Top 5 Football club rivalries in the world

Barcelona v Real Madrid - La Liga
Barcelona v Real Madrid - La Liga

#3 Superclásico

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The Superclasico Argentina

Teams Involved - Boca Juniors and River Plate

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Head to head - Boca - 88 ; River - 81; Draws - 77

Biggest Victory - Boca Juniors 6–0 River Plate

Last Meeting - 6th November 2017; River Plate 1–2 Boca Juniors

Next Meeting - postponed(no official date till now)

Top Scorer - Ángel Labruna(16)

The match between the Buenos Aires rivals in Argentina, Boca Juniors and River Plate is known as the the Superclásico. It is the most fierce rivalry in South America and some people even consider it the best in the world.

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In April 2004, the English newspaper 'The Observer' put the Superclásico at the top of their list of 50 sporting things you must do before you die.

Boca Juniors has been known as the club of Argentina's working class or the people's club, with many Boca fans coming from the local Italian immigrant community. By contrast, River Plate became known by the nickname, Los Millonarios (the Millionaires), with a supposedly upper-class support base. Both clubs however, have supporters from all social classes.

Superclásico is particularly known for its passion as BBC describes it "a sea of coluorful flowing banners, screams and roars, chanting, dancing and never-ending fireworks".

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