That sounds awesome!!! I'm desperate to go to Argentina, dunno why. Well, Malbec, Steak and football are 3 reasons!!
Sent from my iPhone On 15 Mar 2013, at 19:33, "Matt Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
