Edinson Cavani
has more than 400 goals in his extensive professional career. In addition to being a high-ranking striker, he has a unique celebration that differentiates him from the rest. Today, he replicates the celebration with the Boca shirt, but he does it from his time at Paris Saint-Germain. The Uruguayan immortalized his particular movement, which today is imitated by different athletes, beyond its true meaning.
He created it during his stay in the French capital, confirmed it in the Uruguayan National Team, took it to Manchester and then to Valencia. Cavani
crouches down, rests his right knee on the grass, raises his right arm in search of the arrow, stretches his left arm forward and shoots it with his bow
. But...
what does this celebration mean?
"It is a long story, which comes from my country, from the
Charrúas Indians
. My daughter's name is India and the name is in honor of them. The arrow that one draws and shoots towards the sky is a celebration that encompasses all of that: the name of my daughter and the history of my country.
It has a special meaning for me
," said Edinson, in Desde La Boca, the new free magazine of the Xeneize.
The one born in Salto is a lover of the countryside and rural life. He differs from his colleagues by his classic vacations in the Uruguayan interior. While the bulk of footballers rest on paradisiacal beaches, he escapes to his place of peace. It became a custom to see him on vacation with a beret, a scythe and always with the thermos and the mate very close.
Who were the Charrúas?
These Indians were a Native American people, who until the 16th century inhabited the area between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers and had as their center the current province of Santa Fe, of the Argentine Republic. Starting in the 17th century, they moved south of the Queguay Grande River, in what is now Uruguay.
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Cavani revealed himself in front of Belgrano in La Bombonera and from that night he returned to being the old acquaintance Edinson. He is much more precise and with greater confidence. What he never left aside is his characteristic grit and
charrúa blood
, one of his greatest qualities.
Boca's "10" has accumulated
eight goals in his last eight games
. He scored three against Belgrano, one against Racing, another against San Lorenzo, two against Central Norte de Salta and the last against Godoy Cruz last Tuesday, which qualified for the quarterfinals of the League Cup.
Boca's gift for the fan who grabbed the arrow
After the remarkable definition of the
Matador
against the 'Tomba' from Mendoza, the official television showed a repetition of the celebration and, in the distance in the north stand, a fan acted as if he had grabbed the imaginary arrow. From the institution they tracked down the fan and
gave him a very special gift
.
The fan was given the
Uruguayan's 10
, as seen in the video that the club published on its X account (formerly Twitter). And it is not something that has stopped there, but from now on every fan who "grabs" the arrow will receive the Uruguayan's shirt. "
I always go behind that goal and it was the first goal that Cavani scored on that side ," said the
Xeneize
supporter
.
Cavani's usual celebration had a peculiarity: a fan caught his arrow. We looked for it, we found it and we surprised it. From now on, stay tuned: where Edi's arrow falls, her shirt falls 🏹💙💛💙 pic.twitter.com/4lkqpSBVfs
— Boca Juniors (@BocaJrsOficial) April 18, 2024
"I see Cavani make the arrow and the first thing I do is imitate the celebration and jump, pretending to grab the arrow
came from my heart
," he said, adding that as soon as he left the stadium he began to receive messages and the video. With this new initiative from Boca it will be very likely that fans will begin to
"grab" Boca's 10 arrow
to win their shirt.