Flamengo won the Copa Libertadores title after beating Paranaense 1-0 in the final that was played this Saturday in Guayaquil. Colombians Nicolás Hernández and Luis Manuel Orejuela were on the substitute bench for Paranaense, but did not enter the match.
The front Gabriel Barbosa “Gabigol” he scored the only goal of the game in the 48 minutes of the first half and became the tournament’s top Brazilian scorer with 29 goals.
The history of the match, which looked balanced until 43 minutes, changed with the expulsion of Paranaense center-back Pedro Henrique, upon seeing his second yellow card. However, his cast did not give up and despite his numerical inferiority, he put his rival in trouble.
Finally, Mengao, led by Dorival Júnior, reached his third title of the continental tournament, while Athletico Paranaense, directed by Luiz Felipe Scolari, he was left with the desire of the first.
This triumph confirms the golden age of a Flamengo that has accumulated its third continental crown, the second since 2019, with a sequence of three finals (with three different coaches) in the last four seasons.
The Rio de Janeiro team thus joined the club of three-time Brazilian champions, which also includes Sao Paulo, Palmeiras, Gremio and Santos, and at the same time deprived Paranaense to win his first Libertadoreswith which the team from Curitiba has already lost two finals in the competition after the one in 2005 .
