As usual on these occasions, River fans prepare
a reception that they assure will be historic for Martín Demichelis's team
at the Monumental stadium, where they will face Boca this Sunday, in a new Argentine soccer Superclassic, this time for the date 15 of the Professional League.
During the week, the River Fan Subcommittee summoned the members to collaborate with the assembly of the party, especially after the blow that Núñez's team received when they were beaten by Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro, for the Copa
Libertadores
.
The banner of the River fans in the preview of the Superclásico against Boca at the Monumental stadium.
Then, the help multiplied, with the intention of raising spirits and having the spirit rise in the face of the confrontation against the eternal rival.
For the welcome this Sunday, more than 1,700 wooden flags
were assembled
to be distributed in the lower stands of the Monumental.
Meanwhile, in the rest of the stands, there will be more than
80,000 red and white balloons
that will form the flag of the Greatest.
The so-called "pendorchos" will be in the Sivori, in the Belgrano and in the Centenario, while in the San Martín Alta
a huge curtain will be displayed
.
It is about the giant 'rag' that has the faces of the idols (
Beto Alonso, Ramón Díaz, Enzo Francescoli, Ángel Labruna, Amadeo Carrizo, Burrito Ortega, Marcelo Gallardo and Leo Ponzio
).
The flag measures
120 meters long by 25 meters wide
and weighs
1,100 kilos
.
Almost 200 people
were needed
to climb it to the top of the aforementioned stalls.
It will not be the only curtain: the Fan Subcommittee has saved a new cloth, which will be presented this Sunday in the Superclásico.
As
Clarín
was able to find out , the flag would be in the shape of a giant shirt,
with the format of the 2018 one and with a legend linked to the Madrid final: "The M4s Gr4nde of history"
.
Beyond the curtains, there will be
white and red smoke
for the reception, and fireworks that will detonate behind the San Martín stalls, as is customary before every important match.
And there will be
other surprises
that the Fan Subcommittee has prepared.
The banner of the River fans in the preview of the Superclásico against Boca at the Monumental stadium.
This reception will be the continuity of the support that the fans gave the players on Saturday night, when they self-convened on the club's beach (a few meters from the concentration of the squad, right in front of the confectionery) to make a banner, in in which there were drums, flares and wooden flags, in addition to the usual court chants.
After holding their breath for a long time, the players appeared one by one, in single file, through a kind of fence, specially arranged to get closer to the fans.
There they lived closely the warmth and color of the people, who began to sing louder and louder.
He rumbled
"whatever it takes tomorrow / tomorrow we have to win"
.
The banner of the River fans in the preview of the Superclásico against Boca at the Monumental stadium.
The footballers appreciated the show of affection and went back to the concentration.
They were already bathed in the popular heat of the River fans who promise to continue this afternoon to offer a reception that they say will be historic and impressive.
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