We had to wait 27 years to see Aldosivi
and
Alvarado
on the court
again .
It was at the
José María Minella , only with
Tiburón
supporters
, but we will have to wait for the goals in the next classic, on the 27th when
Torito
is home, because in their reunion on the fields there were no goals.
Aldosivi, the Puerto team, and Alvarado, the Matadero team, constitute a classic with a short but very intense history.
Without knowing it, on August 10, 1997, they played the classic for the last time in the 20th century on the Mar del Plata River court, a stage with rather neighborhood proportions and located a few blocks from the meeting point of the Alvarado fans.
It lasted just 20 minutes and was suspended with the score 0-0 when Aldosivi's bar arrived;
Before, during and after, there were stones, tear gas, runs, injuries and riots that spread to the surrounding streets.
It was the last time, until Saturday's 0-0 at Minella.
The match had no goals, but it did have controversies.
El Tiburón was close to opening the scoring when near the end of the first half, Alan Sosa kicked a free kick that passed close to the goal.
In the next, all of Alvarado claimed a penalty for a hit by Gonzalo Soto on Guido Vadalá that referee Nazareno Arasa did not validate.
Although the audience was exclusively from Aldosivi, the Alvarado sports facility on Route 88 roared with the cry of a penalty, as fans gathered there to watch the classic on a giant screen.
There were flags hanging on the fences of the training fields and songs, just like on the field.
Not only were there members and fans, but historical footballers were also present.
For the second half, the game was a little more fluid.
Luca Franco took a powerful shot that Jorge Carranza managed to block, to maintain equality.
Alvarado's goalkeeper, Juan Manuel Lungarzo, also excelled with a mid-range shot from Alan Sosa that he was able to contain.
As the minutes passed, both took more care of the spaces and the situations became more lukewarm.
Only Agustín Alonso's shot came out of his drowsiness, which hit the post and was the last action that could threaten the equality of a match that waited almost three decades to be played again.