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Boca Juniors fans also dominated Nashville and are excited about reaching the round of 16 at the Club World Cup.

Boca Juniors fans also dominated Nashville and are excited about reaching the round of 16 at the Club World Cup.

The chords of ten electric guitars and another ten acoustic guitars can be heard. Each trio is completed by a drummer, and the sound of a thousand cymbals bounces off the buildings on Broadway Avenue in downtown Nashville, the capital of the state of Tennessee. But an invasion of men, women, and children dressed in blue and yellow burst into Music City and disrupt the organized chaos of this Club World Cup venue.

Boca Juniors fans arrived by the hundreds, thousands, to Nashville. Here, Miguel Ángel Russo's team will play this Tuesday for its last chance to advance to the round of 16. They must thrash Auckland City and hope Bayern Munich beats Benfica. Boca Juniors fans remain faithful, asking the Germans for help, and quickly find the perfect moment to gather and hold another rally in the United States.

The two matches held in Miami were historic, and Boca Juniors fans are one of the Club World Cup's biggest draws. There were 50,000 fans at the opening match against Benfica and the first full house of the tournament against Bayern Munich (63,587 spectators). For Boca Juniors' final Group C match at Geodis Park in Nashville , a large crowd is expected to fill the 30,000-seat stadium.

The flags of the The flags of the "Peña Viedma Patagones" and Ushuaia, members of one of Boca's "consulates." (Fernando De la Orden, special envoy)

"We drove all the way from Miami and we're going back because we're going to advance to the round of 16," says Miguel, a 45-year-old Boca Juniors fan who has lived in the United States for more than 20 years and saw the team's first two matches at Hard Rock Stadium. The drive from Florida is more than 16 hours. Many came in convoys and stopped in Atlanta to spend the night before continuing the next day. People are excited after the team put on a good performance and put on a good performance against the European teams.

Most of the Boca Juniors fans in Nashville live in the country and are part of the various "consulates" or fan clubs established in the United States . However, many others organized and came to the United States to spend their vacation in Miami, extending their trip to also be present at Geodis Park. The crowd walks through downtown Nashville, among people wearing Texan boots, staring in surprise at the small army dressed in blue and yellow.

Boca fans, wearing cowboy hats, already feel like they're at home. (Fernando De la Orden, special correspondent) Boca fans, wearing cowboy hats, already feel like they're at home. (Fernando De la Orden, special correspondent)

The meeting point is Riverfront Park, where the main avenue meets the Cumberland River , which flows west. A banner hangs from the bridge connecting the two banks: "Boca n' Rock," it says, and Maradona's face can be seen. In Music City, the music is provided by Argentine fans who gather on every corner and dare to shout "Go Booooo and Go Boooo, Go Boca, Go Boooo."

A flag with Maradona's face and the legend A flag with Maradona's face and the words "Rock N' Boca" in the City of Music. (Fernando De la Orden, special correspondent)

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