I went to see San Lorenzo on my honeymoon. It was one of the best match day experiences ever. Boca was full of tourists but SL and their ultras were amazing. They played velez sarsfield and there was a big gap in their fans until their ultras walked in and took their place! Amazing game played during a massive thunder storm.
Sent from my iPhone On 14 Mar 2013, at 22:22, "Rick Duniec" <[email protected]> wrote: > In the 1960s, a generation of players known as carasucias (literally: dirty > faces) were the darling of Argentine fans because of their offensive, > careless playing and their bad-boy antics off the pitch. The 1968 team was > nicknamed los matadores as it won the championship without losing a single > game, this team was recognized as the best team in the world by many > journalists. In the years 1968-1974 San Lorenzo won a total of four league > titles, its best harvest ever. In 1972, the club became the first Argentine > team to win two league titles in one year. > Unfortunately, poor administrations led San Lorenzo to a huge economic > crisis, that even forced it to sell their well located stadium. The team was > relegated in 1981, only to return to the top division with great fanfare in > the 1982 season, which set all-time attendance records for the club. (side > note - there was a bit of military Junta corruption behind the land deals). > By that time, the club had no stadium and was plagued by debt and > irregularities. Controversial president Fernando Miele (1986-2001) delivered > both the new stadium and two league titles: the Clausura '95 (after 21 years > without winning a first division title) and the Clausura 2001 (in which the > team achieved 11 consecutive victories). San Lorenzo finished the Clausura > 2001 with 47 points in a tournament of 19 matches, setting the record for the > highest points haul since the inception of the Apertura and Clausura system > in 1990. > > Origins of the club > > The roots of the institution can be found in a team formed by a group of kids > that used to play football in the corner of México and Treinta y Tres > Orientales streets of Buenos Aires. Due to the increasing traffic in the > city, playing football at the streets became a risky activity for the boys. > Lorenzo Massa, the catholic priest of the neighborhood's church, saw how a > tram almost knocked down one of the boys while they were playing in the > streets. As a way to prevent more accidents, he offered the boys to play in > the church's backyard, under the condition they had to go to mass on Sundays. > > Pope Francis is a big fan of the football team. > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
