The derby is that of April 2001, the minute is 95. The Lazio is losing against a Roma team that will become Italian Champions at the end of the year. But certain matches, as we know, go beyond the rankings. Batistuta and Delvecchio opened the ball, having just returned to the field in the second half. In the 88th Nedved reopened them. However, he is the one who will make the Biancocelesti fans explode. Lucas Castroman.
A ball that arrives outside the area, after a scrum from a corner, an unscrupulous blow. A bolt of lightning, a flame. It’s a goal. It’s 2 to 2. It’s a draw that’s almost worth a win. This is Castroman’s best memory with the Lazio shirt, a fleeting presence, from 2001 to 2003, before a loan to Udinese, in the 2003-2004 season, with just one goal, against his former team. And now? What happened to Castroman? Here is his story.
Lucas Castroman. Photo Source: Lazio Press
Castroman’s career, between Boca Juniors and Maradona
The career of Lucas Castroman, a midfielder born in 1980 but also a winger and attacking midfielder when necessary, lasts just over 10 years. He started in the late nineties, in Velez Sarsfieldand ends in 2010 in Racing. In between there are also 5 appearances with the Boca Juniors9 con l’America. A palmares that says 2 Argentine championships and 1 Recopa Sudamerica. A debut in the national team that takes place on the same day as a certain guy’s farewell Diego Armando Maradona. A date to remember, in short.
Castroman’s historic goal. Source Photo Youtube
The return to his homeland, between mate and holy cards
Having hung up his boots, Castroman returned home, next to his family. He has started doing electrical and plumbing work again, like when he was a kid. But his real occupation was another: a shop selling holy cards, where his father worked.
“We sell from holy cards to bottled mate – the former Biancoceleste told Cronache di Spogliatoio – in the family shop you can find everything. Many false things have been written. I didn’t come back because I needed money, but because my father had cancer and I had to roll up my sleeves to help my family”. In short, a choice of heart, of responsibility. The same one they sent to him at home: “With us there were many difficulties, we ate hard bread for days and often there wasn’t food for everyone. On the day of my debut with Velez my father was crying, he knew it could be an escape route. And that’s how it was. Telling it today fills me with pride”.
A pride that not even a goal in the derby can match.
2024-05-08 10:00:54
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