Classic Santa Fe: the photos taken by Jonatan Alvez at the Unión goal celebration did not turn out as I thought

Colón de Santa Fe and Union tied 2-2 in a new edition of the santafesino classic disputed in the Brigadier General Estanislao López Stadium. This meeting took place within the framework of the second date of the Professional League and had the annotations of Facundo Farías -from penalty- and Ramón Abila for the Sabaleros; Mauro Luna Diale and Jonatán Alvez -the protagonist of the story- scored for the tatengue.

In an emotional match, with one sent off by side and several clear goal situations, both teams offered a show according to the context. When it seemed that Colón was going to win 2-1, a penalty for the visit complicated the plans and the Uruguayan Alvez was in charge of executing the maximum penalty to celebrate with his teammates.

In what is the prelude to the match, in training, the players are not only in charge of practicing prepared plays and elaboration to mislead the rival, but they also rehearse some celebration in case the occasion arises. So it happened with Alvez, who barely beat goalkeeper Leonardo Burián, went out in search of the first photographer he had within range and asked for his camera.

El Loco, as the 34-year-old attacker is nicknamed, managed to quickly understand how the machine was activated to photograph his companions and returned the work instrument to the photographer, who was responsible for making the snapshots viral. In the four photos that he managed to take, the zoom was his main enemy since it only pieces of the Union shirt and a small part of a player’s face can be seen.

“Since I was a child I dreamed that with this I would support my whole family, when the magic wand touches you you have to take advantage of it 100 percent, I am very grateful to football”, synthesized the striker from union to the official broadcast once the match is over.

In January 2015, the legend of the Roma, Francesco Tottiactively contributed in a match against Lazio, where his team fell 2-0 in the Olympic Stadium and two of his goals managed to twist the course for the tie. By discounting, the Italian hook prepared the ground for what was his second conquest: when converting, he decided to experience a more than special celebration and asked for a cell phone to get a selfie.

With the grandstand in the background and a Totti that only part of his face came out, the midfielder, currently retired from professional activity, gave him an extra and unexpected seasoning that served for other players to take him as an example to imitate.

In that same year, Boca Juniors faced the Zamora of Venezuela in a group stage match Liberators cup and the striker Daniel OsvaldoTotti’s teammate at Roma, converted one of the goals for the 5-0 win.

With the idea already established of celebrating through a photographic record, the striker scored his goal and celebrated with all his teammates while the camera was pointed at their faces. “We wanted to do something as a group with Pichi (Erbes). We got into YouTube to look for celebrations and Totti’s selfie appeared. Francesco did it alone and we wanted a group thing, ”said Dani Stone on his Instagram account.