In the Pampas of the South American continent, there is also a heavyweight conversation between Mars hitting The Earth – Riverbed vs Boca Youth. The match between them is argentina's super derby. Although they are not as famous as the Spanish national derby today, they are not inferior to the Spanish national derby.
Whenever the Argentine Super Derby arrives, the police in Buenos Aires are always on the verge of a great enemy. Because of the century-old feud between the two teams, whenever the two teams have a dialogue, it will always be accompanied by conflicts between fans. The Pepper Water in the Copa Libertadores and the Bobca Youth Bus smashed by River Plate fans are examples.
So, what is the feud between these two century-old teams? What are the highlights of the competition?
1. One city does not allow two tigers
The century-old feud between River Plate and Boca Youth began with the birth of two teams.
Modern football originated in England. At the end of the 19th century, with the footsteps of Britain, it went out of the British Isles and came to all corners of the world. In the 1870s, modern football came to Argentina in the footsteps of the British and quickly became popular with the locals. Football became one of the most beloved sports of Argentines.
A large number of clubs have sprung up on Argentine soil. In particular, Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, has become a gathering place for Argentine football clubs because it gathers people from all walks of life in Argentina.
In 1901, a club was founded in the Boca district of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. Seeing sailors playing soccer on the banks of the surrounding river, the team was named River Plate, which the Argentines abbreviated as RIver. When translating, its paraphrasing name, Riverbed, was used.
Four years later, in 1905, another club was founded in boca. This club is named after the boca youth in the boca district where it is located.
As the saying goes, it is difficult for a city to tolerate two tigers, let alone a region. The contradiction between the two teams was buried at the beginning of the establishment because of the competition for territory.
2. Spiritual attributes intensify contradictions
The real contradiction intensified in 1938. The boca district is located in an area that is a must for foreign immigrants entering Buenos Aires. Therefore, the main inhabitants here are the poor, including dock workers. The colorful houses in boca district are a testimony to the poor life of the locals.
The time came to the 1930s. At that time, in order to seek better development, the River Plate Club left the Boca district where the poor people lived and moved to the rich neighborhood of Buenos Aires, the Nunez district. River Plate's home stadium, Monumental Stadium, is located at the junction of the Nuñez and Belgrano districts.
Since then, River Plate has had an official nickname - Millionaire. They also started the buy-buy-buy mode. You know, in the 1930s, River Plate gave two big-guy-level players in the team a direct payment of gold. This is difficult for Manchester City and Greater Paris today to do.
River Plate's relocation and the use of gold to show off its wealth have angered fans throughout boca district. They saw the relocation of River Plate as a betrayal. They believe that Riverbed has betrayed the Boca district and betrayed the vast toiling masses.
Boca Youth chose to stay in Boca District. The move was well received by the boca district fans. They see boca youth clubs as representatives of the poor.
The red and white river plate jersey became the representative of the rich, and the yellow and blue Boca jersey was regarded as the spiritual sustenance of the poor masses. The intensification of class contradictions has made the two teams intolerable. River Plate fans give Boca young fans the nickname piglet, bostero, is a satire on boca youth origins, in order to show their nobility.
3. The competition of honor, the cradle of stars
Now it is only "the Boca youth is seen as the representative of the poor masses, and River Plate is regarded as the representative of the rich and unkind capitalists." "Well, the feud between the two teams is far from the level of the Argentine national derby.
What a national derby is is a dialogue between two of the best teams in a country. Boca Juniors and River Plate have monopolized the highest honours of Argentine football's top league for a century, and are the two clubs that have won the top league the most in Argentina.
Together with the last victory, River Plate has won a total of 33 titles in the argentine top league. Boca Juniors won 28 top league titles. In terms of the number of domestic league championships, River Plate is slightly better.
On the stage of the intercontinental arena, River Plate's two Copa Libertadores champions have the figure of Boca youth. But Boca Juniors believe their fourth cup title should have been awarded. In addition to this, Boca junior fans consider their Copa Libertadores to be 6, second only to the 7-time winner of independence (Argentina). The number of times the riverbed is only 4 times.
In the continental champions cup - Toyota Cup (the predecessor of the Club World Cup) in the honor competition, Boca Juniors won 3-1 to River Plate. You know, boca's 3 Toyota Cup titles, two of which were won by beating european giants Real Madrid and AC Milan.
In the 1966 Copa Libertadores final, River Plate was turned over by his opponents with a 2-0 lead against Uruguayan team Peñarol (Penarol). At this point, blog fans have ridiculed River Plate as a chicken or hen, and satirized that the opponent is a soft egg.
For Boca fans, the happiest was June 2011. At that time, River Plate was unfortunately relegated from Aliga due to poor records. This day marks the 110th anniversary of the club's birth. It was an extremely gloomy day for River Plate fans. But Boca fans are like the New Year.
River Plate's name River was changed by Boca fans to RiBer (in Spanish, the same rules of pronunciation as V and B), satirizing River Plate.
Both teams are spherical processing plants. Boca Youth has come out of a series of familiar names such as Maradona, Batistuta, Riquelme, Palermo, Tevez and so on.
River Plate gave birth to the 1978 World Cup champion goalkeeper Firoll, captains Passarella, Kempez, Crespo, Aimar, Mascherano and other familiar names for Argentine fans.
4. Whose hand the deer dies
Boca Youth and Riverbed are sworn enemies. But the two teams had two unexpected harmonies. The first act is a rainy night in October 2009, argentina against Peru. Higuain's opening record helped Argentina take the lead. But Peru equalised at the end of the game. If this score is followed, Argentina may not qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Towards the end of the game, a figure came out and scored the winning goal. The winner was Palermo. The monumental stadium where the match was played boiled over. At this point, they "forgot about their past grudges" only because this time they were both Argentines.
In 2021, the ball king Maradona died of illness. There is only one day, because they all love the common national hero, Maradona.
However, after the harmonious scene, the battle of honor between the two teams, especially the sworn enemy team, is far from over. At 5 a.m. on March 21, 2022, River Plate will take on Boca Juniors at Monument Stadium. At that time, River Plate fans will hold the biggest boos for Boca fans, interfering with opponents.
For River Plate's players, facing a sworn enemy, they have only one goal: to play a good home defense battle and consolidate their advantage in the league table. For Boca players, they have only one goal, and that is to capture the enemy's home field. So who will kill the deer in the game? We'll see.