Xeneize and Tricolor meet again in the decisive match of the competition, in which they faced each other three times.
The Copa Libertadores 2023 will be owned by Mouth or from Fluminense. One has already won six titles in the continent’s premier competition, while the other is one of two ‘big’ teams in Brazil that have never won. Everything will be resolved Saturday November 4 in the Maracaná and it will be the eighth match they play against each other.
WHAT IS THE HISTORY BETWEEN XENEIZE AND TRICOLOR?
The confrontations between the finalists of the continental competition are sevenbecause in addition to the times they faced each other in the context of the Copa Libertadores, there is a precedent that is much further away: In 1956, the Atlantic Cup for clubs was played for the first and only time., featuring teams from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, simultaneously with the competition played by the teams of those countries. And in the quarter-finals Boca defeated Fluminense 3-1 in the Old Gasómetro. The team led by Mario Fortunato was supposed to reach the final against Corinthians, but the match was never played and the title remained vacant.
Already They faced each other six times in the Copa Libertadores: in the round of 16 in 2008, with victory in the Tricolor series, while in 2012 they met in the group stage with a victory on each side and then in the quarter-finals, the latter remembered because of Santiago Silva’s painful goal that it drew 1-1 at the Joao Havelange Stadium for Julio Falcioni’s team to reach the semi-finals.
Source: Goal