Marcos Rojo's mockery phrase for River Plate fans after the victory in the Superclassic

Marcos Rojo, captain of Boca Juniors, stressed that the victory achieved at the Monumental Stadium and in the Superclassic against River Plate (1-0) meant a good “birthday present”. The central defender, who celebrated his 32nd today, counted his happiness twice. “It's an important celebration on my birthday. I am happy for the group and for the people,” he said after the meeting in Núñez, corresponding to date 7 of the Professional League Cup (LPF).

When analyzing and finding the keys to the match, the former Estudiantes de La Plata player said: “In the first half they were superior, but after the goal we had several attacks to define it,” he said. Rojo also praised the task of his teammate, Agustín Rossi, one of the architects of the victory of the team of DT Sebastián Battaglia: “(Agustín) Rossi had a great performance. It was decisive to win today. He is a key player in the team, we trust him a lot and he shows it in every match. The truth is that it gives us a lot of peace of mind that it is behind us.”

Finally, the former Manchester United defender relativized the projectiles that River fans, located in the Platea San Martín, threw at xeneizes players, after the consummation of the defeat. “Argentine football is like that. We're used to it.”

However, there was a moment to send a chicane to the fans of River Plate. “While it's nice to play on your court with your people, to win these games here on their court... I think we left them silent in a moment. Inside the court you didn't realize it, but when I got out at the end I saw that people were pretty quiet. I think the tension in them was seen in the team,” he stressed.

In a heads-up with ESPN, Rojo said that “the first thing to do was win; and it was won.” In that sense, he acknowledged: “It was a tough match because they know what they're playing and they're pushing very well. We had to be short, with the lines together and we knew that if we had the calm to control the ball and make three passes, we would find spaces in our backs.”

About what will provoke this victory from now on in the squad, he did not hesitate: “Football is that, the confidence you have in the team, in your teammates and in yourself. These matches give you that. It's a classic that had to be won anyway. Now we are calm and this week we are going to work calmly and with the peace of mind of having won. To put on the head in what is coming.”

To finish, and when asked whether he had not lived in such a happy locker room for a long time, he closed: “No, the truth is that in Boca we had recently won the Argentine Cup. We're getting used to winning and that's important.”

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