Tuesday afternoon, it was A routine day like any other for Agustín EluguiA Rural worker from Canada Nietoa small city located in Uruguay. But it became a special day. By chance, the young man found the shirt in honor of Boca’s recently deceased coach, Miguel Angel Russo, lying on the grass of the stadium where he was working with his tractor. It was weeks ago, The Xeneize Club let the sky fly with several blue and yellow balloons tied to clothes. “Honestly, I didn’t know what it was because I didn’t see it when they released it at Bombonera.”He said.
“Look what I found, I can’t believe it.”It was the message that Ilugui sent to his girlfriend after mowing the lawn and passing by the place of the dress. It was thought to be a ‘normal’ Boca shirt.. “Whoa, look at this.”The woman replied and attached a video of the moment on October 18 Leandro Paredes and Claudio Ubedafrom the center of the Xeneize stadium, they left the jacket bearing the number “Miguel” flying after the death of the coach.
“There I took the dimensions of what was in my hand.”The man continued his story in an interview with the program Sports Center. He added that from time to time, he said, he usually sees balloons lying in the field, “that’s why I didn’t give it much importance at first.”.
Elugui also reported that the shirt was tangled in the grass. One Peñarol fan said he had no preferences with any Argentine football club and said: “It’s stored in my house. I still haven’t thought of what I’m going to do with it.”. They suggested ideas to me as I looked at what to do. “It would be nice to keep it as a memory.”
When asked if he could invite his compatriots Edinson Cavani also Miguel Merentel To have a barbecue and see the house, the Uruguayan said with a laugh: “That could be too.”
When he released the shirt into the air, there was a question that could not go unnoticed: Where will you fall? After nearly three weeks, and traveling nearly 100 kilometres, the jacket in honor of Rousseau was found in the neighboring country.. In Cañada Nieto, southwestern Uruguay, only 430 people live. The photos left no doubt: the deflated balloons were still attached to the T-shirt bearing the words “1956-∞” intact.
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