The archaeological findings of the workers who remodeled the Rosario Central camp

Central rosary, the last Argentine football champion after winning the 2023 League Cup, decided a few months ago to renovate its stadium. Not only is the idea of ​​modernizing the The torrent giantbut we also add around 6 thousand more seats for fans of the Rascal and reach a capacity of 48 thousand spectators. To achieve this goal, heThe court will be about 80 centimeters lower the level it had until last year and which forced excavation work to be carried out which brought a great surprise: a series of archaeological finds which include an old tunnel and a ball that has become a relic.

“Pure scoundrel history in the Giant. The workers who were carrying out the expansion and renovation works on the stadium found an old tunnel in the Cordiviola stand which they decided to use as a new entrance to that sector. A ball was also found, another example of the history of the Auriazul that resides in our house,” reported the official account of Rosario Central on its social networks.

Diego Decunto, the architect in charge of the work, said some time ago that they expected to find this type of find. In fact, at the beginning of the renovation, remains of the stands built before the Giant renovated the stadium for Argentina 1978 had already been found.

“As a professional it didn’t surprise me, it was known that under the river stalls there was the old stand that was popular at the time. In short, it is the same level that continues and becomes the lower headers. Only on the side of the river (Paraná) had it been covered by what was the expansion of the stalls in the works carried out for the ’78 World Cup”, explained Decundo in his statements to the press after the first findings.

And he continued: “Evidently it had been 40 years since that sector of the old popular grandstand had been exposed until the time when the work on the new tunnel had to be carried out. Accessing through the single tunnel, a part of what was the old grandstand was once again seen and exposed.”.

In that World Cup, the Gigante de Arroyito hosted six matches, including Argentina’s unforgettable 6-0 against Peru which allowed the team led by Cesare Luis Menotti qualify for the final in which they would beat the Netherlands 3-1 at the Monumental and win their first star. The other engagements were Tunisia-Mexico, Poland-Tunisia, Mexico-Poland, Argentina-Poland and Argentina-Brazil.

The activity carried out by the Board of Directors chaired by art Gonzalo Belloso It consists of three phases. Currently the first ones pass and then those who will be linked to providing “safety and comfort” to the stadium will arrive.

The reserve benches on the field will move to the other side after the game. A tunnel will be installed between the two at playing field level to avoid the use of stairs.