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[Archive audio]: This is one side of this superclásico: the joy, the exuberance. The emotion.
[Silvia Viñas]: Buenos Aires, 1994. River Plate has just won the superclásico against Boca Juniors, their historic rival.
[Fernando Scalone]: We sang. We were happy. Elated.
[José Barritta]: Before the match, it was a real party. I never thought it would end with this barbarity.
[Silvia Viñas]: Because what should have been pure celebration…
[Juan Carlos Cáceres]: The kids screaming. That’s what I remember. Their screams.
[Silvia Viñas]: …turns into a crime that shakes Argentina.
[Juan Carlos Cáceres]: And then a gunshot is heard: boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Boom.
[Paula Asaro]: When we arrived at the crime scene, it was chaos.
[Silvia Viñas]: Behind this case is a group that is now inseparable from Argentine football:
[Archive audio]: They are the “barras bravas” (organized fan groups). “Barras bravas” and politicians. “Barras bravas” and power.
[Silvia Viñas]: The “barras bravas”: almost mafia-like organizations that do business in stadiums, that control what happens in the stands, sometimes even within the clubs themselves…
[Gustavo Grabia]: It was like being in front of Don Corleone’s trial.
[Darío Vesseliza Randi]: He spoke to you in a certain way and already made it clear that “this is it, this is what I’m telling you.”
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[Darío Vesseliza Randi]: “Go to hell, all of you, you don’t know what you’ve done.”
[Silvia Viñas]: We’ll learn everything that happened that day.
[Archive audio]: The charge is double aggravated homicide…
[Silvia Viñas]: We’ll go into the stands.
[Marcela Mora and Araujo]: This has nothing to do with war. This is joy. The fundamental heartbeat of the Argentine fan’s passion.
[Silvia Viñas]: And inside the world of the “barras bravas”, their connections with power, with the clubs, and with the fans.
[Fernando Scalone]: They say these things happen to good people. And that’s what happened that day.
[Archive audio]: The match ended two-two. River scored two goals, but we killed two of theirs, man.
[Silvia Viñas]: This is “Superclásico 94,” the story of the day that changed Argentine and Latin American football forever. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on social media at centralseries and subscribe to our newsletter at centralpodcast.audio. New episodes every Thursday, starting September 10.
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