Since the reforms to its structure undertaken first by Rodolfo Donofrio and now by Jorge Brito, the Monumental stadium became one of the largest in the world. As River has been filling it every time it plays, some statistics indicate that the millionaire team is the one that attracts the most people on the five continents. Believe it or not, that popularity medal that Boca always wore has now crossed paths and is proudly worn by those of the Red Band.
Emboldened by this circumstance and willing to give new proof that they are “the ones who mobilize the most, the ones who move the most and the ones who make the most noise”, River’s supporters united in a new cause trying to benefit the club. They did not do it by going to the field located in the Nuñez neighborhood, they did not fill its 85,000 seats as they do in each presentation of the team that Marcelo “El Muñeco” Gallardo now returned to direct, but on social networks, where they caused a true revolution from an initiative.
Many times, Millo fans ask Brito – owner of a business conglomerate whose visible face is Banco Macro and therefore one of the richest and most powerful men in Argentina – to “break the piggy bank” and bring in players from international renown. They don’t make names. In some way, the club’s owner gave them the pleasure in this transfer market by incorporating two world champions like Germán Pezzella and Huevo Acuña.
But now the fans went for more and without any consultation they decided to congress behind the hashtag “Pogbá a River” to achieve a dream that, to be honest, seems somewhat impossible: that the Frenchman Paul Pogbá wears the white shirt with the red band crossing from one side of the chest to the other. At first it started somewhat timidly, but in a matter of hours it became a trend and it didn’t take long for it to reach “first place” on that digital, or virtual, or social media leaderboard. The fans went crazy and shouted loudly like when they celebrate a goal by Hummingbird Borja.
WHO IS PAUL POGBA, THE FRENCH RIVER FANS WANT
Pogbá is a very particular footballer from his physique, absolutely striking because he is tall and skinny. As a player he is a midfielder of enormous dynamics and absolute and “insane” intensity capable of stealing a ball in his own area and in a matter of seconds reaching a goal position. His transitions are fast, precise and surgical, like his assists and his definitions. He was world champion with his country’s team in Russia 2018 (on the way to the title they beat Argentina 4-3 in the round of 16) and stood out playing for Manchester United in England and Juventus in Italy, where he achieved his best performances.
He is also a wayward and controversial player who has faced sanctions for doping cases (in fact, he is suspended until 2028 although it is said that FIFA would allow him to play sooner) and who made “extra-sports” news for doing “witchcraft” and for fighting. with his brother, as visceral and controversial as he is. River fans cling to their hope of bringing them back based on a concrete precedent: Nacional fans from Uruguay began to write “Suarez to Nacional” on Twitter and after a while they managed to get Lucho, one of their greatest idols and current Messi’s teammate at Inter Miami, put on the “Bolso” shirt again. Can River’s team also be able to?
