translated from Spanish: Boca vs Inter: no history in Liberators, but three crosses over South America

The long-awaited Copa Libertadores draw was held and Argentine clubs will have to face the Brazilians. Boca Juniors will be one of the protagonists of esat series and ahead will have one of the two segudos that everyone wanted to avoid, Inter de Porto Alegre (the other was Racing). Coudet’s set comes from a lazy walk in this contest, but is leading in Brasileirao and will fight. But before these teams see the faces after the double Eliminations date in November, we go over the record for the gaúchos with the most matches won, but the “Xeneize” ahead in the series.

Carlos Tevez will face Inter 16 years after the first duel. Photo: NA

The first crossing between the two took place at the 2004 Copa Sudamericana. In the semi-finals of that tournament, Boca took the duel 4-2 at La Bombonera and tied 0-0 at Beira Rio to sign his pass to the final of the tournament that he would conquer with the hand of the “Chino” Benítez. In that key, the one who played was Carlos Tevez, before traveling to Corinthians.In the next edition of the South American (2005), Boca and Inter had a new showdown, but this time it was for the quarter-finals. There, Inter prevailed 1 to 0 as a home team against “Coco” Basile, but in La Bombonera appeared the best face of the “Xeneize” with three Palacio goals for the 4 to 1 and the pass to semis.
In 2008 the last edition of this duel was given. Also for South America and in the quarter-finals, Boca had no chances against Inter and lost 2 to 0 in Brazil and 2 to 1 in Argentina, where he participated in both Juan Román Riquelme matches, under the technical conduct of Carlos Ischia.This crossing from 2020, 12 years later, will be the first hand-to-hand duel by Copa Libertadores, since the faces were also not seen in group stage. However, both arrive with different realities in this tournament, but will still be one of the best duels of the eighth round.

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