In your feeble little mind. Let's see? Who is the rival of ARSEnal oh yes, the Spurs, who are they again? NO BODY!!!!
Just a little something from the The Observer, a newspaper from England. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,6903,1182710,00.html
[/B] No my friend, you need to read your history. First of all the best Argentinian players are no longer in Boca Juniors or in River Plate. They play for Real Madrid, Barcelona, or another top European team. If you knew a bit about history, you would know that during the Spanish Civil War nazism/fascism took sides with the would-be winners whereas the democratic powers in Europe (France, England) helped the would-be losers. It was a war between democracy and freedom on one side, and authoritarianism and dictatorship on the other. That's why the fighting was so viscious and that same feeling in seen during the derby in Spain. As you said, when River plays Boca, the whole country comes to a standstill. When Barcelona faces Real Madrid, the whole soccer WORLD comes to a standstill.
Of course not, just as the same as the Liverpool team of the eighties who was the best in Europe without any players who were born there. Just think about Chelsea before the Abramovich take over. They would field 11 foreign players. Arsenal did the same last season when they played Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. Real Madrid itself might only have the youngsters to show as players born in Madrid. Maybe Raul is from Madrid as well. In any case, in this day and age soccer is a universal sport so players don't have to be from the city they play in. But the rivalry in derby matches remains.