created with the blue and gold had its origin in a historic Argentine soccer championship, the Tournament Metropolitan of 1981, the only national title of the Ten playing in Argentina.
Diego,
the one who wanted "Barcelona and Riverplei"
, as the fans sang, arrived at the La Ribera club to become champion, the scale prior to his departure for European football and his World Cup with the Argentine National Team, where he finished writing his legend.
Boca Juniors: debuted on February 22, 1981 against Talleres.
40 years after that consecration in La Bombonera, on August 15, 1981, with a 1-1 draw against Racing, Adidas presents what will be Boca's new shirt, with a design inspired by the one Diego, Miguelito Brindisi wore. and company.
"Its base color is blue, with the traditional horizontal yellow stripe at chest height, on the right is the brand's logo and on the left are the club's initials, framed in the iconic yellow stars. The numbers are white. and identical to those of 1981. The set is completed with a blue shorts with the shield of stars and yellow socks, just as they wore in that Metropolitan Championship ", describes the advertisement broadcast by the German brand.
The Adidas design for the new Boca jersey, in homage to the Metro 81 champion.
When Adidas arrived in Boca, at the beginning of 2020, the networks began to talk about the possibility of recreating that shirt so longed for by the xeneize people.
And the tragic death of Diego, in November of last year, ended up giving him an even more symbolic burden.
The Adidas design for the new Boca jersey, in homage to the Metro 81 champion.
"With this launch, which is part of the 'From the Neighborhood to the World' campaign, Adidas remembers a team that has left an indelible mark on Argentine football and an iconic jersey that has generated a culture of its own," the communication said. shared by the brand.
The 2021 Adidas model that recreates the one from 81 has a special mention for the former goalkeeper Hugo Orlando Gatti since the pilcha designated for today's goalkeepers will also have the pink color that the unforgettable Loco showed.
It is worth remembering that the one who occupied the goal during a good part of that contest was Carlos "la Pantera" Rodríguez, who stopped in 26 games against 9 that Gatti did.
El Loco Gatti, symbol in the history of Boca.
Roberto Mouzo, Mono Perotti, Cacho Córdoba, Tano Pernía, Chino Benítez and Pichi Escudero also made up that team led by the remembered Silvio Marzolini, champion one point away from Ferro de Griguol.
The defeat of River 3-0 in the rain and with Fillol suffering Diego's threats, is another indelible postcard.
Rossi in pink, commissioned to use a historical diver from the Boca Arch.
In the 2021 campaign video appear Toto Salvio, Carlos Izquierdoz, Marcos Rojo and Cristian Medina, Fabiana Vallejos, Clarisa Huber and the volleyball player Mariángeles Cossar.
The material is complemented by different capsules in which players and fans of the club narrate their feelings with this shirt.
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The model is presented this Sunday the 15th, before Estudiantes de La Plata, when the exact 40th anniversary of the Olympic round of 81, the only one for Diego in his first stage as a footballer for Boca, the club of his loves.
It is worth remembering that Boca comes to present its alternative shirt, with gray colors, and that it was proposed as a tribute to the 1977 Intercontinental champion, in an initiative that seeks to remember and give recognition to teams that made history in the institution.
The Adidas design for the new Boca jersey, in homage to the Metro 81 champion.
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