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Boca Juniors 2-1 Cruzeiro - April 30, 2008 / Copa Libertadores 2008

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Copa Libertadores 2008 - Round of 16

La Bombonera - Buenos Aires - Argentina

April 30, 2008

35 137

Boca Juniors

Argentina

2 - 1

Cruzeiro

Brazil

Juan Román Riquelme

Jesús Dátolo

65'

78'

Fabrício

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6' - Goal Juan Román Riquelme6

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60' - Substitution Guilhermeis substituted by Jonathan

65' - Goal Jesús Dátolo65

74' - Substitution Wágneris substituted by Marcinho

78' - Goal Fabrício

82' - Substitution Jesús Dátolois substituted by Cristian Chávez photo Pablo Ledesma

82' - Substitution Fabián Vargasis substituted by Pablo Ledesma82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Boca Juniors

2 - 1

Cruzeiro

Boca Juniors Cruzeiro

Team line-ups

Boca Juniors

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Palermo

Martín Palermo

Argentina

B.date07/11/1973

Age34 years

H1m87

positionStriker

Palacio

Rodrigo Palacio

Argentina

B.date05/02/1982

Age26 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Riquelme6

Juan Román Riquelme

Argentina

B.date24/06/1978

Age29 years

H1m82

positionPlaymaker

Dátolo6582

Jesús Dátolo

Argentina

B.date19/05/1984

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Vargas82

Fabián Vargas

Colombia

B.date17/04/1980

Age28 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Battaglia

Sebastián Battaglia

Argentina

B.date08/11/1980

Age27 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Monzón

Fabián Monzón

Argentina

B.date13/04/1987

Age21 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Cáceres

Julio César Cáceres

Paraguay

B.date05/10/1979

Age28 years

H1m81

positionRight central defender

Maidana

Jonatan Maidana

Argentina

B.date29/07/1985

Age22 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

González

Álvaro González

Uruguay

B.date29/10/1984

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Caranta

Mauricio Caranta

Argentina

B.date31/07/1978

Age29 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mauricio Caranta		29	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julio César Cáceres		28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jonatan Maidana		22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fabián Monzón		21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastián Battaglia		27	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabián Vargas	82	28	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro González		23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesús Dátolo	6582	23	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Juan Román Riquelme	6	29	232	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rodrigo Palacio		26	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martín Palermo		34	294	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

114

Cruzeiro

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Moreno Martins

Marcelo Moreno Martins

Bolivia

B.date18/06/1987

Age20 years

H1m87

positionStriker

Guilherme60

Guilherme

Brazil

B.date22/10/1988

Age19 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

Wágner74

Wágner

Brazil

B.date29/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m72

positionOffensive Midfielder

Fabrício78

Fabrício

Brazil

B.date05/07/1982

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Charles

Brazil

B.date14/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Henrique

Brazil

B.date16/05/1985

Age22 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ramires

Brazil

B.date24/03/1987

Age21 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Espinoza

Geovanny Espinoza

Ecuador

B.date12/04/1977

Age31 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Thiago Heleno

Brazil

B.date17/09/1988

Age19 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Marquinhos Paraná

Brazil

B.date20/07/1977

Age30 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Fábio

Brazil

B.date30/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Fábio		27	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geovanny Espinoza		31	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marquinhos Paraná		30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thiago Heleno		19	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Henrique		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Charles		23	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ramires		21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabrício	78	25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wágner	74	23	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Guilherme	60	19	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcelo Moreno Martins		20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Pablo Ledesma	82	24	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Cristian Chávez	82	21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Jonathan	60	22	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Marcinho	74	27	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jesús Dátolo

Neri Cardozo

OUT

Rodrigo Palacio

Mauro Boselli

OUT

Juan Román Riquelme

Leandro Gracián

OUT

Álvaro González

Pablo Ledesma

OUT

Sebastián Battaglia

Facundo Roncaglia

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fabrício

Jadílson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Carlos Ischia

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Ischia vs Cruzeiro

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 2008

Ischia vs Adílson Batista

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Adílson Batista

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Adílson Batista vs Boca Juniors

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 2008

Adílson Batista vs Ischia

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 2008

Referee

Jorge Larrionda

5 victories	2 draws	3 losses	Boca Juniors10 matches	General total	Cruzeiro6 matches	2 victories	2 draws	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Boca Juniors1 match	Season total	Cruzeiro2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 22, 2008					Latest figure on March 02, 2011

