The Copa Libertadores final takes place on Saturday between Boca Juniors and Fluminense at the Maracana.

The final of the biggest club tournament in South America, if not the world, takes place on Saturday. Six time champions Boca Juniors against Fluminense, a club that has never lifted the trophy.

One club from Argentina against a club from Brazil. A club that has players which have represented Argentina at national team level like Sergio Romero, Marcos Rojo and even Dario Benedetto with an Uruguayan superstar in Edinson Cavani.

Germán Cano is the only Argentine with Fluminense but the Argentine has 12 goals in 11 matches in this year’s Copa Libertadores. The 35 year old will want to score in the final.

Boca Juniors eliminated Nacional of Uruguay in the Round of 16 on penalty kicks, eliminated Racing in the quarter finals on penalty kicks and advanced to the final by beating Palmeiras on penalty kicks. Sergio Romero made penalty saves in all three of the shootouts and Marcos Rojo is suspended after being red carded against Palmeiras.

Fluminense eliminated Argentinos Juniors of Argentina in the Round of 16, Olimpia of Paraguay in the quarter finals and Internacional of Brazil in the semi finals.

The Ballon d’Or voting points have been revealed and Lionel Messi won with a big margin.

Lionel Messi won his eighth Ballon d’Or on Monday and by some distance. Messi ended with 462 points and second place Erling Haaland finished with 357 points.

The Argentine ran away with it as Haaland finished closer to third place Kylian Mbappe than he did to Messi. In third place was Kylian Mbappe with 270 points.

Julian Alvarez, who finished in seventh place, ended with 28 points in the rankings. Here are the points of the top 10 players:

Lionel Messi: 462 points
Erling Haaland: 357 points
Kylian Mbappe: 270 points
Kevin De Bruyne: 100 points
Rodri: 57 points
Vinicius: 49 points
Julián Álvarez: 28 points
Victor Osimhen: 24 points
Bernardo Silva: 20 points
Luka Modric: 19 points

The voting points have been revealed for the Yashin trophy which was won by Emiliano Martínez on Monday.

Emiliano Martínez won the Yashin award for the best goalkeeper in the world with 290 points. In second place was Ederson of Brazil with 197 points and Yassine Bounou of Morocco with 154 points. Here were the points for the award:

Emiliano Martínez: 290 points
Ederson: 197 points
Yassine Bounou: 154 poins
Thibaut Courtois: 81 points
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen: 47 points
Andre Onana: 44 points
Dominik Livakivic: 9 points
Aaron 󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ramsdale: 5 points
Mike Maignan: 1 point
Brice Samba: 0 points

Martínez won the 2022 World Cup with the Argentina national team and was also named the best goalkeeper in Qatar.

Matías Soulé has stated that he wants to play with the Argentina national team.

Soulé is a player that is wanted by the Italian national team but according to reports, he has been included in the provisional list for Argentina’s matches in the November World Cup qualifiers. Speaking in an interview with SportsMediaSet, here is what the 20 year old had to say:

“I told him (Italy coach Spalletti) that I felt Argentine. I thanked him because he wants me, then I also spoke with Walter Samuel who told me that they had provisionally called me up.

“I am waiting for Argentina, I don’t know if it will happen now or later but I am Argentine, my heart always says Argentina.”