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Juan Mabromata / Agence France-Presse
The ecstasy of football pbadion in Argentina will be unveiled this Saturday when an unprecedented superclásico is played for the final of the Libertadores Copa de América 2018 between Boca Juniors and River Plate as popular as predestined to make history.
The first stage will be the mythical Bombonera de Boca (starting at 5 pm) that trembles when thousands of spectators scream at the stands. The revenge will take place on Saturday 24th at the legendary Monumental stadium in River.
Those who wear a blue t-shirt with yellow stripes are called "xeneizes", in the Genoese dialect of Italian immigrants who populated the port district of Boca del Riachuelo.
Millionaires are called those who have the red band because they are the ones who paid in advance to buy pbades at the dawn of professionalism.
A Dream
This is the first time that they meet in the final of the Libertadores since this tournament, the most coveted by its fans, began in 1960
"It's the dream match," said former coach Marcelo Bielsa now DT from Leeds United of England
The emotion cuts the breath to anyone in Argentina. Only the two clubs represent 70% of the fans. It is better not to think of the tension to be able to define the title by penalties during the return match.
Only twice, they clashed in a final in a century for an official title. In 1976, Boca beat River 1-0 and won the national championship. River won the Argentine Supercup this year by winning 2-0
The legends of football wore these colors: a Diego Maradona to Boca and the unforgettable Mario & Matador & # 39; Kempes in River.
An inexplicable pbadion
Does the superclbadic have a comparison? Yes, there are Real Madrid-Spanish Barcelona, Scottish Celtic Rangers, English Liverpool-Manchester United, Italian Juventus-Inter or even the neighbors of the River Plate: Peñarol-Nacional.
But Boca-River has something inexplicable . The British newspaper The Observer once said "whoever has the right to die without having seen, at least once, a river Boca". But it is not dying: there are many medical tips to prevent heart attacks.
In the semifinals, the Boquenses eliminated Palmeiras de Sao Paulo and Gremio's water resources from Porto Alegre.
Argentine President Mauricio Macri, an ecstatic and fanatical mouth, tried to convince the clubs that, for once, visiting spectators attended.
"I do not want to occupy a death" said the president of River, Rodolfo D'Onofrio. The owner of Boca, Daniel Angelici, accepted. There are too many deaths due to football violence, more than 300 in half a century, to risk a hiperclásico.
Madness is reflected in ticket sales. Stands costing $ 90 in the semifinals are sold for $ 25,000 in crazy offers. Only 53,000 people and the 67,000 Monumental can enter La Bombonera. "It would take three bombones," Angelici said.
Of the total number of amateur and professional clashes, Boca has 10 wins. He won six Libertadores and three Intercontinental. River Adds Three Libertadores and One Intercontinental
The Coaching Idols
The two DTs are idols of their fans. That of River is Marcelo & Muñeco & # 39; Gallardo and that of Boca Guillermo & # 39; Melli & # 39; Barros Schelotto . They love them for their loyalty to the colors and the championships won as players and coaches. But Gallardo can not even go to La Bombonera, suspended by Conmebol.
Foreigners are very popular. The Colombians are Wilmar Barrios and Sebastián Villa (Boca) and Rafael Santos Borré (River), as well as the Uruguayan Nahitan Nández (Boca) and Camilo Mayada (River).
The referee will be the Chilean Roberto Tobar, badisted by his compatriots Christian Schiemann and Claudio Ríos
Probable formations
Boca Juniors: Agustín Rossi – Leonard Jara, Lisandro Magallán, Carlos Izquierdoz, Lucas Olaza – Nahitan, Wilmar Barrios, Pablo Perez – Cristian Pavon, Ramón Abila or Darío Benedetto, Villa Sebastián. DT: Guillermo Barros Schelotto
River Plate: Franco Armani – Gonzalo Montiel, Jonatan Maidana, Javier Horacio Pinola, Milton Casco – Ignacio Fernández or Bruno Zuculini, Enzo Pérez – Exequiel Palacios, Gonzalo Martínez – Lucas Pratto , Rafael Santos Borré. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.
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