Landepot Park, the Miami Baseball Stadium where Boca achieved its first recopa in 1990

Miami (special envoy) – The city of Miami hides small storiessome already forgotten, or not even remembered. Near the southern zone, on the other side from the Hyatt Centric where it stays Boca Juniorsa Baseball Stadium hides an interesting memory with the Xeneizerelated to your coto success.

He Londepot Parklocated at the Marlins Way, it is currently the home of the Miami Marlinsteam that plays in the Baseball major leagues.

Even in the heart of the little Havana, a colorful and very special neighborhood of Miami, the stadium was completed in 2012 and came to replace the Orange Bowlanother mythical enclosure that had capacity for 72,000 people, was multipurpose and where Boca also wrote part of its history.

There, where an unwavering American spirit is now observed, fanatized by one of the country’s leading sports, Boca was the protagonist of a final in which he had to face Atlético Nacional.

It was 1990, on March 17to be more exact. Mouththat he had been champion of the South American Super Cup (already extinct tournament), he won the right to face the Verdolaga in this champions final. Nacional had conquered the Libertadores in 1989, so he had the right to define one more title against Xeneize.

At that time, the Collectstill in force, it was not played in round trip format and it was Single party in neutral terrain. Thus, in 1990, the second edition of this contest, Boca had to travel to Miami to measure against Nacionaljust in the Orange Bowl Stadium as stage.

The party, worthy of one that defines important things, was not resolved by much difference. It was barely 1-0, in favor of Bocawith a great goal from Diego Latorretoday commentator in the signal of AM850.

The then attacker of Mouth He came to play the ball over Higuitawhich hastened his departure to prevent the goal, and ended up scoring the 1-0 quickly recovering from the infraction that the Colombian had committed.

It was the Boca’s first collapsewhich currently has four, the last in 2008 against Arsenal. A match that was part of the big story of the team and in a Stadium that now no longer existsdisappeared.

Instead, the Landepot Park was installed as the Miami Marlins houseteam that arouses passion in the citizen of the state of Florida and that, chance, this June 17 was a gala for the match between the Marlins and the Phillies.

The people, away from the reality of the World Cup in the United States, approached to encourage their team. T -shirts, special dorsal and caps. A family and warm atmosphere that surrounded the Marlins house during Miami afternoon in the hours before the start of the game.

The arc in which Latorre He marked, nor are there traces of what was once the Orange Bowl. Nothing else is the History, the one made by Bocathe one that will always remain in memory and books. A small chapter in this book that continues to fill pages every day, and that could have a space reserved for the Club World Cup 2025.