ARGENTINA: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - Boca Juniors' fans celebrate their special day with in streets of Buenos Aires

Record ID: 213842

  • Title: ARGENTINA: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - Boca Juniors' fans celebrate their special day with in streets of Buenos Aires
  • Date: 13th December 2012
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (DECEMBER 12, 2012) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF OBELISK VARIOUS OF BOCA JUNIORS FANS CELEBRATING WITH FLAGS AND FLARES VARIOUS OF YELLOW AND BLUE FLARES GENERAL VIEW OF CELEBRATION AND 9 DE JULIO AVENUE VARIOUS OF BOCA JUNIORS FANS WITH FLAGS AND FLARES BOCA JUNIORS FAN CLIMBING FENCE WITH FLAG VARIOUS OF BOCA JUNIORS FANS CELEBRATING
  • Embargoed: 28th December 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA2BKUB3ESMY7YYSHNAO1K8LNZT
  • Story Text: Boca Juniors fans filled Buenos Aires' main avenue with a sea of blue and yellow on Wednesday (December 12) to celebrate their own fan day.
    Thousands of fans of Argentina's legendary club team waved flags and burned blue and yellow flares to celebrate the 12/12/12 date.
    Their famously fervent fan base call themselves 'La 12", indicating they are the twelfth player on the eleven man squad.
    Estranged Boca Juniors' star Juan Roman Riquelme, who left the team months ago, excited fans by sending a message of support via Facebook.
    Rumours circulate that Riquelme may return when outgoing coach Julio Falcioni steps down.
    The celebration paralysed traffic downtown as fans raised the Boca Juniors flag on a flagpole over the sprawling 9 de Julio Avenue.
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