The embrace of a grandfather and his grandson, the moving image of the Independiente triumph that belongs to all of Argentine football

This Saturday, as Messi was being booed in Paris, the Argentine football He gifted one of those images that makes him unlike any other on the planet. It happened at Independiente against Tigre but it could happen in any stadium, in any division or league: a grandfather celebrated his team’s heartbreaking goal by hugging his grandson, in tears.

The sequence excites beyond the fact that the names of the protagonists of this story are not yet known, which will surely become known as the hours go by thanks to the power of social networks. And to tell the truth, the relationship between them has not even been verified, which was taken for granted in the television broadcast. But that emotion they felt goes beyond their identity, and it also transcends the color of the shirt. His heartfelt gesture adds to others that ensure that the world champion country gets a dish from experiencing football like nowhere else.

In France, the million and million dollar PSG booed Messi, because sentiment and money run on different paths. Yes, Independiente will know, as they are dogged by debts and had to resort to a collection to save the club. That hug from his grandfather and grandson sums it up perfectly.

Independiente achieved a great victory

Independiente beat Tigre 2-1 at home, with a heartbreaking goal by the Uruguayan Martin Cauteruccio which was pending review of LAUNCH and finally caused a strong relief of the Libertadores de América-Ricardo Enrique Bochini stadium in the continuity of the 16. Date of the professional championship.

Nicolás Vallejo (5m.PT) put the locals ahead and Mateo Retegui (31m.PT), one of the tournament’s top goalscorers with 10, temporarily tied for the visit. With this result, Independiente added 17 points and Tigre were left with 21 points.

The “red” did all the wear and tear, even when things didn’t work out for him, and achieved a well-deserved victory with a great offensive flow.

Contrary to what happened before Ricardo Zielinski took the bench, he only needed one finish to take the lead after a powerful left foot from Vallejo, which was impossible for Gonzalo Marinelli.

Tigre didn’t deviate from his script of keeping the ball – sometimes too passive – but he lacked the depth of last season and above all the one-on-one break from Facundo Colidio in the first quarter of an hour.

Zielinski ordered his players to cover front line receivers and this caused the visitor to always get his back and uncomfortable to set up his game. That’s why as the minutes went by he justified the partial victory.

But since football knows no logic, much less solid arguments, it happened that the Tiger received a penalty from the hand of Sergio Barreto and his scorer Mateo Retegui, without getting nervous, made it 1-1.

Tigre and Independiente shared the limelight in the following minutes, as when ‘Matador’ found Lucas Menossi as a playmaker, he enjoyed good passing and the same thing happened when ‘Red’ put his one-on-one wings on. The equalizer at half-time was watched by the vagaries of the sport as the venue made enough credit to go up.

The complement presented another scenario, although the chips moved little, the legs did not respond as before and the intensity of the game decreased treacherously. That’s why the emotion was markedly less at either end of the spectrum.

The Tiger stops on the counterattack and gives way to Independiente, who are not too lucid to solve the double line of four guests and don’t even shoot on goal in 30 minutes.

The two clearest were from Lucas Menossi, from a free kick, and also with a shot from mid-range, but in both he ran into Rey.

However, Independiente woke up at the last moment: a goal disallowed correctly for a slight offside by Martín Cauteruccio, a ball saved on the line by Víctor Aguilera and a decent closing by Víctor Cabrera when Juan Cazares was leading 2-1 .

And when everything seemed to end in a draw, the Uruguayan forward said he was present and drove the entire audience present at the Libertadores de América into a frenzy. Of course, the fans must have lowered their euphoria because the VAR reviewed the position for two minutes before giving the go-ahead.

Cauteruccio endured it to the end

Independiente’s Uruguayan forward Martín Cauteruccio acknowledged feeling a lot of “uncertainty” during the VAR’s examination of his goal in the final minute of what was a heartbreaking 2-1 victory over Tigre, at home.

“I felt a lot of uncertainty when they reviewed the play but the important thing is that we played a good match. We knew we had to win and be strong at home,” said the striker.

“It’s a great happiness because we played a great game. We finished with my goal at the end. It was the finishing touch,” he assessed.

Cauteruccio, who has 9 goals in the Lega Professionisti (LPF) tournament, maintained that the team is gaining “experience” and invited everyone to remain “united” because in this way a match against “a very great rival” took place.