A moment of silence turned into a magical moment of applause and cheers. Leandro Paredes and his former field assistant Claudio Ubeda, who replaced him as coach, released blue and yellow balloons emblazoned with three gold stars, one for each title he won. And a shirt with the number 1956 on it. -year of his birth- with an infinity symbol. Inside the box, the family watched the scene with excitement. Ubeda was the coach on the bench during the game against Belgrano on October 18th last year, but the voices in the stadium remembered him. “Miguel Angel Russo”
That afternoon, La Bombonera erupted like a glorious night. “Thank you so much, Miguelo, thank you so much, Miguelo. You didn’t give me a cup, you didn’t give me joy. I’ll never forget what you did for Boca.” The stadium had Miguel’s favorite look: packed, colorful, and vibrant. The match would then end in a defeat against the Cordoba team, but that’s another story.
Finally, the shirt, which was released into the air before the game in honor of the coach, attempted an unexpected flight with strange results. Two days after the big Superclásico victory against River, it happened that the blue and gold jacket had arrived in another country. It fell in Cañada Nieto, in the Soriano region of southwestern Uruguay, where only 430 people live. “A young producer from Soriano’s countryside, working in the field, found something shiny: a shirt in tribute to Russo, sent to heaven by Boca Juniors in memory of their recently deceased former coach,” said @Pepe_Temperan, a Uruguayan journalist who reported the discovery, on his X account.
The photo shows an undeniably historic piece. A deflated balloon was still tied to the shirt, “1956-∞”. And naturally, when producers spotted the shirt, they couldn’t help but be surprised.
Miguel Ángel Russo’s image persists, and Claudio Ubeda can’t resist it either. The super classic was barely completed Her tears flowed without permission In the midst of the general elation experienced at the Bombonera after a great victory, mouth On the river, he far outperformed his eternal rival. In a state of euphoria, he first hugged his assistant Juvenal Rodríguez, then each of the football players who crossed his path to the tunnel. The most special of these is Leandro Paredes.
Exactly 1 month and 1 day since he passed away miguel angel russoa man who had no choice but to continue leading a group of extremely devastated humans, finally had an afternoon of extreme happiness. Most of what you see about the team is his image. I’m sure they’re celebrating with you from above. We would like to share this with him and his family, with whom we are in constant contact. All of us are dedicated to him,” coach Zenidze said in a press conference.
Ubeda added:I was so excited because I saw Miguel’s flag. We knew how important it was for him and for all of us to be able to play in the Copa Libertadore.The moment I met S. Juvenal Rodríguez, I was moved and couldn’t help but think of him. ” And he concluded:Miguel’s death is a huge blow, he was our father.. When a leader who was expecting you to say, “This is good, this is bad, keep doing this,” leaves, it’s hard to find yourself without that person from one day to the next, and it’s hard to fill that empty space. “We try to honor a lot of the things we learned from him,” he admitted.
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