Oscar López Turitich, former Platense player in the 80’s, died this Thursday at age 62 in the city of Buenos Aires.
Confirmation of death was made by the same entity of Vicente López, what wrote on their official accounts: “It is with deep sorrow that we say goodbye to Oscar López Turitich, a historic player for our club between 1979 and 1984.”
The former striker for the left sector (he also worked for the other band) I was born in Paraguay in July 1960.
He debuted in the First Division of the ‘Squid’ in 1979the year in which the brown team inaugurated the current Vicente López stadium and avoided going back to Primera B, in it remembered “home run of death” in which Gimnasia La Plata, Chacarita Juniors and Atlanta also participatedall three relegated that season.
“With 167 games with our shirt, it will be unforgettable because of the penalty saved by Fernando Morena against Boca”evoked the entity.
The reference from the Buenos Aires club is specifically related to what happened that Sunday afternoon in April 1984, when Platense and Boca Juniors tied 2-2 on the Vélez court, by the Metropolitan.
When the final stretch of the match was fulfilled At the José Amalfitani stadium, there was a penalty for the Xeneize team. at that height the brown team played with 9 men due to the expulsion of Alberto Godoy and the injury of goalkeeper Gabriel Puentedurawho had to leave the playing field when the two changes -at that time- allowed had already been made.
So, the uruguayan brunette (glory of Peñarol de Montevideo) took the ball to finish off a second penalty (he had already converted one) and López Turitich, a makeshift goalkeeperwas on the fence.
The shot went to the right side and the Paraguayan winger threw himself there, He rejected the shot and guaranteed the tie for the brown team.
López Turitich also wore the River Plate shirt (he was part of the champion team of the 1985-1986 First Division tournament in five games), Hurricane, El Porvenir, Cipolletti from Río Negro, Gymnastics and Shooting from Salta and San Telmoamong other institutions.
The former footballer -that lived for some time in the San Martín area, accompanied by one of his children– He had been struggling with poor health for six years, when his right leg was amputated due to diabetes that aggravated an infection that occurred in the area as a result of an accident.