There are no rules in love nor war. If you’ve been either in love or at war – you know it’s true. And you better believe that fanatical football fans know no rules. Because you see, they are in love with the club that they support and they are constantly at war with everyone else. That’s a recipe for madness!The rivalry between Brazil and Argentina is a long-lasting one. They don’t like each other, to say the least. If there is a football match on where the rivals are from these two countries – you know you’re going to witness a lot of passion, pride and more than a bit of craziness.Torcedores do Atlético-MG organizaram foguetório no entorno do hotel do Boca Juniors. pic.twitter.com/xhty0cjBBX— Planeta do Futebol 🌎 (@futebol_info) July 20, 2021 On the night before an important match, you need to get enough sleep and be fresh on match day. If you manage to get some sleep, that is. Atletico Mineiro supporters were launching fireworks all night in front of the hotel where the Boca Juniors players were supposed to be sleeping so they could help their team. These people will stop at nothing!The sky above and around the Ouro Minas Palace Hotel in the city of Belo Horizonte was lit all night. As the Atletico Mineiro ultras put it simply: “Boca will not sleep tonight.”¡A BOCA NO LO DEJAN DORMIR EN BRASIL! Luego de la demora en el aeropuerto de Belo Horizonte, aparecieron los fuegos artificiales en las afueras del hotel donde se encuentra descansando el Xeneize para enfrentar a Atlético Mineiro en la #LIBERTADORESxESPN. 🎦 @amandalopes1 pic.twitter.com/hwcV3MgPi8— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) July 20, 2021 A few days ago, Sergio Batista Coelho, president of Atletico Mineiro, had complained about what he considered mistreatment both in the arrival of his team in Argentina and in his visit to La Bombonera, Boca’s home ground. With much bitterness, he said that Atletico are going to ‘welcome’ Boca Juniors in the same way. And he wasn’t just saying that.Such is the rivalry that the South American press often say that these matches begin at the airport. And if you consider that the Argentine club’s staff and players were held for more than two hours at the airport in Belo Horizonte, you could argue that the Brazilians have a slender lead already.#Libertadores Ya juegan en #Brasil la revancha.Al llegar a Belo Horizonte retuvieron un buen rato al plantel de #Boca en el aeropuerto. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻 pic.twitter.com/mY0HEzZqdq— La12tuittera ⑫ (@La12tuittera) July 19, 2021 However, only the goals scored on the pitch will count in the end – and there were none when these two teams met in the first leg in Buenos Aires. If Boca players appear a bit slow and disoriented when the match kicks off – at least we’ll know what was the cause of it.CONMEBOL LIBERTADORESRound of 16 – Second legWednesday01.15: Atletico Mineiro – Boca Juniors /first leg 0-0/03.30: Racing Club – Sao Paulo /first leg 1-1/Thursday01.15: Barcelona SC – Velez Sarsfield /first leg 0-1/01.15: Palmeiras – Universidad Catolica /first leg 1-0/03.30: Argentinos Juniors – River Plate /first leg 1-1/03.30: Flamengo – Defensa y Justicia /first leg 1-0/Friday03.30: Internacional – Club Olimpia /first leg 0-0/4 AugustFluminense – Cerro Porteno /first leg 2-0/
