It will be the final of them wait and hopeless but never lose hope. On Sunday, June 1, in Santiago del Estero, Argentine football will have a new league champion, who will take the post of Vélezwinner of the 2024 League Tournament. One, Hurricaneit has been waiting for more than half a century to be exact, after conquering the Metropolitan in September 1973. The other, Platensea lifetime, which had its genesis just May 25, as last Sunday, but 120 years ago.
He Globo He signed his passport on Saturday Independent, In Avellaneda, by the way. It was fourth in area A and that’s why he started playing at home before Deportivo Riestra and Malelde eliminated as a visitor to Rosario Central and al Rojo. The Squid Hazaña has more pleasure because on the way to the final he left out three great historical of Argentine football: Racing, River y San Lorenzoalways far from Vicente López.
Or not, this type of competences, this type of formats. In recent years, the League Cup. Now an opening tournament with Argentine soccer champion. However, who takes the emotion of the protagonists on the one hand and another to celebrate.
Hurricane has 13 Olympic laps in its history. A glorious past in the beginning and a harder course in the last half century. Of the 13 titles, five are from First Division, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1928 and the Metropolitan of 1973. In addition, he won eight national glasses, the last ones in 2014 (Argentine Cup) and 2015 (Argentine Super Cup). The squid was champion four times in the ascent but never in the highest category.
The experience in playing the ends is Burn: He played 11 and won 8, including the last two he played. One of the first titles in its history was the Stimulus cup of 1920 that had no end because Banfield He retired from the association and was then declared champion. In 1921, he lost with Newell’s (0-3) The Copa Ibarguren And the following year he won it in two finals (1-1 and 2-0) and in 1925 he repeated before Federal from Rosario (2-1).
Other Cup finals, already in times of professionalism, were the Escobar Cup 1941 (0-1 with River), from 1942 (2-0 to River) and 1943 before Platense. That is, this will be the second final of the history between them. How was that definition. The Escobar Cup was an official lightning tournament organized by the AFA at the end of the tournament in which the first seven of the First Division tournament participated. Almost like a mirror of 2025, the globe was fourth and the squid culminated seventh. The two advanced to the final, which tied 0-0 and consecrated the Patricios Park set for more corner shots in favor.
The following year, in 1944, Hurricane won the British Cup After beating 4-2 a Boca In the final and just played and win the finals of the Argentine Cup ante Rosario Central (0-0 and 5-4 per penalty) and the Argentine Super Cup (1-0 A River), Both at the Bicentennial Stadium of San Juan.
He Globo He played two other finals to define a First Division tournament, such as that of the coming Sunday. The first was in 1923, when he matched the first position of the championship with Boca. Four games were needed to define the champion: Boca 3-0, Hurricane 2-0, 0-0 and Boca 2 to 0. The second, in 1925, after matching the first place with New Chicago. The final was held on August 22, 1926 on the Barracas Sportivo court. The game was equalized 1-1 and the slaughterhouse team refused to play supplementary time. The Discipline Court won the Globe and thus it was champion.
Platense has his endings with the fingers. The first one who played was the Cup of honor of 1918, who lost with Independenton November 1, on the court of gymnastics and fencing of Buenos Aires, by 1 to 0. It was a good time of the Squid First, two years before had been runner -up behind Racing. The other, the 1943 counted before Hurricane. And the third, cooler, that of the 2023 League Cup against Rosario Central in Santiago del Estero.
Still with the court in Saavedra, Manuela Pedraza and Cramer, Platense had two major campaigns in First. One in 1949when he matched second place with Riverbehind Racing. The regulation stipulated that there was a prize for the escort, so there were leaving matches, won by the millionaire, 2-1 and 4 to 0, both in the old gasometer. Another great campaign made in the Metropolitan of 1967. Directed by Ángel Labruna, he reached the semifinals, won 3-1 to Studentswho turned it, won 4-3 and then was champion.
In addition to the 1943 definition of the Escobar CupHurricane and platense have two other hand -to -hand definitions. On December 2, 2023, for the quarterfinals of the League Cupthey matched 1-1 in the Bicentennial of San Juan And the Squid 4-2 in the penalty shootout. And last year they measured themselves by the 16vos. Final of the Argentine Cup, on June 8 in Quilmes, they tied 0-0 and the Globo 5 to 4 in the penalty shootout.
Sunday’s final will be the 120 party of the history between the two, with a clear superiority of the hurricane. Between first tournaments, drinks and ascent, of the 119 clashes, the Globo He won 58 with 226 goals converted, the Squid He won 42 with 187 goals and tied 32. The recent streak is favorable to Hurricanewhich has five without losing, with three victories and two draws. The only triumph of Platense since his return to the highest category was on November 29, 2021, by 4-2 in Vicente López.
Beyond numbers and history, the present for both of dreams, of objectives, of hope, that which is never lost.