Playing on Brazilian soil has always been difficult for the Barça team, who have only won a handful of games in their entire history.
The Copa Sudamericana 2023 was the great illusion of San Lorenzo, who dreamed of repeating the commitment achieved 21 years ago with the same Rubén Darío Insúa who led and currently does that team. However, after a difficult group stage and the playoffs, he was unable to establish himself in an ever-elusive territory as Brazil.
El Ciclón was coupled to a topper from neighboring country AS sao paulowinner of the 2012 edition. And after winning by a minimum in the first leg, they were eliminated after losing 2-0 in the rematch, a sad habit when playing in that area.
GOAL discusses San Lorenzo’s history against rivals from that country and as a visitor.
HISTORY VS. TEAMS FROM BRAZIL
From its debut in the first Copa Libertadores in 1960 to the present, the Cyclone has played in total 58 encounters against Brazilian teams in all competitions, with a negative balance: won 19, drew 13 and lost the remaining 26.
The rival he has faced most often is Cruzeiro with eight games and an indelible memory: the quarter-finals of the 2014 Copa Libertadores, which would become Boedo’s team’s first title. The other team he faced eight times is Sao Paulo, which tied the head-to-head game with four wins per team with this win.
All of Brazil’s rivals were: Cruzeiro, Sao Paulo, Corinthians, Flamengo, Palmeiras, Santos, Atlético Mineiro, Vasco da Gama, Fortaleza, Guaraní, Botafogo, Athletico Paranaense, Bahía and Chapecoense.
THE HISTORY IN BRAZIL
Playing as a visitor on Brazilian soil is undoubtedly a problem for San Lorenzo, as he traveled in that country 29 times and could only win three games: 1–0 against Guaraní in the 1988 Copa Libertadores, 2–1 against Corinthians in the 1999 Mercosur Cup and 3–0 against Athlético Paranaense in the 2017 Copa Libertadores, although the 0–0 defeat to Flamengo in the first leg of the final of the 2001 Mercosur Cup which he would win in the Nuevo Gasómetro.
In total there were seven draws and 19 defeats that he garnered.
Source: Goal