Ten wins in Brazil: River match Boca's historic record | OneFootball

River snatched a dramatic win over RB Bragantino thanks to a last-gasp goal by Lucas Martínez Quarta and came away with a huge victory in Brazil, something it had not achieved in five years. Curiously, the Copa Sudamericana win drew it level with Boca in matches won in the neighboring country, a statistic that had always been associated with the Xeneize.

El Millonario celebrated its 10th match won on Brazilian soil, ended a five-year winless streak there, and caught up with its eternal rival, which has not managed it since 2020 (a 1-0 win over Inter in Porto Alegre, with a goal by Carlos Tevez, who celebrated wearing Diego Armando Maradona’s shirt). Curiously, the Núñez side is slightly more efficient in the stat, as it got its wins in 54 matches, while the team from La Ribera needed 55.

The first time La Banda managed to win in Brazil was in 1997, when, with goals from Marcelo Gallardo and Marcelo Salas, it beat Vasco da Gama 2-0. From then on, it beat Gremio, Flamengo, and Corinthians twice each, and also won once against Palmeiras, Cruzeiro, and Bragantino. It is worth noting that only half of those victories came in the Copa Libertadores.

On the other hand, Boca managed to win a match on Brazilian soil for the first time in 1978 against Atlético Mineiro. After that victory, it went on to beat Flamengo, Vasco da Gama, Santos, Paysandú, Gremio, Cruzeiro, Fluminense, Athletico Paranaense, and Internacional, without defeating any of them more than once. Nine of those matches were in the Libertadores, the most memorable being the 2003 and 2007 finals against Santos and Gremio respectively, as well as the 2000 final against Palmeiras, which was decided on penalties after a scoreless draw.

All of River’s wins in Brazil:

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