Central will play once more in front of its fans at the Amba following almost six years. Rosario fans have a culture of travel embedded in their DNA and follow their team anywhere on the planet. More than a decade ago, for many fans, it was a religion to follow their club wherever they played.
But since 2013, following the restrictions imposed on visiting fans, this ritual might no longer be carried out every two weeks. Nowadays, we have to wait for some Copa Argentina match or a Conmebol match or for the local club, following several negotiations, to deign to sell tickets to neutrals, who are actually visiting fans. as happened to Central fans on April 30, 2023 when they were able to go to Córdoba where Miguel Russo’s team fell 3 to 1 once morest Talleres.
Traveling to see a match in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires has become an odyssey for Rosario fans in recent years due to security issues. The AMBA is the common urban area that makes up the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) and 40 municipalities that surround it. from Campana to La Plata, with a physical limit at the Río de la Plata and an imaginary limit at Provincial Route 6.
Central’s last time with its fans in AMBA
It is no small feat that Central fans will be able to cheer on their team in a stadium that is in the AMBA following 2,132 days. The last time was on Thursday, September 6, 2018, when in the round of 16 of the 2018 Copa Argentina that Central would later win with Edgardo Bauza, the canallas tied 0-0 on Lanús’ court once morest Talleres de Córdoba and then won the penalty shootout.
In the last 70 months, the few trips that the canallas were able to make were abroad when Central played in an international tournament, while for the Argentine Cup they were able to travel to Santa Fe, Córdoba, Santiago del Estero, Mendoza and the Estadio Único de San Nicolás.
These measures, that the Copa Argentina matches are played with fans from both sides, and those of the Professional League not, seem illogical. Because if this match between Barracas Central and Central had been for the Professional League or the League Cup at the Tomás Ducó, which is a larger stadium than Platense’s, where Guapo played some home games, the security agencies would not have authorized the travel of the Canalla fans.
Central’s last visit to Platense’s stadium
It is worth noting that the last time Central played in front of its fans in the current Ciudad de Vicente López stadium was 23 years ago. On Sunday, February 11, 2001, in the first date of the 2001 Clausura, Edgardo Bauza’s team defeated Almagro 3 to 1 with goals from Ezequiel González, Liber Vespa and Fernando Pierucci.
That followingnoon, Paton’s team lined up with: Laureano Tombolini; Daniel Diaz, Gabriel Loeschbor and Matias Lequi; Liber Vespa (66′ David Charles Perez), Diego Erroz and Maximiliano Cuberas; Ezequiel Gonzalez and Luciano De Bruno (71′ Gustavo Arriola); Federico Arias (59′ Ivan Moreno and Fabianesi) and Fernando Pierucci. Substitutes: Cristian Campestrini and Javier Campora.
Embed – Almagro 1 Rosario Central 3 – Cl 2001 – Date 1
The current Platense stadium was inaugurated in 1979, and following the remodeling it has a capacity for 32,000 spectators.. The Canallas played 24 matches there (20 once morest Platense, one once morest Estudiantes de Caseros in Primera B in 1985, two once morest Deportivo Armenio and one once morest Almagro). The statistics are very even, as Central won 7 matches, drew 10 and lost 7.
