Soccer fan reveals why he brought his grandfather's skull to cup final in incredible scenes

If shot successful Argentina is simply a household affair, past it appears that 1 instrumentality of a Buenos Aires-based nine brought his comparative on with him to a cupful last - but successful a macabre manner.

Saturday marked the extremity to the 2024 variation of the Copa Sudamericana - South America's mentation of the Europa League - pitting Argentine nine Racing Club de Avellaneda and Brazilian nine Cruzeiro.

But 1 instrumentality of Racing who attended the last played successful the Paraguayan superior of Asuncion decided to bring the skull of a deceased household subordinate on with him.

When ESPN Argentina interviewed the antheral and his person arsenic to wherefore they had the quality remnants with them, helium explained that it wasn't a random person's erstwhile head.

'It's my gramps Valentin Aguilera, a die-hard Racing fan,' the idiosyncratic explained (via Fox Sports Mexico). 'Racing is my emotion and helium is my emotion too, my grandfather.

The instrumentality added that helium takes his gramps everyplace with him.

It appears this isn't the archetypal clip that grandpa made a re-emergence for sporting glory. 

Back successful 2019, aggregate reports from outlets similar Sports Illustrated and CNN revealed that a antheral named Gabriel Aranda - who bears a resemblance to the instrumentality astatine the Sudamericana last - unearthed the skull of his gramps (also named Valentin) to commemorate erstwhile Racing won the league successful the 2018-19 season.

Fortunately for this fan, his grandfather's remains bore witnesser to different section successful Racing's sporting history. 

Racing Club - nicknamed 'La Academia' - won the archetypal Copa Sudamericana successful its past by defeating Cruzeiro 3-1.

Gaston Martirena enactment the archetypal extremity distant astatine the 15 infinitesimal people earlier Adrian Martinez doubled Racing's luck successful the 21st minute.

Cruzeiro made things absorbing aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional with a 53rd infinitesimal extremity from Kaio Jorge earlier substitute Roger Martinez sealed the woody for Racing successful the sixth infinitesimal of stoppage time. 

Racing person antecedently won the Copa Libertadores - South America's mentation of the Champions League - backmost successful 1967.

They person besides won the Argentine apical formation 18 times - the 3rd astir down powerhouse clubs River Plate and Boca Juniors.