São Paulo v Boca after 19 years, Boca hold edge: look back | OneFootball

São Paulo and Boca Juniors will finally face each other again in a knockout tie after 19 years of waiting. Valid for the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals, the clash brings together this Tuesday (8), at 9:30 p.m. Brasília time, two of the most traditional shirts on the continent, which together have won nine Copa Libertadores titles, although they have never met in Conmebol’s main club competition.

The overall record includes 12 official matches organized by the continental body, with a slight edge for the Argentine club: five wins for Boca Juniors, four victories for São Paulo, and three draws. The Buenos Aires side has scored 18 goals, compared to 13 for the team from São Paulo.

The record includes matches played in the Copa de Oro, Supercopa Libertadores, Copa Mercosur, Recopa Sudamericana, and the Copa Sudamericana itself.

The giants’ clashes

The teams’ history of meetings began in 1993, in the Copa de Oro semifinals. On that occasion, Boca Juniors drew 1-1 at Pacaembu Stadium and won 1-0 after extra time at La Bombonera, securing a place in the final of the tournament they would later win.

The following year, the clubs met again in the semifinals of the 1994 Supercopa Libertadores, with the Argentine side advancing after winning 2-0 at home and holding the advantage despite a 1-0 defeat in Brazil.

São Paulo got its revenge in the 1995 edition of the same tournament: a 1-0 win at home and a 3-2 victory in Buenos Aires — a result that remains to this day the only away win in the entire history of the matchup. After two goals by Amarildo assisted by a young Denílson, another prospect, Caio, shone with a stunning goal to seal the historic 3-2 win that day.

In the 1999 Copa Mercosur, Boca Juniors handed out the biggest rout in the history of the fixture by winning 5-1 in Argentina, with Guillermo Schelotto putting on a show and scoring three goals, followed by a 1-1 draw in Brazil.

The most significant chapter came in the 2006 Recopa Sudamericana final. After a 2-1 win in the first leg, the Argentine club drew 2-2 at Morumbi Stadium and secured the continental title with a 4-3 aggregate score.

The last one was in the Sudamericana

The only previous meeting between the two clubs in the Copa Sudamericana came in the 2007 round of 16. On that occasion, Boca Juniors won the first leg 2-1 at La Bombonera with two goals from top scorer Palermo, but a late goal by striker Borges kept the tie open. In the return leg, São Paulo won 1-0 at Morumbi with Aloísio finding the net and secured qualification for the quarterfinals on the away-goals rule.

The current record shows that Boca Juniors has won five of the six matches it has played at home against Tricolor. Meanwhile, São Paulo remains unbeaten on home soil against the Argentine side, with three wins and three draws in six official matches.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.