Boca Juniors beat Vasco 3-1 at the Maracana and won the semifinal 3-2 on total score.
Seventy thousand Vasco fans filled the stadium. Only four thousand Boca fans made the trip.
Vasco won the first game 1-0 in Buenos Aires. Boca had to win in Brazil to reach the final.
In the 4th minute, Di Lollo headed in a corner from Lautaro Blanco. It was 1-0 Boca.
In the 34th minute, Sebastian Villa set up Merentiel. Boca led 2-0 and the tie was level.
In the 66th minute, Jose Luis Rodriguez pulled one back. Vasco led the tie again.
Paredes came off the bench. He had torn a muscle only 11 days earlier.
In the 88th minute, Paredes hit the ball from 25 meters. It went in. Boca led 3-1.
It was the same stadium where Boca lost the 2023 Libertadores final. This time, they won.
Coach Rodolfo Arruabarrena is nicknamed Vasco. Fans joked about it all night.
The final is one game on November 21 in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Boca will face the winner of Atletico Mineiro vs Montevideo City Torque.
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