Videos

March 21, 2021

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Key figures

Boca Juniors keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 14/12/2003). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Jesús Dátolo scores 1 goal vs Cruzeiro in his professional career

Boca Juniors keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Cruzeiro in Copa Libertadores running (since 16/03/1994). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBoca Juniors 1-1 Independiente09/03/2008

VBoca Juniors 2-1 Colon de Santa Fe23/03/2008

VBoca Juniors 4-3 Colo Colo27/03/2008

DBoca Juniors 1-1 Banfield05/04/2008

VBoca Juniors 2-1 Newell's Old Boys19/04/2008

VBoca Juniors 3-0 Unión Maracaibo22/04/2008

Overall

DBoca Juniors 1-1 Banfield05/04/2008

LAtlas 3-1 Boca Juniors08/04/2008

VGimnasia Jujuy 1-2 Boca Juniors13/04/2008

VBoca Juniors 2-1 Newell's Old Boys19/04/2008

VBoca Juniors 3-0 Unión Maracaibo22/04/2008

LSan Lorenzo de Almagro 1-0 Boca Juniors27/04/2008

Current form

Away

VDemocrata-GV 1-2 Cruzeiro22/03/2008

DBoa 1-1 Cruzeiro27/03/2008

VTupi 1-2 Cruzeiro06/04/2008

DBoa 4-4 Cruzeiro12/04/2008

LReal Potosi 5-1 Cruzeiro16/04/2008

VAtlético Mineiro 0-5 Cruzeiro27/04/2008

Overall

VCruzeiro 3-1 San Lorenzo de Almagro03/04/2008

VTupi 1-2 Cruzeiro06/04/2008

DBoa 4-4 Cruzeiro12/04/2008

LReal Potosi 5-1 Cruzeiro16/04/2008

VCruzeiro 3-1 Boa20/04/2008

VAtlético Mineiro 0-5 Cruzeiro27/04/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	32	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	18	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	7	10
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

146	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	273
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	6

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	8
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
3	Victories (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.13
3.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.25
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
3-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-2 (1 times)

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Rodrigo Palacio	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Marcelo Moreno Martins
Rodrigo Palacio	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Marcelo Moreno Martins
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Marcelo Moreno Martins
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Marcelo Moreno Martins
Juan Román Riquelme	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	8 goals during the last 8 matches	Marcelo Moreno Martins

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

2 v

2 d

1 l

3 gf

2 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

3 gf

6 ga

Total

9 matches

2 v

3 d

4 l

6 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

6 gf

3 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

2 d

2 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

9 matches

4 v

3 d

2 l

8 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	September 03, 1997
Home	1 - 0	September 03, 1997

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	October 23, 1997
Away	2 - 1	March 16, 1994

Latest head to head

October 23, 1997 - Supercopa Sudamericana 1997

Cruzeiro

2 - 1

Boca Juniors logo Boca Juniors

September 03, 1997 - Supercopa Sudamericana 1997

Boca Juniors

1 - 0

Cruzeiro

October 23, 1996 - Supercopa Sudamericana 1996

Cruzeiro

1 - 1

Boca Juniors logo Boca Juniors

October 17, 1996 - Supercopa Sudamericana 1996

Boca Juniors

0 - 0

Cruzeiro

April 06, 1994 - Copa Libertadores 1994

Cruzeiro

2 - 1

Boca Juniors logo Boca Juniors

Best historical scorers against Cruzeiro

César La Paglia	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Néstor Gabriel Cedrés	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Jorge Bermúdez	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Sergio Daniel Martínez	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/03/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Boca Juniors

Gélson Baresi	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Roberto Gaucho	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Ronaldo	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Marcelo Ramos	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Paulinho McLaren	1 goal	1996 - 1996
C. C. Paulo Roberto	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/03/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cruzeiro

Julio Cesar Toresani	4 matches	1996 - 1997
Aníbal Matellán	4 matches	1996 - 1997
Sergio Daniel Martínez	3 matches	1994 - 1996
Diego Cagna	3 matches	1996 - 1997
Navarro Montoya	3 matches	1994 - 1996
Roberto Pompei	2 matches	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/03/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Boca Juniors

Dida	6 matches	1994 - 1997
Clêison	6 matches	1994 - 1997
Nonato	5 matches	1994 - 1997
Ricardinho	4 matches	1996 - 1997
Donizete Oliveira	4 matches	1996 - 1997
Gélson Baresi	4 matches	1996 - 1997