06/21/2024 7:48 p.m.Updated on 06/21/2024 8:25 p.m.
They were born in River, they shared the Argentine National Team and shone in Europe. They did all this at the same time. 24 years after his time at El Millonario, the friendship between Javier Saviola and Pablo Aimar It is still as close as it was on the playing field. They were partners on the court, and today, they are partners in life. Whenever they can, they get together and share a photo on social networks of their meeting, inviting them to remember what that duo played…
Aimar and Saviola in River.
There are players who, among themselves, have a chemistry that they do not have with other footballers. Partnerships that enhance both as individuals and that contribute to an improvement for the team. The Rabbit and the Clown is one of them. Their careers brought them together with three different shirts: with the Red Band in the Monumental; the light blue and white in friendly matches, qualifying matches and even a handful of minutes in the round of 16 of the 2006 World Cup vs. Mexico; and the red jacket of Benficawhich they wore in a great football moment for both of them.
In numbers, This duo shared 143 games: 47 in River, 80 in Benfica and 16 with the Argentine National Team. And between them, they scored a total of 14 goals. It is worth noting that together, in River they won 2 trophies and in Benfica another 4 more.
“Here very well accompanied at the end of the meeting”Saviola posted along with the smiling photo he took hugging his friend, Pablito Aimar. After football, they share life. Coffees, barbecues, birthdays, weddings, soccer matches and the occasional sporadic encounter like the one that arose in the stands of the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, in Atlanta, after the Argentine National Team defeated Canada 2-0 at the start of the Copa América 2024.
