Fluminense and Boca Juniors Set to Clash for Copa Libertadores Championship at Maracaná

Fluminense and Boca Juniors will play on Saturday at the Maracaná (Reuters)

On Saturday Fluminense and Boca Juniors will define the champion of the Copa Libertadores in a duel that will be held at the Maracaná in Rio de Janeiro, a venue that was chosen by Conmebol before the season begins. Coincidentally, the Rio team will be one of the protagonists of the duel in the stadium that is usually their home and in the preview their team has anticipated that they will seek to generate chaos.

Through posts on social networks, the most violent followers of the Flu called to attack all Boca Juniors fans who travel to Brazil. It should be noted that a mobilization of close to 100 thousand xeneizes is expected, despite the fact that just over 20 thousand have tickets for the game.

“For a racist, a punch in the mouth,” says the banner that has become vital in recent hours and whose sole purpose is to call on Brazilians to attack Argentines in Rio de Janeiro. Without a doubt, a fact that has set off security alarms in the run-up to the big duel.

The post that Fluminense fans shared

It is worth remembering that throughout the current edition of the Copa Libertadores there have been repeated episodes of violence, many of them occurring in Brazil. Thus, Argentinos Juniors fans were savagely beaten on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro prior to the match against Fluminense in the round of 16 and River Plate, also against Flu in the group stage, in a pizzeria hours after the match. game.

In turn, Conmbeol has been working for some time to end the racism that is often observed in the stands of South American football and of which Brazilians are victims. In April 2022, the organization highlighted that any manifestation of racism and other forms of violence in its tournaments is “absolutely unacceptable,” which is why they have tightened the controls and penalties for these types of episodes. Thus, clubs such as Boca Juniors, Racing, Newell’s, River Plate and Gimnasia have sometimes been sanctioned with fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Fluminense and Boca Juniors will define the Copa Libertadores champion on Saturday. The Brazilian team has just defeated Inter Porto Alegre, 4-3 on aggregate, and Xeneize beat Palmeiras on penalties. The champion, in addition to winning the top continental trophy, will qualify for the 2023 and 2025 Club World Cups.

2023-10-29 13:31:00
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