Flamengo beat Athletico Paranaense and became champion of the Copa Libertadores for the third time in its history

* Flamengo defeated Athletico Paranaense 1-0 and became champion of the Libertadores

Flamengo victory 1-0 a Athletico Paranaense at the end of the Libertadores Cup which took place in the stadium Monumental from Guayaquil, Ecuador, thanks a bit of Gabriel Barbosa 49 minutes into the first half, they became champions of the Americas for the third time in their history and will play in the Club World Cup.

In an even match, the unevenness of the Rio de Janeiro team occurred at the end of the first stage when gabigol, finely enabled, pushed an Everton Riberiro center from the right wing to the bottom of the goal. Minutes before, the Paranaense defender Pedro Henrique was expelled due to a double warning.

The Mengao He had the pleasure of lifting the continent’s most precious trophy for the second time in four years. In 2019 they beat River Plate 2-1 in Lima, in 2020 they fell to Palmeiras in the Montevideo final and had to wait until 2022 to win their third title. In addition, those from Rio de Janeiro came from being champions of the Brazil Cup.

For having scored the defining goal for the title, gabigol received the prize for the best player in the final, although the top scorer for the Libertadores ended up being Pedroalso from Flamengo, with 12 goals.

The best moments of the final of the Libertadores

In the first ten minutes of the match, which is directed by Argentine referee Patricio Loustau, both teams were cautious, studying the movements, but it was Luiz Felipe Scolari’s team that had the most dangerous plays in the first quarter of an hour.

Alex Santana had the first with a kind of volley inside the Flamengo area that was lost over the crossbar of goalkeeper Santos, who had an intervention in the previous play, against Vitinho, who took advantage of a mistake by David Luíz.

At 19 minutes, the experienced defender of the Rio de Janeiro team Filipe Luis he retired injured with a muscle ailment and Ayrton Lucas entered instead. It is the second Libertadores final that the former Atlético de Madrid must leave the pitch.

Around 43 minutes, when Flamengo began to dominate Paranaense in the game, Pedro Henrique arrived at the wrong time and knocked down Lucas, so Loustau correctly got the second yellow card to Athletico’s defender.

In additional time, Everton Ribeiro took a cross from the right side so that gabigol Barbosa, the tremendous scorer that the Flaopen the bookmark at an opportune moment.

At the start of the complementary stage, those led by Dorival Júnior were aggressive and attacked Paranaense from the start. at 51, gabigol he had the second, but goalkeeper Bento bailed well and won heads-up.

At 81, Paranaense took advantage of the spaces left by Flamengo in defense and a strong shot from outside the area by Uruguayan David Terans found the body of Santos, who rebounded. The Athletico players claimed a penalty against Agustín Canobbio that did not exist.

In the 85th minute, a header by Pablo went wide and in the 90th minute, a free kick taken by Terans ended up in the hands of Santos, who made an effort to fly and not rebound. Flamengo stayed in the final minutes and risked their victory, even with one more player.

The Fla had chances to finish him off on a couple of occasions with shots from Pedro, but the striker sensation of the Mengao He was not fine in his shots that went over the crossbar.

Flamengo finished tight in the closing, but finished a round Copa Libertadores from any point of view. The Cariocas managed to close the contest undefeated and only Talleres de Córdoba was able to snatch a draw from them in the group stage.

Referee: Patricio Loustau.

Estadio: Monumental Banco Pichincha (Guayaquil, Ecuador).

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