Avellaneda Derby - Independiente Highlights

Independiente Highlights

• On November 3, 1940 Independiente beat Racing 7–0, the biggest winning margin in the history of the derby.

• On August 20, 1961 Independiente secured a 4–0 home win, unfotunately it was not enough to stop Racing club from eventually winning the championship.

• On December 17, 1967 on the last day of the Nacional Independiente beat the visiting Racing Club team 4–0 with 2 goals from Luis Artime to win the championship.

• The last round of fixtures during the Metropolitano 1970 saw River Plate beat Unión de Santa Fe 6–0 to give them a chance of stealing the championship for Independiente. On July 27 Independiente travelled to El Cilindro eventually winning the game 3–2 to give them the championship by the narrowest of margins, they finished level on points with River, both teams with a +18 goal difference, Independiente had scored 43 goals to River's 42.

• On March 24, 1974 Independiente beat Racing 4–1 with a hat-trick from Ricardo Bochini, the only one he scored in 714 games for the club.

• On May 19, 1974 during the Metropolitano 1974 Independiente won 5–1 at El Cilindro. They repeated the 5–1 away win less than one year later on March 2, 1975 in the Metropolitano 1975.

• On December 22, 1983 in the last game of the Metropolitano Independiente knew that a win would see them crowned champions what's more the visiting Racing team had already been relegated from the Primera for the first time in the professional era of Argentine football. Independiente won 2–0 with goals from Ricardo Giusti and Enzo Trossero to win the championship.

• On August 19, 2002 Independiente won 4–1 at River Plate Stadium on their way to winning the Apertura 2002 championship.

• On September 11, 2005 Independiente won 4–0 at the Doble Visera, with a hat-trick from Nicolás Frutos and the best goal of Sergio Aguero.