Cavani, the world star who wants to make the child’s dream come true: hanging on the barbed wire of La Bombonera in a Superclásico

Sunday, November 11, 1992. On the tenth date of the Apertura tournament, Boca receives Óscar Tabárez, leader of the championship with 14 points, Daniel Passarella’s River, second with three points less. Mixed among the audience of the second tray of the popular La Bombonera establishment, Diego Armando Maradona cheers on the Xeneize, accompanied by his father Chitoro, his wife Claudia Villafañe and the actor Carlos Calvo.

After an exciting first half, in which Xeneize had spent a little more time, a free kick for the local team followed after three minutes of play. José Luis Villarreal tried to shoot on goal, but his shot hit the barrier and the ball fell to Sergio Daniel Martínez, who turned it around at the penalty spot and placed it next to a post. El Manteca angrily took off his shirt, ran to the baseline, ran over the advertising posters, jumped towards the fence and started climbing the metal net. 450 kilometers from Buenos Aires, in the Uruguayan city of Salto, the image was forever etched in the retina of a five-year-old boy who still could not even imagine that he would become a world star.

31 years after that 1-0 victory for Xeneize, who would eventually become champions of the league, the man now called Edinson Cavani will have the great opportunity to emulate his idol in the first Superclásico he will play in his career.