The Emperor, who initially declined the millionaire’s invitation, finally announced that he will play against Argentinos on Sunday.
The game on Sunday, November 12 against Argentinos, for the third day of the Professional League Tournament, will be very special for River. In this first match played at home by Martín Demichelis’ team this year, The Millionaire opens the new stands of the Monumental and will also pay tribute to the club’s world champions. But that party now took on a special note, after it was confirmed that there will be a guest no one expected: Daniel Passarella.
As has happened in all stadiums in the country after the inauguration of the Argentina national team in Qatar 2022, the Núñez club decided to take advantage of its first home game of the year to pay tribute to Franco Armanithe only member of Lionel Scaloni’s squad to play in local football, to the two members of the coaching staff who have visited the club -Pablo Aimar and Roberto Ayala- and to all the glory of the club that took part in the 1978 and 1986 World Cups and knows how much the World Cup weighs.
For this reason, invitations were issued from the Monumental to Norberto Alonso, Ubaldo Matildo Fillol, Oscar Ortiz, Oscar Ruggeri, Héctor Enrique, the family of the late Leopoldo Luque and also to Passarella, who not only the president of River’s relegation to the B Nacional He is the only Argentine to win two of the three stars on the AFA shield.
The invitation to the emperor logically caused an internal debate in Núñez, especially since this leadership, during the management of Rodolfo D’Onofrio, had criminally charged him for his management at the head of the institution. Even in 2021, the name Passarella was expressly omitted in celebration of the 120th anniversary of the club’s founding, despite the fact that before his time on the board he had been one of the biggest idols in millionaire history, for what he did as a footballer and as a coach.
In the end, however, it was decided that it was not appropriate to leave him alone during the conversation. On the background, The hope was that there would be a negative reaction from the Juninense. And so it happened at first: upon receipt of the call, the emperor thanked the invitation, but rejected it. The issue seemed resolved, especially after he was honored last weekend by Sarmiento, in his hometown. What no one expected was that the phone would ring again with a change of heart.
After meditating on it for a few days, Passarella reported that he finally decided to attend the tribute, in what his return to Monumental for the first time since he left the club’s presidency at the end of 2013. At least in River they believe that the presence of the former president is not confirmed and that his appearance on the field will depend on how the fans feel after this announcement. do you go?
Source: Goal