Looking ahead to this Saturday’s final against Fluminense, we review how Boca fared in the previous times it visited the famous stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Mouth will play next Saturday the final of the Libertadores Cup in view of Fluminense in the mythical Maracana Stadium from the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiroin which it will be the fifth game in the history of the Argentine team on that stage.
Mouth played for the first time in Maracana 60 years ago: in 1963 confronted him Saints of Pelewho beat him 3 to 2 in the first leg of the decisive series of the continental competition and then won the trophy by winning 2 to 1 in the candy box.
The next occasion was before Flamengo in 1991again with defeat. Mouth fell 2 to 1 in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Libertadores Cupalthough as a local they came back from the crossroads and achieved classification.
The first and only victory came in 1998when measured again with Flamengo through the group stage of the Mercosur Cupwith a favorable result of 2 to 1 for Mouth with goals from Emiliano Rey and Aníbal Matellán.
The last game was in 2008 and in front of Fluminensehis rival next Saturday at 5 p.m. (Argentine time), for the semis of the Liberators with a 3 to 1 victory for the team Brazil to advance to the final of the competition.
In this way, there were four official meetings for Mouth in it Maracana with one win and three losses. While there were nine friendly matches, of which they won two, drew four and lost three.
Boca’s history at the Maracaná Stadium:
- Libertadores 1963 (Final): Santos 3-2 Boca
- Libertadores 1991 (Quarters): Flamengo 2-1 Boca
- Mercosur 1998 (Group stage): Flamengo 0-2 Boca
- Libertadores 2008 (Semifinal): Fluminense 3-1 Boca
Source: Ambito
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