It was known that the duel between tiger and saint paul For the first day of the Copa Sudamericana it would have been hot due to the last story between the two. And is that December 12, 2012 was branded in everyone’s memory. It was the day of embarrassment, of scandal, one of the darkest pages in the modern history of South American football. While on one side the Brazilians celebrated and raised theirs South American CupMatador players wept in the changing rooms of Morumbí stadium after a brutal police crackdown.

The word revenge was present from the day it became known that the two teams would face each other again. That is why a special operation was set up. But something failed: the awkwardness of the Tiger fans. What happened? Fans of the Victoria cast threw stones at the bus itself, thinking it was the Brazilians. “Save yourself, it’s us”midfielder Agustín Cardozo posted and uploaded a photo with a stone and broken glass to his social networks. And something else: last night some fans set off fireworks in a hotel where the paulistas were not concentrated.

“Today we also have a commitment. Tigre receives San Pablo, with what it means for that final 11 years ago. We worked hard all week, yesterday the San Pablo coach came to the La Plata stadium to see how we work and I had a very deep conversation with him”, he highlighted in the previous one Eduardo Aparicio, head of Aprevide.

The last time the two teams met, it is insisted, was a scandal. On that occasion, in which the paulistas won their first South American title in addition to the three Libertadores and the two Intercontinental championships that already shone in their windows, everything happened: brawl, reports of attacks in the locker room area, “they took out two revolvers”as denounced by DT Pipo Gorosito and the injured players, it led the referee to suspend the return match played in Brazil after the first 45 minutes.

Tigre, who were fighting for their first international title, had refereed a match that ended 0-0 at the Bombonera and, a week later, at the Morumbí, São Paulo won 2-0 before being disqualified for incidents. the title to the paulistas.