In those times football kits were sewn up roughly, so Farengas’ sister, Manuela, sewed a few black stripes on white shirts to allow them to have a kit for their first games. The only restriction was that they couldn’t be red and white because of Alumni, the dominating English club in that era. Boca also wore sky blue and for a short time thin blue stripes until eventually they adopted blue and yellow, inspired by the colours of the Swedish flag ofa ship which was at that time docked in La Boca. Juan Bricchetto, who worked on the bridge where the ships passed under, gave them the idea. In the beginning it was blue with a yellow stripe but later in 1913, to avoid confusion with the direction of the yellow stripe, it was eventually decided to adopt the golden one that crosses the chest of every Boca fan.

Next was the first Argentine football derby between Boca and River who were both from the district. They had a rivalry that had grown over the early years of competition and hence it became the ‘derby of derbies’of Argentine football and one of the most watched shows in the world, especially if played at La Bombonera, which was considered by the foreign press as an incredible show for tourists visiting Argentina. The first official match in history was a friendly which took place in Racing and River won by 2-1. Before that game, there were also other matches, always friendlies, which helped to shape a rivalry which would become a symbol of Argentine football.