Vasco da Gama will keep home advantage at the Maracaná against Boca

An adverse ruling for the Fla-Flu Consortium ended up clearing the picture and confirmed that Vasco da Gama will be the home side at the Maracaná against Boca. The decision overturned the other clubs’ request to change that setting.

The ruling that upheld Vasco’s home advantage

According to the available information, the off-field body backed Vasco da Gama’s position and maintained its right to host the match at the Rio stadium. The measure directly affects the context of the clash against Xeneize.

The detail is not minor: Arruabarrena’s team will return to the Maracaná after the 2023 Libertadores final, a reference that adds recent memory to the match.

A recent precedent at a very special stadium

The confirmation of home advantage at the Maracaná reopens a setting that already had major international exposure for Vasco. In this case, the ruling shut down the intention of the other clubs involved and left the original decision in place.

• Vasco da Gama will remain the home side.
• The match will be at the Maracaná.
• The opponent will be Boca.
• The ruling ratifies a home advantage that had been challenged by the Fla-Flu Consortium.
• The return to the stadium comes after the 2023 Libertadores final.

In a packed calendar, the news does not change the sporting outlook of the tie, but it does clearly set the stage for how it will be played: Vasco at home, at the Maracaná.