Carlos Tevez smooched Argentine idol Diego Maradona for good luck - and then scored the dramatic late goal that clinched the league title for Boca Juniors.
On a thrilling final day of the season, Boca pipped their bitter rivals River Plate to the Superliga crown thanks to a 1-0 win over Gimnasia, the side managed by Maradona.
It was enough for them to leapfrog River, who were held 1-1 by Atletico Tucuman at the same time. Cameras picked up 36-year-old striker Tevez running over to the opposition bench before kick-off to kiss former Boca player Maradona on the mouth.
And it seemed to bring him the good fortune Boca needed as Tevez rifled home the decisive goal 18 minutes from time.
'I knew I had to kiss Diego. I was lucky that way, sometimes you have to look for luck,' said Tevez afterwards.
It was Boca's third title success in four years and lifted them to 34 championship wins overall, two shy of River, who haven't won it since 2014. Former West Ham, Manchester United and Manchester City star Tevez returned to his first club Boca for the third time in January 2018.
He spoke about how he felt the imperative to deliver league success to the club.
'I was hungry for glory again. I think I felt again that I had to go back to my neighbourhood, that I had to get off a lot of things and fight like the kid who fought when I was a kid,' Tevez said.
'It was two or three years fighting against my head, against a lot of things. I always kept working, trying to get out of that well.
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