On Wednesday, March 6, River Plate faced Independiente de Rivadavia on the ninth round of the initial phase of the Argentine League Cup. As expected before the game, Colombian striker Miguel Ángel Borja was part of the starting eleven.
Having been designated as a starter once again, the former Junior de Barranquilla and Atlético Nacional de Medellín club player responded effectively, scoring a header goal in the 22nd minute of the first half.
Then, in the 33rd minute of the same first half, Miguel Borja scored again. He scored the second goal for his team, led by Martín Demichelis, thus completing an impressive personal double. With their great performance on the field, River Plate ended up winning the match.
Borja con River Plate. | Foto: Getty Images
After being a figure with the crossed band team, Miguel Ángel Borja was interviewed on Thursday, March 7 on the Espn Colombia program F90. What the forward did not expect is that Jaime De la Pava, who was his Technical Director in Cortuluá, would be in the interview.
When they both greeted each other, emotion took over the program and the interview itself. Jaime spoke highly of the Colombian soccer player and, before responding with gratitude, he began to cry.
“I am very happy to greet you, Miguel. Great memories. I am very happy for your moment. Congratulate you. I am very happy, Miguel, because you know the turning point for your career, which was returning to Cortuluá and from there it is a before and after in your career. I remember the conversation we had when you arrived in Cortuluá, I understood your situation. After going through Italy, Argentina, and returning to Cortuluá it was not easy,” said the experienced Technical Director.
“You had character, you always have, and you trusted a work team that led you to be the league’s top scorer. Then you went to Nacional and that is the turning point of your career. The truth is that it makes me very happy and I am happy to see you,” she added openly and with deep affection.
Jaime de la Pava and Miguel Ángel Borja. (Taken from El País) | Photo: De la Pava: El País – Jorge Orozco / Borja: AFP
After Miguel Ángel Borja cried live, he thanked Jaime De la Pava for that important step through Cortuluá. The Technical Director, attentive to the player’s words, was also excited.
“Thank you teacher for those words. I didn’t know she was going to be there. What the teacher said was very special because he knows, he knows what Miguel Borja is, he knows what a human being is and, if it came out, it is because he knows the kind of person I am, above all,” said the current soccer player. from River Plate.
As expected, the emotional moment went viral through different social networks, especially on X, which was previously known worldwide as Twitter.
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