A photo of Estevez and Barijho’s fight in 2003. Photo archive
What happened on Sunday in Avellaneda bounces on the media, despite the fact that there is only one image: that of the left cheekbone of Carlos Zambrano. As confirmed by Boca’s coach, Hugo Ibarra, there was an argument between the Peruvian and Darío Benedetto at half-time in the match against Racing.
When it seemed that everything had begun to calm down and calm down after the elimination in the Copa Libertadores, the expulsion of Sebastián Battaglia and the premature departure of former captain Carlos Izquierdoz, the bomb went off again at the Xeneize and inside the locker rooms.
Zambrano’s swollen cheekbone captured by Maxi Failla, Clarín’s photographer.
The first warning sign was the face of the Peruvian, who returned to the field with his left cheekbone visibly inflamed. Immediately the target was Benedetto, who had already spoken aloud before going to the locker room and who also came back with marks on the back of his neck.
One of the phrases that he heard from the conversation they had on the pitch, which was also attended by more players, was: “Come on, I’ll kill myself”. But there was also another affirmation of Pipa: “If we are watching when they shoot the centers, they will score us a stupid goal”.
Finally, the rumor of the fight in the locker room began to gather strength and, as sources from Aprevide confirmed to the sports newspaper Olé, the police had to separate the protagonists of the fight. There were also colleagues who intervened to prevent it from becoming more serious.
However, there are no images of that incident, which is not the first to be remembered in Boca. Here is a review of six historical clashes:
Frank Fabra vs. Carlos Izquierdoz
It happened last year in the 2-1 defeat of Boca Juniors against Talleres in La Bombonera, for the sixth round of the League Cup. The Colombian left-back slapped Cali after an intervention by the central defender.
In the 25th minute of the first half, when Xeneize was 1-0 down on the scoreboard and had great difficulty in containing the attacks of Cordoba, Cali angrily asked that the Colombian right-back help him to score Diego Valoyes, one of the great figures of the rival. .
It was then that Fabra reacted in the worst way: he slapped his partner, who decided to move away from the club so as not to worsen the situation.
Source: Clarin
