What do River and Boca need to qualify for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores?

Boca y River They can’t wait for this lean 2024 to end, with very few joys and several blows and disappointments. In this context, the last date of the Professional Leaguewith Vélez, Talleres and Huracán fighting this Sunday to be champion, once again installs a football question with the old Superclassiclinked to the classification Copa Libertadores.

To understand this curious situation posed by the end of the calendar, we must review the standings and the variables that may occur this weekend. But the story would be like this: River is already classified for the Libertadores, although it does not yet know if it will go straight to the group stage or previously playing two rounds of playoffs, as uncomfortable as they were risky. Boca does not depend on River, but what do the fans prefer?

The defeat of the team led by Marcelo Gallardo contra Racing (if they won they would go directly to the group stage) it makes them depend on another result to secure that place among the 32 clubs that will make up the eight zones of the Libertadores. Now he hopes that this Sunday the champion leaves Vélez or Talleresno matter what happens in Avellaneda.

¿Y Boca How is he in this mess? The thing is that on the other side of the City of Buenos Aires, far from Núñez, they are waiting expectantly for the definition of the tournament to know if 2025, where they will play the Club World Cup, will have them again in the Libertadores or “condemned” again to fight with the middle class of the continent in the South American Cupa contest considered minor in relation to what generates the chance of winning the Seventh.

The only result that would give relief to those led by Fernando Gago is that Huracán does not become championa title that would end Parque Patricios’ streak of 51 years without league titles. Despite Kudelka and company, Boca hopes to close the weekend by qualifying for the preliminary phase of the Libertadores: His best scenario is the worst that could happen to Riverbecause it would cause the rise of the ‘Millionaire’ in the annual table.

Boca closed the tournament this Saturday with a poor 0-0 draw against Independent in a Bombonera that said goodbye to him with more whistles than applause.