Boca seeks to win its seventh Libertadores and Fluminense wants to have the luxury of winning it for the first time in its history. Both teams have great figures in their ranks and that boosts the value of both teams. Both the Argentine cast and the “Flu” are worth around $80 million. The Rio club is in the top ten of the most expensive in Brazil and occupies eighth place in the South American ranking with a price of 77.3 million. The xeneizes, for their part, slightly surpass their rival and have a market value of 79.5 million.
The most expensive figure on the Brazilian team is the young midfielder André who is worth 14 million dollars. He is followed at a distance by the Colombian Jhon Arias, Marcelo, Marlos Santos and Matheus Martinelli. On the Boca Juniors side, Colo Barco leads the list of the most expensive players and, at only 19 years old, is valued at 10 million dollars. Cristian Medina, the 21-year-old midfielder takes second place, and is then followed by Equi Fernández, Changuito Zeballos and Luca Langoni.
Champion without winning in the 90s?
Fans of both teams combat anxiety by betting on the result, but also on other particularities. The BPlay platform places the Brazilian team as the favorite, which pays a fee of 1.91. If Boca were to win, the payment would be 3.60. In the event of a tie, bettors would receive an odds of 3.10, a hint that history could, once again, not be defined in the 90 minutes.
According to the bets, fans think that both teams will score at least one goal and, if that happens, the odds are 2.05. If it occurs during the first half, the payout rises to 4.70. In the event that Boca wins the final without conceding a goal, the bets pay one of the highest figures: 5.0. If Fluminense does it, the quota drops to 3.0.
But the great curiosity is the possibility that the team Jorge Almiron lift the long-awaited seventh by beating everyone on penalties. Boca is the only team in the history of the competition that reached a final without achieving a victory in the 90 minutes in the six direct elimination matches (eighth, quarterfinals and semis). Sergio Romero’s great performance on penalties was a key factor in getting Xeneize into a new final.
Boca does not arrive with a good present in the local championship, so Fluminense is, a priori, the favorite due to its performance, and this is what the BPlay bets indicate. However, for the Tricolor players the main concern is ending up in penalties. “We can’t give them the opportunity to go to penalties”, “try to win before penalties”, or “we can’t go to penalties, for the love of God”, were some of the comments that could be read on social networks when it was known. that Boca would be Flu’s rival.
That extra of the Argentine team in the shots from the twelve steps makes it pay a more expensive fee in the 90s than in the final result. Although he continues to fall behind in the betting, he closes the gap in the penalties. To put it into numbers, in the bet of “Who will win the match?” Boca pays 3.60, but in the “Who will be the champion?”, those from La Ribera pay a fee of 2.55. The definitive hunch? That if the Brazilians do not win in the 90s, the favorite could become Xeneize.
In another betting house, Fluminense is also a favorite, and with a little more margin. At Bet365, the victory of the Brazilians pays 1.95, while the draw offers a quota of 3.10 and the victory of Boca 4.20.
Source: Ambito
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