Against Fluminense, River Plate faces Argentine taboo at Maracanã

This Tuesday, the 2nd, the river plate face the Fluminensein a match valid for the group stage of the liberatorsin full Maracanã. Therefore, the club will have to play against a very negative record that Argentine teams carry in the stadium. In the last thirty matches, the “Brothers” were victorious on just six occasions.

Since 1963, there have been thirty official matches involving an Argentine and a Brazilian club at Maracanã. In this record, Brazil is the best with 16 victories, leading these confrontations with ease. In addition, we had eight draws while Argentina won only six times, two of them by Libertadores.

However, the last defeat of a Brazilian club to an Argentine opponent in Libertadores playing in Maracanã happened with Fluminense on the field. Also in the group phase, Tricolor was defeated by Argentine Jrsin 1985. However, after what happened, the team was not defeated in the next six clashes against teams from the neighboring country.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that Fluminense and River Plate faced each other in the 2021 Libertadores group stage. a complicated moment of the pandemic, the stadium cannot receive club fans, as will happen this Tuesday, 2.

Aiming at the confrontation against the Argentines, Fluminense should arrive for the match in full force, seeking the third victory in the Libertadores. Marceloa left-back who returned to the revelation club, is available to Fernando Diniz and must have the opportunity to enter the field, either as a starter or substitute.