Club Atlético River Plate

While over in Spain, Athletic Bilbao got the best of Real Sociedad 2-1.

And down in Argentina, Boca Juniors beat River Plate 1-0 in the 266th playing of the Super Classico, which also saw two red cards for River Plate.

Whew, that is a lot of rivalry action for one weekend.

You know who else had a big weekend last weekend? James Milner, the former Liverpool and Manchester City star, ran in the New York City Marathon, posting an impressive time of three hours, nine minutes and four seconds, which works out to about a seven minute and 13 second mile.

At the beginning of the 20th century, racing was a powerhouse.

From 1913 to 1919, racing won seven titles in a row, five of which were done with undefeated seasons.

With this early success and their growing popularity, Rossing were expected to become the next big thing, taking a place alongside River Plate, Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo, and their Avianeta rivals, Independiente.

They continued their success throughout the decades.

I don't know whether you saw that.

He talked up cards in River Plate, Boca Juniors, and there was a red after 10 minutes.

We just kind of set the tone and it landed easy enough.

There was goals in Serie A, which was good.

And there were some suggestions in the German media that he's maybe been a little bit lucky to still have a job for this game.

There was a joke that before Demichelis was officially announced as RB Leipzig manager, By the way, his previous managerial endeavors involved River Plate in Argentina, as well as a very brief spell at Mallorca.

He'd been touted by Jurgen Klopp, who was in charge of the Red Bull Football Network at the time, because he was a trendy and a stylish guy who liked to play paddle.

Thumpings earlier in the season against Como, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid maybe gave some credence to the joke that he didn't have the credentials to take the team forward.

Mucho

tiempo sin jugar en River antes de venir a México.

Luego tuvo que irse a...

No la

estaba pasando bien en River cuando salió.

Claro, uno pensaría que iba a llegar y no necesariamente iba a funcionar.

Borja tenía un impacto inmediato.

Interesting definition.

The second loser are the River Plate fans in Tokyo who tried to abuse the World Club Championship, who tried to abuse Lionel Messi, their countryman, fellow Argentinian, right, because they didn't like him being on the running side.

Messi scored in the seventh competition this season that he's played in, one of the all-time winners in football, and several River Plate fans...

It's an awfully long way away, that.

Hang on, what? It's an awfully long way

No, it's not.

Japan, the World Club Championship.

Hang on, I'm talking about these River Plate fans who spat on Lionel Messi.

Quite the first half performance from them.

And then on Sunday we had both the Super Classico with Bocca beating River Plate.

And River Plate can complain all they want.

But to be honest, I thought the referee's performance in that game was actually quite good.

And then Aldabi Vasco at the end.

Yes, indeed.

Boca Juniors hosting River Plate in the Super Clásico.

Unreal scenes, as usual, at La Bombonera.

Seven minutes in now.