Leandro Díaz stung River again and boasted: «I've won here before» | OneFootball

Atlético Tucumán pulled off the upset at the Monumental and, as could only be expected, Leandro Díaz was the one in charge of spicing up the post-match atmosphere. After Falcioni’s team’s 1-0 victory, which snapped a 464-day winless run away from home, “Loco” recalled his particular history in Núñez: “I’ve already won a couple of matches here”, he said with a mischievous smile to ESPN’s microphones.

The Tucumán-born striker has a special relationship with River’s stadium. His record there shows six wins, three draws, and four losses, but the moment no one forgets is that dramatic goal with Lanús in the 2011 Clausura that condemned River to the relegation playoff. “It’s just another match. We needed it because we were a disaster all tournament long”, highlighted “Loco,” who preferred to dedicate the win to Decano’s fans, who suffered throughout the entire regular phase.

Amid the celebrations, that old 2011 anecdote also resurfaced, when Díaz himself admitted years later that on the day of River’s relegation he had a Boca jersey underneath his Lanús shirt: “My childhood idol was Palermo. The day I scored against River with Lanús, I had a Boca shirt underneath. Good thing I didn’t take it off, they would’ve killed me” he said after that match, and today he once again showed that, when he steps onto the Monumental, he feels right at home.

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