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Uruguayan striker Santiago Silva, who leads the scoring charts in the Argentine Apertura championship, playing for Banfield, admitted that three years ago was forced along with his teammates to win one game left to avoid being attacked by fans of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata .

“We had to go back because students fought championship with Boca. And well … we had to lose,” Silva admitted in statements published by the sports daily Ole.

The Uruguayan was referring to a raucous game between Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, his team then, and Boca Juniors, who struggled with the title of champion Estudiantes La Plata staunch opponent of all.

Smith’s team won 1-0 at halftime but the referee stopped the match, arguing that he had been threatened by the president of Gymnastics.

When the match was completed after Boca won easily, 4-1.

The newspaper then reported that Ole Gymnastics hooligans had “visited” the players in the merger and demanded, under threat, which they lost to Boca in order not to Students.

“It was a very ugly and I would not recommend to anybody,” recalled striker before acknowledging he was “unprotected” by the leaders of Gymnastics.

Silva, however, said the episode is far from his brilliant football today in Argentina, which leads with 12 points, the scoring charts and his current team, Banfield, leads the standings of the Apertura championship with 35 points , with four days for completion.