How was the intimate celebration of the river before returning to Buenos Aires

Suddenly, the lobby of the hotel Deville Primenear the airport of Porto Alegre, turns into a kind of dance floor. There, dozens of River fans sing the new hit, invented in the bowels of the Guild Arena with an elevation message for Boca: "The caravan of Porto Alegre is already leaving, the one that took … Racing and Independiente, from the hand of Gallardo and Biscay, I wait for you in the final". In their groups WhatsAppRiver's staff and technical staff receive the fans' video with the new song and the smile, between accomplices and fun.

The celebration of the river campus began in the Guild Arena, in the rain and pure relief with more than 4,000 fans who were in the stands. About 2,000 did not get tickets and they wanted to see in situ the new epic of Marcelo Gallardo's team. They saw him in a bar or at a supporter of Inter, the former rival of Gremio. 1,350 kilometers from Buenos Aires to not see the match on the ground? Follies that only Argentine football can generate.

After singing in front of the spectators, the players continued the festivities in the visitors' dressing room, where they experienced moments of great excitement and euphoria. "It's the famous river, the famous Plei River, take off your pants, we'll fuck you …", we heard that the players were singing from the mixed zone of the Guild Arena. The cloakroom suddenly became a Brazilian branch of Sívori Alta del monumental. "And you can see it, and you can see it, it's for Boca who is watching it through teve"they shouted.

After a while, the main leaders joined the group, which came from one of the boxes ordered by Rodolfo D'Onofrio, who was seen with his famous red sweater on the shoulders, at the above a shirt with white and blue stripes. Once they passed the locker room doors, everyone started singing with the players. There were cuddles, clenched fists and words of thanks to Marcelo Gallardo, the architect of this winning river who just brought the team to the twelfth of its cycle, with five international titles and three national , whose the final of the Super Cup of Argentina against Bocain March of this year in Mendoza.

"Come on, River, mess! Boss, we need less and less!"shouted someone from inside the locker room with the firm intention of being heard by the reporters who were waiting for their testimony.

The team left the stadium after the first match and, upon arrival at the hotel, supporters were waiting for it. Most of the fans were still in the Guild Arena, where the military police made them wait almost an hour and a half, until the Gremio were deconcentrated.

Already at the hotel, the celebration was rather intimate, in a room to which she returned to compete Andrés D & # 39; Alessandro, who left River in December 2016 after winning the Argentina Cup against Rosario Central. Symbol of the Brazilian Inter, D'Alessandro arrived accompanied by a group of friends who could pass to greet the group.

At 3 and 10 o'clock, Gallardo and members of his team of coaches went to rest in their room and crossed the lobby, where they received the fans' love. The river security employees led the way to the elevator, but they still agreed to take pictures with the people. "Biscay, if one day the Doll, stay here to direct ", a supporter shouted at the field assistant Doll yesterday he led the bench team before the coach suspended and heard several bursts of laughter, while Biscay smiled at the event.

In general, it was a party whose intensity declined as the pulsations returned to normal and which corresponded to the low profile that Gallardo had printed to the group since his arrival in mid-2014. gave way to a gay, but more measured and calm group, aware of the lack of a last step to get the fourth Libertadores in the club's history.

"Vamo's winning the cup, I see it, the cup lost by bosteros, bosteros"Meanwhile, the most effusive fans have sung in the lobby.

Unlike the coaching staff, the players did not go to the lobby to go to their room: they went to get a service lift. In the afternoon, before leaving for the stadium, the team had approached the door of the hotel to thank the fans, who were waiting for the match with a pure breath.

Today, in the morning, before returning to Buenos Aires, all the comments go in the same direction: how difficult it is for them to fall asleep. No wonder: River went from eliminated to Cup finalist in the last nine minutes of the match. And now waiting for the decisive instance with the additional seasoning that represents the chance to play a superclásico, this morbid.