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The Argentinian champions' talented youngsters coupled with a holy support seems to have paved the way for successThese are unexpectedly heady times for San Lorenzo. They are the Argentinian champions, and last night's 1-0 over Grêmio in the first leg of their last 16-tie took them a step closer to winning the Copa Libertadores for the first time. There's a long way to go yet, but this is a ferociously competitive side blessed with an exceptional young forward in Angel Correa and, moreover, they are playing with a self-belief that defies rational explanation.
In retrospect, perhaps, there were signs in last season's Torneo Final that San Lorenzo were building. They'd finished a distant eleventh in the Inicial the first round of matches in Argentina's Primera División but their late-season form, as they went 10 games unbeaten, was good enough to lift them to fourth in the Final, still six points adrift of the champions, Newell's Old Boys. Still, nobody expected them to go on to win the Inicial this season and that they did seemed miraculous, their first title in six years coming in the first championship begun after the investiture of Pope Francis, a devoted fan. (The Pope's influence over football has been remarkable: last October he blessed a Sunderland shirt and, three days later, they won their first league game in six months, beating Newcastle in the derby with a winner from Fabio Borini who, appropriately enough, moved to England from Rome).
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In retrospect, perhaps, there were signs in last season's Torneo Final that San Lorenzo were building. They'd finished a distant eleventh in the Inicial the first round of matches in Argentina's Primera División but their late-season form, as they went 10 games unbeaten, was good enough to lift them to fourth in the Final, still six points adrift of the champions, Newell's Old Boys. Still, nobody expected them to go on to win the Inicial this season and that they did seemed miraculous, their first title in six years coming in the first championship begun after the investiture of Pope Francis, a devoted fan. (The Pope's influence over football has been remarkable: last October he blessed a Sunderland shirt and, three days later, they won their first league game in six months, beating Newcastle in the derby with a winner from Fabio Borini who, appropriately enough, moved to England from Rome).
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