The Copa Libertadores Scandal Is The Latest Battle In The Long War For Soccer’s Soul
Photo: Marcelo Hernandez (Getty) The 2018 Copa Libertadores final could’ve been the greatest one in the competition’s storied history. In the world’s most popular sport, the world’s most fanatically soccer-crazed continent’s most coveted title was to be contested by the two clubs that make up the world’s most passionate rivalry. But what was ostensibly a pair of rivalry matches of unprecedented importance between Argentine clubs River Plate and Boca Juniors has become something much bigger than that. This Copa final really has come to represent a struggle between the forces currently vying...
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