emerged

If he had chosen a way to consecrate himself, to become champion, it was this: with an exhibition of football, with a goal one minute into the match, a defender –González Pírez– who cuts, feints and gives an exquisite assist, a striker – Beltrán – who defines a volleyball cross and a stadium for the cell phone or computer wallpaper: full of fans, the smoke that was barely visible and the fireworks on the retina. River champion is this: aesthetic perfection, a dream postcard. The biggest turn in millionaire history, with 86,000 people at the Monumental, took place after a…