An old praise from Diego Maradona to Norberto Briasco went viral: “He is an animal”

Boca Juniors keep on fighting Professional Soccer League by defeating 2-1 Columbus of Santa Fe and arrive with a smile to what will be next Sunday’s Superclásico against River Plate. After several months of inactivity, Norberto Briasco appeared in the headlines Hugo Ibarra and it took a few minutes to open the scoring with a strong shot. Automatically, fans of the Xeneize brought to light a praise of Diego Armando Maradona for the striker after a duel between Hurricane y Gym in the Duco.

In that 1-1 draw for date 18 of the 2019 Super League, Pelusa stopped before the microphones to analyze the game and stopped at the striker’s performance. “The big one is how it goes. He is an old animal, Briasco. The truth is congratulations because he did them all ”, recognized the popular idol at the time. A short time later, the footballer with Armenian roots thanked the words: “It is a memory for life. That the greatest of all spoke of me in this way was a source of pride for my entire family.”

10 minutes into the first half against sabaleroPayero cleared the way for Fabra, who climbed, dribbled and assisted Briasco, who finished with his foot wide open to make it 1-0 in their first game since November 2021. Thus, he solved the problems that the cast directed by Hugo Ibarra had shown in the elaboration, with the somewhat isolated offensive trident.

* Briasco opened the scoring against Colón de Santa Fe

It is worth remembering that Norberto entered to replace the operator Sebastian Villa y played again after ten months. It was the first official appearance this year since his last minutes were against Independente last year and it is just the second goal of the former Huracán in 21 games with the Boca shirt: the remarkable thing is that the first one he did more than of one year, on August 25, 2021 before Platense.

Facing the confrontation with River on Sunday in La Bombonera, Ibarra recovers important pieces such as Luis Advincula, Alan Varela y Guillermo Pol Fernánez. All three names are important in the coaching structure but some good performances in the Elephant Cemetery They will fight throughout the week to have some minutes against the Millionaireas is the case with Briasco who was replaced at 63′ by Luis Vazquez.

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