Jorge
Almirón
, technical director of
Boca
, was seen this Thursday - he was photographed and went viral on the networks - kneeling, alone, praying in what would be the Basilica of Luján.
He went to thank and ask, surely, that the successful streak continue.
Is it a matter of faith.
Statistics are sometimes random and also many like to believe.
So,
to the coach's religious faith, we can add the optimistic data
of how Boca fared every time they won 2-0 on the road before the Superclásico, as they did against Colo Colo: they
never lost
.
The first question is that it is the first time that Boca has won 2-0 on the road in an international tournament.
Never before, since 1963, the year in which he debuted in the Libertadores, had this combination been given.
Instead, it did
happen five times in history and he was champion four times.
During the amateur stage, it did not happen that Xeneize won exactly 2-0 away from home and then played the
classic darsenero
, as it was called then.
Jorge Almirón was satisfied with the 2-0 against Colo Colo in Chile.
Photo: EFE/Osvaldo Villarroel
It happened for the first time in 1931, in the brand new professional tournament organized by the dissident Argentine Football League.
On September 12, Boca beat Talleres de Remedios de Escalada 2-0 with two goals from
Francisco Varallo
at the old River de Alvear y Tagle stadium, where the GBA team from the South was home.
On September 20, the first professional classic was played, on the old Boca de madera pitch, which was suspended after Varallo's 1-1 draw, who ran over goalkeeper Iribarren on the rebound from the penalty, the players protested and three were expelled from River who refused to leave the playing field.
Then,
the Court of Penalties declared the match won by Boca, who at the end of the tournament was champion.
The second time occurred in the 1962 tournament, which had a historic definition.
On December 2, Boca beat Quilmes 2-0 with goals from Paulo Valentim from a penalty and Miguel Pezzi
.
On December 9, at La Bombonera, the day Antonio Roma saved Delem's penalty, the locals won 1-0 with a goal from Valentim and turned the Olympic game around the following date by beating Estudiantes 4-0.
Roma saves Delem's penalty.
(Clarin Archive)
Two years later, the sequence occurred in the month of August.
On Tuesday the 11th, Boca beat Atlanta 2-0 at Villa Crespo, with goals from Angel Rojas and Oscar Pianetti
.
On the following date, Sunday the 16th, they drew 0-0 with River at the Monumental.
In the end he would stay with the champion title.
The fourth time it happened it also had an indelible memory for Boca fans in the Superclásico.
It was in the 1981 Metropolitano,
Diego Maradona's only title with a club in Argentina
.
On Sunday, April 5, Boca beat Independiente 2-0 in Avellaneda with goals from Diego and
Oscar Ruggeri
.
On Friday, April 10, at La Bombonera, Xeneize won 3-0 with two goals from
Miguel Brindisi
and one from Diego, who, before the final touch, feinted and left
Pato Ubaldo Matildo Fillol
crawling .
On April 10, 1981 and under a deluge, Diego Armando Maradona definitely won the hearts of Boca fans.
Mouth 3 -RIver 0
The previous precedent of a 2-0 away draw before facing River happened in the Clausura 2011
, which San Lorenzo won.
On Sunday, May 8, Boca beat Argentinos 2-0 at La Paternal with goals from Martín Palermo and Juan Román Riquelme.
On the following date, they won 2-0 at La Bombonera with goals from Juan Pablo Carrizo against and against Palermo.
After finishing the tournament and playing the Promotion, River was relegated.
But that year Boca was not champion.
Of course, now he is far from the top of the Professional League Tournament, exactly 16 points behind River.
But the title does not necessarily have to be given to the local competition, now that the Libertadores are on a roll.
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