Racing will play this Thursday the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana semifinals against Corinthians. Unlike Paranaense, with whom they met in the quarterfinals for the first time in history, The history with Timao already has several games under his belt. The first time both teams met was in 1998.they have already played six games and with the two that are coming, Corinthians will, along with Santos, be the second one that faced Racing the most. The curiosity of the upcoming confrontation is that Racing has a half undefeated record with Corinthians. In reality it has it from the statistics, but it was not reflected in the competitions. The thing is The Academy never lost against this Brazilian team, but was nevertheless eliminated once from the Sudamericana.
Racing is undefeated against Corinthians, but was eliminated on penalties
Of the six games that Racing played against Corinthians, there were two wins for the Academy and four draws. There are no defeats for ours. The two victories came in the old 1998 Mercosur Cup. In Group C, Racing won 1-0 in the Cilindro and 2-1 in San Pablo. Much further back in time, there were four matches for the Copa Sudamericana. And they were all ties, with each team winning the series once. In 2017, in the round of 16, Racing eliminated Corinthians by away goal. They tied 1-1 in Brazil with a goal from Triverio and the 0-0 in the Cilindro gave the Academy a pass. Now there is no more away goal. The last time they met was in 2019. Racing had won a good 1-1 in Brazil with a goal from Andrés Ríos, but the result was repeated in the Cilindro with a goal from Cristaldo and Corinthians ended up going through penalties. In this series, Coudet made headlines because he was fighting and would later win the championship.
The detailed numbers that are not bad for the Academy
In any case, the latest history was not bad. Of the last 12 games, Racing won five, drew three and lost another four. And furthermore, of 25 games in Brazil, he did not score goals in only seven. Against Paranaense they lost 1-0 and broke a positive streak: until this match, in their last 11 visits to Brazil they had always scored at least one goal. The good thing is that at home they were able to recover from that blow, which they had not had since the 1999 Mercosur Cup, in a 0-2 against Cruzeiro.
So far, the Academy has played against 12 different teams from Brazil. Athletico Paranaense will be the 12th rival that Racing has had since the old country. Cruzeiro (11), Santos (8), Flamengo (6), Corinthians (6), Vasco (4), Gremio (4), Sao Paulo (4), Mineiro (2), Palmeiras (2), Cuiabá (2) , Bragantino (2) and Paranaense (2) They were all the rivals that the Argentine team had. It’s Racing’s turn again for Corinthians.
