River Plate vs Boca Juniors: Carlos Tevez and Andres D’Alessandro to go toe-to-toe for final team in Superclasico
Fiercest rivalry in club football to be played in Buenos Aires — with fans of both clubs bidding farewell to two of their idols
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BOCA JUNIORS travel to River Plate on Sunday to contest what is generally considered the fiercest rivalry in football.
The Superclasico sees Buenos Aires’ two biggest teams go head-to-head.
It is a rivalry steeped in history — which may well be the last for two of pair’s biggest stars.
Boca’s Carlos Tevez and River’s Andres D’Alessandro were on opposite sides of the city from 2001 to 2003.
Before the former Premier League duo's rivalry was renewed last season.
Two supremely talented footballers whose stints in Europe could have much lasted longer.
But this could be the final meeting of the two clubs’ flagbearers.
Tevez, who has been the subject of £635,000-a-week offer from Chinese Super League side, Shanghai Shenhua, could use the twilight of his career to set him up financially for life.
While, at 35, D’Alessandro does not have much time left.
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Tevez won one Argentinian title, a Copa Libertadores, a Copa Sudamericana, an Intercontinental Cup and a Copa Argentina in his first spell with Boca, before moving to West Ham via Brazilian side, Corinthians.
He left the Hammers to win trophies with Manchester United, Man City and Juventus before returning to his hometown club in 2015 and adding another league medal to his collection.
D’Alessadro’s journey, meanwhile, has been less of a success story — despite possessing arguably more natural talent.
He left River after three league successes to join German side, Wolfsburg, in 2003.
After failing to shine, he enjoyed loan spells at Portsmouth and Zaragoza, before signing for the Spanish side permanently.
However, an underwhelming spell ended after just six months and he returned to San Lorenzo in his homeland for the rest of the season.
In 2008, he moved to Brazilian side, Internacional, and remained for eight years where he became an icon among the fans.
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But in the summer of 2016, he returned to his boyhood club on loan and immediately won the Recopa Sudamericana — which is the South American equivalent to the Uefa Super Cup.
As Argentinian football falls into the doldrums, with their top stars leave for top clubs in Europe at a young age, Buenos Aires can at least two of its finest sons going toe-to-toe one final time.
It might be a while before they see this again.