The gesture that De Rossi had after his debut at the Bombonera with an Aldosivi player

Before traveling to Quito to play this Wednesday against the League for the first leg of the quarterfinal series of the Copa Libertadores, Boca won its premiere at the Bombonera by the Super League. After what had been the elimination by penalties against Almagro by the Argentine Cup, Gustavo Alfaro's team had to achieve a positive result before facing a key match for their aspirations in the maximum competition of American clubs.

Beyond the good level of Carlos Tevez, from the debut of Franco Soldier with the blue and gold shirt, all the eyes of the Boquense public were set on Daniele De Rossi, the great attraction of the pass market for the Xeneize in his first home game for the local tournament. And the Italian, as he had done in La Plata before the Tricolor, again had an outstanding performance.

But De Rossi's night didn't end when Mauro Vigliano marked the end of the game, which ended 2-0 for Boca. Once the match ended, the former Roma midfielder surprised one of Aldosivi's starting players. Lucas Villalba, the left side of the set of Mar del Plata, took an unforgettable gift of his passage through Brandsen 805.

"When the game ended, I kicked halfway and the ball came in, but the referee had already whistled. He was next to me, he smiled and he said 'what a great goal'. There I asked him for the shirt, he said yes and nothing more. Afterwards, I arrived at the locker room. Others, with much less experience, have come to tell me 'guy doesn't change his shirt' ", thus the player of the Shark in his Facebook account the order he made to the world champion with Italy in 2006.

"These are values ​​that I keep from my colleagues", added the 25-year-old defender who made the lower divisions in Independiente, a club in which he debuted in 2012 at the hands of Américo Gallego.

Daniele's arrival sparked a revolution in the Boca world. In his first intervention with the ball, the Xeneize fan got rid of applause for him Italian, who had a peak of furious palms when he enabled Soldano with fantastic assistance to leave the former Union striker hand in hand with the visiting goalkeeper.

With the solidity given by his almost 20 seasons as a professional footballer, De Rossi completed a round game in his first time with the Boca shirt in La Bombonera. He contributed in the quite, it was important in the connection between the defensive zone and the strikers – with whom he best associated was with Carlos Tevez – and he raised his voice at the moments when Alfaro's team lost order.

This was Daniele De Rossi's first game at the Bombonera

Thanks to his performance, many in the stadium left thinking that the Italian could play from the start this Wednesday in Ecuador. But beyond what fans believe in Xeneize, There was someone who left with a gift that will keep forever: the number 16 Boca with De Rossi in the back went to Lucas Villalba.