It was known that the duel between
Tigre and San Pablo
for the first day of the Copa Sudamericana was going to be hot due to the last history between the two.
And it is that December 12, 2012 was branded in everyone's memory.
It was the day of embarrassment, of scandal, one of the darkest pages in the modern history of South American football.
While on one side the Brazilians celebrated and raised the
Copa Sudamericana
, the Matador players cried inside the locker room of the Morumbí stadium after a brutal police repression.
The word revenge was present from the day it was known that the two teams would face each other again.
That is why a special operation was set up.
But something failed: the clumsiness of Tigre's fans.
What happened?
The fans of the cast of Victoria threw stones at the bus itself, thinking that they were the Brazilians.
"Rescue yourselves, it's us"
, published the midfielder Agustín Cardozo and uploaded a photo with a stone and broken glass on his social networks. And something else: last night some fans threw fireworks at a hotel where the paulistas were not concentrated.
"Today we also have a commitment. Tigre receives San Pablo, with what it means for that final 11 years ago. We were working hard all week, yesterday the boss of San Pablo came to the La Plata stadium to see how we work and I had a very deep talk with him", highlighted
Eduardo Aparicio, owner of Aprevide,
in the preview .
The last time the two teams clashed, it is insisted, it was a scandal.
On that occasion, in which the paulistas won their first South American title to add to the three Libertadores and two Intercontinentals that already shone in their showcases, everything happened: a fight, reports of attacks in the locker room area,
"They took out two revolvers"
, as reported by DT Pipo Gorosito and the injured players led the referee to suspend the second leg match played in Brazil after the first 45 minutes.
Tigre, who was fighting for his first international title, had officiated as host at La Bombonera in a match that ended 0-0 and, a week later, at the Morumbí, Sao Paulo was winning 2-0 before being suspended due to the incidents. what gave the title to the paulistas.
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