Superclassic Boca vs River (73 images)

Known as one of the most passionate rivalry on the planet and ranked one of the best of the sport spectacles of the world the match of football (soccer) between Boca Juniors vs River Plate move an average of 63000 fans in Buenos Aires, Argentine, each time these teams crash. This happen only two times in a year, during autumn in the Bombonera (box of chocolates) Stadium, La Boca and at the begin of spring in the Monumental Stadium in Nunez.
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Known as one of the most passionate rivalry on the planet and ranked one of the best of the sport spectacles of the world the match of football (soccer) between Boca Juniors vs River Plate move an average of 63000 fans in Buenos Aires, Argentine, each time these teams crash. This happen only two times in a year, during autumn in the Bombonera (box of chocolates) Stadium, La Boca and at the begin of spring in the Monumental Stadium in Nunez.
Buenos Aires has the greater concentration of football teams of all the cities of the world but none of them awakes the anxieties, the passion and energy like the superclassic (superclasico). The media begin to warms up the ambient with interviews to the protagonists and spectators. Finally, the day of the match several hours early the fans begin to surround the stadium eating 'choripan' (a kind of sausage sandwich) and doing a lot of sonorous and visual noise with song and chants offensive to opponent and flags, banners and strips of confetti with all the possible tones of colors of the teams.
Tradition, honour and history are ingredients that both parts put on the table. In the origins both clubs were neighbors near the Riachuelo river in La Boca. The first fundation was for the River Plate club in 1901 follow by Boca Juniors in 1905. River finally moved to the north of the city in Nuñez in 1923, since then they was called 'millonarios' (millionaires) because this was a high class neighborhood.
The first amateur game was 0 to 0 with a big fight because some fans of River robbed a flag of the Boca supporters. The first professional superclassic never finish because the game was interrupted when three River players that were expelled don't accept the referee decision. From that start to today a lot of memories make each match between this two teams a explosion of feelings.
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