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Boca traveled to Brazil with the goal of maintaining its perfect record and extending its unbeaten run this season. In Matchday 3 of Group D of the 2026 Copa Libertadores, the Xeneize will visit Cruzeiro at Mineirão in Belo Horizonte. It will be a key clash in which the team will look for a win that allows it to cement itself as the undisputed leader of its group and put one foot and a half in the round of 16.

The team coached by Claudio Úbeda heads into this continental matchup in spectacular form. It is coming off a crushing 4-0 win over Defensa y Justicia in the Torneo Apertura, showing solid play in every line.

The numbers back up this great run: the blue-and-gold side has gone 14 matches unbeaten across all competitions. On the international stage, its Copa start has been perfect after securing a valuable 2-1 win over Universidad Católica in Chile and a comfortable 3-0 thrashing of Barcelona SC at La Bombonera.

The Xeneize is looking to extend its unbeaten run.

After the rout over El Halcón, the team switched gears and went into “Copa mode,” as Úbeda described it in the press conference after the match played at the Tito Tomaghello stadium. This means the Xeneize will once again field its usual starters to take the initiative from kickoff in Belo Horizonte.

For this match, Boca will make nine changes compared to the lineup that started last Thursday. Goalkeeper Leandro Brey and midfielder Milton Delgado will be the only two players to keep their spots in the starting eleven. It is worth remembering that Delgado had to start, on short notice, in the domestic tournament due to the injury Ander Herrera suffered during the warm-up.

The starting defense will return in full: Marcelo Weigandt will play at right back, the center-back pairing will be Lautaro Di Lollo and Ayrton Costa, while Lautaro Blanco will patrol the left flank. In midfield, Santiago Ascacíbar will join Leandro Paredes and the aforementioned Delgado, with Tomás Aranda positioned a few meters further forward in the creative role.

Boca is coming off a big win with its backups.

The attack will be led by the duo of Miguel Merentiel and Adam Bareiro. Both strikers come into this one in top form after the match in Florencio Varela, where they came on for the final minutes and still managed to score one goal each.

Possible Boca lineup

Possible Cruzeiro lineup

Match Info

How to watch the match live

The match between Cruzeiro and Boca will have several options to watch live from Argentina and the rest of the world:

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