Boca-River, River-Boca.

After the asado, we felt too meat-gorged to do much besides stumble down the street to the Viejo Lobo, the neighborhood bar where the Boca-River soccer game was being shown. Boca and River, the two most popular soccer teams in Buenos Aires, play each other three times a year in what is apparently a “Superclasico” game. One taxi driver informed us that of all the many soccer rivalries in all the world, all soccer fans know that Boca-River is the best, far better than Manchester United-Arsenal, Real Madrid-Barcelona, etc, etc, or any other national rivalry. Unfortunately, apparently everyone in our neighborhood also knew this, and the Viejo Lobo was packed, with only a few lawn chairs available. We grabbed them and enjoyed an extremely indirect view of the game on a tiny television. -EMW