Boca Juniors champions of Copa Libertadores

The streets of Buenos Aires were awash in blue-and-yellow yesterday after Boca Juniors won the Copa Libertadores. Boca won South America’s top soccer tournament after beating Brazil’s Gremio home 3-0 last week and 2-0 last night in Porto Alegre with goals by Juan Roman Riquelme.

Despite difficulties in qualifying from the group stage, Boca’s victory last night secured its sixth ever Libertadores title and its first since 2003. In addition, Boca qualifies for the FIFA World Club Cup with Italy’s AC Milan and Mexico’s Pachuca.

Image- SI.com (Boca Juniors' Martin Palermo holds the the Copa Libertadores and celebrates with his teammates)

Sources (English)- The Latin Americanist, International Herald Tribune, ESPN Soccernet, People’s Daily Online

Source (Spanish)- Clarin