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In 1974, Newell’s made a late comeback within the ultimate match of the Metropolitano championship to beat Rosario to the title. A pitch invasion swiftly led to running battles and the match had to be suspended. The rivalry intensified in the Nineteen Twenties, when town was hit by a leprosy epidemic; a local hospital asked the golf equipment to play a fund-raiser, but Rosario Central refused. Newell’s followers branded them ‘cads’, so Rosario hit again by calling their rivals ‘the lepers’. It’s the league’s largest grudge match, and while violence is uncommon, the followers express...