Cavenaghi had his Monumental Farewell With a replete Stadium and surrounded by friends and former football mates, Cavegol said good-bye to River fans in an unforgettable night.

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Saturday night was unique and unforgettable for all River fans. The Monumental Stadium was the stage of the great (and expected) farewell to Fernando Cavenaghi, one of the most recent idols of el Millonario, multichampion with la Banda with three phases defending the colors of the Club. Surrounded by friends, former teammates, relatives, fans, leaders and employees of the Club, "Cavegol" had his farewell match and made everyone present be moved in a replete Antonio Vespucio Liberti.

It was a true party for the River family since, from very early, there were different shows in the Stadium to entertain the fans, who arrived peacefully and joyfully to say good-bye to the forward who scored more than 100 goals with the shirt of The Greatest. Music, entertainment, pets, art (the illustrator Sebastián Domenech painted Cavenaghi a picture in the athletics track) and lots of expectation in the build-up of the last match. In the half time, everyone danced to the rhythm of Los Totora’s music.

At 7.30 the great moment arrived: one by one the players of the two teams (Red and White) were named, who went into the field among ovations:

Red team: Chichizola, Mercado, Demichelis, Vangioni, Kranevitter, Ledesma, Lanzini, Pisculichi, Domínguez, Saviola and Cavenaghi. Coach: Ramón and Emiliano Díaz.

Substitutes: Saccone, Pezzella, Vella, Rojas, Gonzalo Martínez, Menseguez, Elvio Cavenaghi, Mariano Zabaleta, Daniel Orsanic, Mariano Iudica, Jonatan Maidana, Urribarri, Mayada, Solari, Ferreyra, Alario, Nelson Cuevas, Martín Landajo, Guillermo López and Rodrigo Mora (he saw it from one of the boxes of San Martín stand).

White team: Buljubasich, Hernán Díaz, Garcé, Placente, Sorin, Aimar, Gallardo, Astrada, Salas, Ortega and Francescoli. Coach: Américo Gallego.

Substitutes: Batalla, Gandolfi, Galmarini, Pereyra, Montenegro, Aguirre, Escudero, Fuertes, Driussi, Pedro Alfonso, David Nalbandian, Marcos Milinkovic, Lux, Alayes, Ponzio, Domingo, Zapata, Rodrigo Vilariño, Marcos Cavenaghi, Nicolás Golia, Nicolás Vázquez, Guillermo Coria and Sebastián Domenech.

After the entertaining match, in which Cavenaghi scored goals and celebrated them embraced to his friends and former teammates, the most moving moment arrived: a video with greetings from the player’s family, words of farewell for the crowd and a lap of honor on a bus, such as those he gave when he obtained titles with River’s shirt.

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