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00:004 superstars to follow in the grand final. From a legend of Real Madrid in search of glory to an Argentine goalkeeper who exorcises demons, the final of the Libertadores Cup 2023 is full of human drama.
00:16These are the 4 superstars to follow in the final of Saturday.
00:22First, Edinson Cavani.
00:25The talent of Edinson Cavani was so great as a young striker that the Uruguayan only spent 2 years playing for Danubio before leaving South America in 2007.
00:35After an illustrious European career spanning 15 years in Italy, France, England and Spain, winning 22 important titles along the way, Cavani has returned to where it all began.
00:47The number 23 title could be the biggest of all, as Cavani finished runner-up in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League with PSG and Manchester United respectively.
00:57The forward, who is now 36 years old, moved to Boca Juniors in the summer of 2023 and the club saw in the player the key to winning the most important title on the continent.
01:102. Marcelo.
01:12Yes, we are talking about that Marcelo.
01:14We are talking about the same Marcelo who left the Fluminense of his hometown in 2007 being an unknown 18-year-old with great fame of being the next Roberto Carlos.
01:25We are talking about the same Marcelo who later remained in Real Madrid for the next 15 years to win 5 Champions League titles and 6 League titles.
01:35After leaving Madrid in 2022, Marcelo made a brief stop at the Olimpiacos before deciding to make the dream of so many footballers come true by returning to the club he loved.
01:45In just 8 months since he made his second debut with the Fluminense, Marcelo won the Carioca Championship for the Río Club and now has the opportunity to become a legend by being part of the first victory of the Flú in the Copa Libertadores.
01:593. Sergio Romero.
02:01The goalkeeper of Boca Juniors is recovering the lost time, more specifically the 6 years lost in Manchester United, where he was a substitute for BDG and largely followed the action from the barrier.
02:14Romero is now at the front and center of the most important club game in South America, as he joined Boca Juniors in the summer of 2022 after 15 years in Europe.
02:25It is the best and last opportunity of real glory for the 36-year-old player after losing the 2014 World Cup final in the same stadium as the game on Saturday.
02:35Losing the 2018 World Cup due to an injury and seeing Emiliano Martínez take his number one place so that the albiceleste wins both the America Cup and the World Cup.
02:45Romero has been key on the way from Boca to the final, as the team, shy about the goal, needed so many penalties to go through all the elimination phases.
02:55Yes, if the final of the Copa Libertadores 2023 comes to the same conclusion, then Romero could well have his deserved moment in the center of attention.
03:074. Germán Cano.
03:09The 35-year-old Argentine striker who plays with the colors of a Brazilian team is a football traveler.
03:16Cano has now been in his tenth club since 2007 in a career that has seen action in Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil.
03:24However, it was not until the 30s that Cano really caused a sensation as a striker, especially in the Fluminense since he joined in 2022.
03:33At the end of the 2022 season in Brazil, Cano was the top scorer with 26 goals and Argentina continued this good streak in 2023 with 12 goals in 11 Copa Libertadores matches with the Fluminense.
03:45One or two more in the Maracaná would be enough to show that it is never too late for a player to reach his maximum point.
03:53Do not miss a classic battle between Argentina and Brazil when Boca Juniors faces Fluminense on Saturday, November 4, exclusively on Bein Sports.