In praise of the hinchapelotas

the Swell comes from to inflate the balls. And we are not only referring to the idiosyncrasies debater of true amateur hyperbolic, but also to the mere etymological origin.

it Was a uruguayan, was named Prudencio Reyes, worked in a saddlery and was hired as a utillero by the Nacional de Montevideo at the beginning of the TWENTIETH century. Prudencio -bad name for a fan – he cleaned the boots, adecentaba the costumes and also ran through the balls. No one cheered or celebrated the goals of the National as a man that is devoted to giving air to the ball. That’s why, since then, in the middle world, the fan faithful are called swells.

The fan is a hinchapelotas. In a day like the Boca-River from today’s Copa Libertadores, madruga without need, it is four hours before the game, not sleeping, nap, slimming, eat raw meat, and nerves, smash a guitar at a concert of The Who.

Had Villoro the first time I went to see the classic in the Monumental, a fan realized that he was mexican and said: “I have been told that in Mexico, the equivalent of a swollen River you can sit by the side of the equivalent to a swelling of Mouth”. Villoro said yes. The man replied: “Oh, but what a degenerate!”.

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In a wonderful city as Buenos Aires -you just celebrate the olympic games of the Youth without the slightest incident, and that he has welcomed the organization of the next Summit of the G-20, the issue of security in the classic argentine reminiscent of those wilderness areas of the ancient maps, medieval where nobody dared to enter, and wrote: “from here there are monsters”. In effect, the meetings of round will be played without visiting public.

he says It very well the AFA in a video on the occasion of the final dual-match that begins today.

“the argentines happen to us inexplicable things. What possibilities are there of having the two best players of history, and the two are left-handed? Unexplained. What are the chances of seeing white smoke and the Pope is argentinian? Unexplained. What are the chances of having five presidents in one week and survive to them all? Unexplained. What are the chances that a continental final is a classic neighborhood…? Judge, I don’t explain nothing, it is inexplicable to us.”

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