Another edition of the famous Superclasico as every clash between River Plate and Boca Juniors is billed as in Argentina.
It is indeed the biggest and most popular fixture in this part of the World.
I left my grandma’s house after I watched on the television my beloved Racing defeat Colon 2-1 to earn our third straight win and I felt alone in this World! Nobody on the streets. Nobody in the buses or trains around the city. It was the fastest, easiest trip back home from Avellaneda and there was a reason: River was playing against Boca.
It wasn’t just quite when Argentina plays a World Cup match because that’s even bigger. But I felt something similar today.
River won 3-1 (Gonzalo HIGUAIN –pictured here- scoring twice and Ernesto FARIAS adding the third, while World Cup player Rodrigo PALACIO had equalise for Boca in the first half) and now the Torneo Apertura is open again with Boca leading River by one point and a host of other teams (Racing amongst them) chasing the two big guns.
Now I would like to ask you:
Where do you think El Superclasico ranks amongst the biggest derby matches in the World?
I’m sure there are plenty of other choices in the menu with Real Madrid-Barcelona, Inter-Juventus or Inter-Milan, Celtic-Rangers or Manchester United-Liverpool receiving votes. But where do you rank El Superclasico?
