Buenos Aires is a city obsessed. It is impossible not to realise that there is a major game about to happen, that, on Saturday, River Plate will play Boca Juniors in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final. The way the first leg went has only whetted the appetite. It is not only that it finished 2-2, a thrilling game that gives River a slight edge. It was everything that went round it.
There was the 24-hour delay because of torrential rain, as though the elements themselves felt the game deserved an extended buildup, a sense of chaos, of gratification delayed, just as anticipation for the Rumble in the Jungle was enhanced when it was postponed after George Foreman sustained a cut in training. There were anxious eyes on the weather forecast this week as well, but after storms on Thursday, it should be clear for the weekend.
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