24 years after Boca won the Intercontinental Cup against Real Madrid

November 28: 24 years after Boca wins the Intercontinental Cup against Real Madrid

And November 28, 2000Carlos Bianchi's historic Boca had the difficult challenge of facing Vicente Del Bosque's Merengue in the final (National Stadium, Tokyo), which had important figures such as Iker Casillas, Fernando Hierro, Roberto Carlos, Claude Makelele, Luis Figo, Raúl and Fernando Morientes.

Although a is a factor, Xeneize surprised the world with their game, they managed to take the lead and in six minutes they were already winning 2 to 0. With a great overflow from Marcelo Delgado that ended in a cross for the eternal scorer Martín Palermo, who defined in the small area with a touch of his left foot to put the first one.

Subsequently, an exquisite effort by Juan Román Riquelme from near the Boca area until the last quarter of the La Ribera team's attack left the “Titan” hand in hand with Casillas, who failed to contain his left-footed shot and stretched the advantage.

The suspense was created by Brazilian Roberto Carlos, who scored a goal after 12 minutes. for the Spanish with a three-fingered shot after a bad header from Hugo Ibarra. Even so, the result did not move any further and The Blue and Gold were crowned champions of the Intercontinental Cup for the second time in their history.. / TyC Sports