The millionaire has a more than positive balance when he takes on teams from the neighboring country, but Fluminense gave him a historic win.
The duels between Argentina and Brazil, both in national teams and at club level, are usually one of the most attractive in any international competition. Riveras the albiceleste team with the most historical participation in continental tournaments, has a long history of duels against teams from neighboring countries and the cycle of Marcelo Gallardo had two of his best memories in clashes for the Libertadores cup against verdeamarelos clubs: the quarter-finals of the 2015 edition against Cruzeiro and the semi-finals of 2018 against Gremio.
However, some of the most recent important clashes ended with negative results: in the first leg for the 2021 Libertadores quarter-finals, the Muñeco team fell 0-1 in the Monumental against Atlético Mineiro, while the rematch as a visitor saw a final 0-3 used to be. And the last game, against Fluminense in the 2023 group stage, ended with an agonizing 1-5.
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GENERAL HISTORY
Throughout its history, the millionaire was measured 16 Brazilian teams (Atlético Mineiro, Athletico Paranaense, Botafogo, Chapecoense, Corinthians, Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Fortaleza, Gremio, Internacional, Palmeiras, Paulista, Santos, Sao Paulo, Vasco da Gama, Fluminense) against whom he played 102 games officially by official international competitions. Guild is Brazil’s rival he has faced most often (16 games in total), followed by Cruzeiro (15 pcs) and flamenco (12 pcs).
As a local, River played 49 games, winning 26, losing 13 and drawing 11. In Brazil there were the remaining 49 appearances: 9 wins, 13 draws and 27 losses. The two remaining commitments were on a neutral field, both in the final of the Copa Libertadores and both ended in defeat: the tiebreak in the 1976 final, in Santiago de Chile, where Cruzeiro won 3-2 and 1-2 against Flamengo in Lima, in the 2019 single-match definition.
REPORT IN THE HEAD OF LIBERTADORES
For the Libertadores, the millionaire faced twelve Brazilian teams (Flamengo, Sao Paulo, Cruzeiro, Corinthians, Paulista, Gremio, Palmeiras, Vasco da Gama, Atlético Mineiro, Inter de Porto Alegre, Athletico Paranaense, Fluminense and Fortaleza) against whom he played 48 games .
Of those 47 matches, River played 22 at home: 9 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses. In Brazil, meanwhile, he played 24 matches, in which he had 5 wins, 8 draws and 11 defeats. The remaining matches were in Chile and Peru: a 2-3 defeat to Cruzeiro, in the tiebreaker final of the 1976 edition, and a 1-2 defeat to Flamengo in the 2019 final.
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