Bolivar - Boca Juniors (pre-game comments)

yeah, we won the first match, now the second will be played on the 17th...a day before Juve - Milan....it will be interesting to see if I survive those 2 days

Chiorazzo is so far the tournament's top scorer this season. After Joaquin Botero (world's top scorer 2003) left us, many thought we wouldn't have a player capable of taking his place, but then Chiorazzo stood up for the challenge.

As for my team's history, I would love to talk more about it rae, but I am currently busy with some stuff, so I'll just summarize it for you .

Bolivar is without a doubt Bolivia's best team. We were 12 times champions of the Bolivian National League (which started under that name in 1977). So basically we won 12 out of 26, and this year we are going for the 13th . Before 1977 the League had another name and Bolivar was of course part of it, winning many times. So nationally, Bolivar is the best team. Internationally, Bolivar has always been Bolivia's best representant. Although eternally considered underdogs when playing other big South American clubs, we still managed to reach the final stages of many of the international competitions we played in (both Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana)....now few dare to consider us underdogs anymore . Although we made it to quarterfinals of the South American cups many times, it was only in 2002 that we made it to a semifinal (first time for us as well as for any Bolivian club), where we barely lost to the team that would later on become the champion, San Lorenzo from Argentina. Now, in 2004, and again for the first time for a Bolivian club, we reached the final of an international competition, where Boca was waiting. We won the first final in Bolivia 1-0, and the second final will be on the 17th on the mitical "Bombonera" in Argentina. Actually, the original schedule said that the first final should be in Argentina, and the second and definitive one in Bolivia. But "somehow" CONMEBOL (South American Football Association) managed to turn it around and make the final-final in Argentina.....money issues of course, sad but true.

In short, when it comes to international club competitions, Bolivar is Bolivia, and although at national team level Bolivia is doing very poorly, at club level Bolivar always gives reasons for Bolivians to be proud of.

!!!VIVA EL BOLIVAR !!!