Superclásico marked by a duel between world champions

The dreams of Boca and River They revolve around their world champions. And more than ever this will be the case this Sunday when the two giants of Argentine football meet the Bombonera in a sensational Superclásico, with too many issues at stake.

Boca arrives with a phenomenal, winning momentum, with the chance to be multiplied champion between now and the end of the year. He must win this match no matter what to retain his chance as annual champion. If you do it, you will only have the last date left so as not to fail and crown.

River, on the other hand, is closing a stormy 2026, which even devoured Marcelo Gallardo. He seeks to win the only objective he has left, this Closing Tournament. Of course, also dealing a hard blow to this Boca team at home would be a more than positive impact for Leonardo Ponzio and his team.

As always, everything will be determined with the ball rolling. And there, in the game, two of the champions of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will star in a more than attractive fight with their different characteristics. Boca’s aspirations are born from everything it generates Leandro Paredesbalancing, thinking and creating from the heart of the midfield. While River’s shoot from Angel Correa and everything he is capable of unbalancing from three quarters of the field forward, with his ease in dribbling, going deep and finding the maneuver least imagined by rival defenders.

Paredes and Correa hurt precisely in the areas where their rivals tend to show the greatest weaknesses. The former PSG and Roma among so many teams becomes strong in that sector of the midfield where everything is born, precisely where River falters because it does not find strength in its central midfielder. In fact, until the last moment Aníbal Moreno was a doubt due to injury and Fausto Vera was already sidelined due to a physical problem.

The former Atlético de Madrid, on the other hand, is decisive in the last meters of the field, in those places that Boca usually finds difficult to defend, because the xeneizes suffer to the extreme when they attack them with ingenuity, determination and depth.

Of course, River has other world champions to set the trend, such as Gonzalo Montiel, Nicolás Otamendi and Thiago Almada. But the most important is Correa. Obviously, Boca has other more than important pieces, such as the projections of Lautaro Blanco, the aerial game of Lautaro Di Lollo, the daring of Leonel Flores, the speed of Sebastián Villa and the goal of Miguel Merentiel. However, everything will be done at Paredes’ pace.

Perhaps it is the only boost that Rodolfo Arruabarrena was missing as coach of a Boca team that goes for everything: not only the Annual Tournament, but also the Clausura, the Sudamericana and the Argentine Cup. Perhaps it will be the crucial test for Leonardo Ponzio, the interim coach of a River that seems determined to look for another coach for 2027.

And in the middle of everything, the suspicions that are generated by an underlying fight in Argentine football, which shows the AFA on one side, supported by Boca, and River together with Estudiantes on the other, trying to impose their different views. That is why Nicolás Ramírez, the referee, and Silvio Trucco, in charge of the VAR, will be more than observed.

La Bombonera will explode this Sunday from 7 p.m. Spanish time. In that special temple, to the rhythm of Leandro Paredes and Angel Correa, there will be a Superclásico that will beat with brutal force.