This Wednesday will be the finals of the 50th version of Copa Libertadores, a half of century of Copa tournament play, a golden mark.

Stadium Mineirao, is located in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, with a capacity for 75,783 fans and inaugurated in 1965, will be the witness for Copa libertadores finals.

Wednesday night, Cruzeiro from Brazil or Estudiantes from Argentina will be crowned champion number 50 of the tournament, where the the first winner of the Cup was Peñarol of Uruguay after defeating Olimpia also from Uruguay.

After last week's tie in the first phase game in La Plata city (Estudiantes home), the title still is up for grabs, although the game is favoring Cruzeiro as they are playing at home, and the Brazilians fans have already made Cruzeiro the champions, the euphoria is in the streets, the matter of the truth is that Alejandro Sabella's team have not lost the battle, but they will have to play a much calculate game and will have to control the ball, concentrate, and take advantage of situations that arise of scoring a goal.

On the other side, Cruzeiro does a good job of controlling the ball, as they are speedy on the lateral sides, with forwards that have speed, as Wellington and Kleber and wingers like Wagner and Ramires.

All in all the game will be a hard fought battle for both sides, as both team demand from each other to play to an ultimate level of soccer, that is the reason they have reached the finals.

The table is set. The party is superb in a city of more that two million people with a tropical climate, who feel a little warmer when the drums are beating. The ambiance is that of a carnival and the fans are ready for this Copa Libertadores final.

Copa Libertadores history

In the 50 years of Copa libertadores history the Argentinean teams have taken the Copa trophy 21 times and the Brazilians 13 times.

Another statistic, the team that has won the most Copa is Independiente of Argentina, with seven trophies in seven finals. This team is the only team with four consecutive cups (72, 73, 74, and 75) . But the most participation by a team is Peñarol with 37, winning 5 Copa Libertadores.

The most goals by a player is Ecuadorian, Alberto Spencer, who played with Peñarol and Barcelona of Ecuador.