The Superclasico between River Plate and Boca Juniors is often namedropped as a bucket list football game for fans to attend, and with the carnage that erupted from between the two sides most recently, it’s pretty clear to see why.
In short, Argentinian football is a bit nuts. The Argentinian Superclasico, though, is completely batsh*t crazy levels of nuts. Pretty much all the time.
Two of the nation’s most successful and well-supported sides locking horns in a country where support from fans knows no bounds, with the 90 minutes played on the pitch quite often an afterthought for plenty in attendance.
It very rarely disappoints with the winner of the game claiming the all-important bragging rights over Buenos Aries for the considerable future, until the two rivals lock horns once again.
When a footballer as notable as Italian star Daniele De Rossi is desperate to end his one-club player status in order to get a piece of the action down at La Bombonera, you know whatever the hell is going on down there is special.
We’re not sure ‘special’ is probably the best word to describe the seven minutes of chaos that broke out in River Plate’s most recent 1-0 Superclasico win, but then again, there aren’t too many words for it. A very quick full house Argentinian football stereotypes bingo, that’s for sure.
Here’s the seven minutes of carnage in the Superclásico from River Plate’s Miguel Borja scoring the winning penalty against Boca Juniors to the full on melee afterwards. 👊🏼 pic.twitter.com/kNebp7tSXA
— Roberto Rojas (@RobertoRojas97) May 7, 2023
Messier than a mid-1990s ECW pay-per-view, River snatched a late 1-0 win thanks to a late penalty scored by Miguel Borja, extending their lead at the top of the table to nine points.
But we’re not concerned with boring table permutations right now. Nah. After scoring the injury-time spot-kick, the Estadio Monumental completely erupts and Borja is mobbed by his teammates.
While he’s celebrating, though, former Manchester United man and current Boca goalkeeper Sergio Romero finds himself in a scuffle with several River players, backed by some teammates, with the poor referee doing his best to calm the situation down. Spoiler – he didn’t.
What follows next is spectacular. Players fall to the floor as this brawl from nothing continues to snowball, with the stands behind now masked in red and white smoke from pyrotechnics.
All while this is going on, unbothered king Borja continues his…
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