Xeneize re-entered the pre-definition phase of the main competition on the continent. What is your track record at this stage?
Mouth will again be one of the four best teams in South America in 2023. After beating Racing on penalties in the quarter-finals, Jorge Almirón’s team dreams of another final of Libertadores Cup, looking for the long-awaited seventh allowing it to overtake Independiente as the most frequently championed clubs in the Americas.
Since its founding in 1960 the Xeneize is he team that played the most finals with 11, winning six and losing the remaining five. But also, with the qualification to play against Palmeiras, reached the semi-finals for the 20th time If all formats used in the competition are included, this figure reaches River and Peñarol.
The first semi-final won was in the edition of 1963, when they defeated Peñarol, only to fall prey to Pelé’s Santos; would repeat 1965, but in that case they would fall to Independiente in three games. Although they are not statistically counted as semi-finals, both are in 1966 as in 1970 reached the second stage, which was played with two zones of four teams and the winners of each went straight to the decisive match.
Stop now 1977The second phase was with two groups of three teams and in that edition they defeated Deportivo Cali and Libertad from Paraguay, to later win their first title by beating Cruzeiro; in 1978 he would do the same with River and Atlético Mineiro, the year he defeated Deportivo Cali in the final; in the meantime 1979 They would beat Independiente and Peñarol, but in the decisive instance they fell to Olimpia.
It took twelve years before I was among the top four again and reached mutual semi-finals 1991 he fell at Colo Colo, in a duel remembered for the violence in Santiago; the thorn would be removed 2000, when their most glorious era began, beating America with Samuel’s legendary goal at Azteca, before beating Palmeiras in the final; in 2001 He defeated Verdao himself on penalties and the consecration would be against Cruz Azul; in 2003 He defeated América de Cali before turning the tables against Santos; and in 2004 They won the historic Superclásico which they won on penalties in Núñez, but could not repeat the title after losing to Once Caldas.
In 2007, the year in which they won their last trophy, they defeated Deportivo Cúcuta in the semi-finals to reach the final in which they defeated Gremio; a year later, in 2008, it was a defeat against Fluminense; in the 2012 They defeated Jorge Sampaoli’s Universidad de Chile and would lose the final to Corinthians.
Four years later, inside 2016, suffered the unexpected defeat against Independiente del Valle; would arrive 2018the victory over Palmeiras and the well-known story in Madrid, in which no revenge could be taken 2019, when he lost again to River, but in the semi-finals. And the final precedent is the edition 2020in which he could not against Santos.
In this way the complete balance has been received 20 chances for semi-finals or a second phase prior to a final, of which reached the goal in 11, was eliminated in eight and will look for victory against Palmeiras in this 2023 edition.
Source: Goal