Palmeiras defeat Flamengo to win Copa Libertadores title

Flamengo bushed chap Brazilian broadside Palmeiras 1-0 successful Peru to assistance the Copa Libertadores rubric for the 4th time.

Flamengo defeated Palmeiras 1-0 to win the Copa Libertadores, becoming the astir palmy Brazilian squad successful the past of South America’s apical nine contention by lifting the rubric for a 4th time.

A second-half headed extremity from Flamengo centre-back Danilo settled a scrappy brushwood astatine the Estadio Monumental successful Lima connected Saturday – the 5th Libertadores last successful the past six seasons to diagnostic 2 clubs from Brazil.

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Flamengo’s triumph avenged their 2-1 decision to Palmeiras successful the 2021 Libertadores last and leaves the celebrated Rio de Janeiro nine firmly connected people for a hat-trick of trophies successful 2025.

Flamengo began the twelvemonth with triumph successful the Brazilian Super Cup and request lone 2 points from their remaining 2 league fixtures to clinch Brazil’s home championship.

Flamengo’s 3rd triumph successful the tourney since 2019, and 4th overall, enactment them level with Argentina’s Estudiantes, 3 down different Argentinian club, Independiente, with 7 titles.

Palmeiras, meanwhile, were near ruing a aureate accidental to equalise successful the 89th minute, erstwhile Vitor Roque blasted implicit the barroom from point-blank range.

That was arguably the champion Palmeiras accidental of a mostly fractious final, littered with 33 fouls and 7 yellowish cards shared betwixt the 2 teams.

A scrappy archetypal fractional saw Flamengo bask the amended chances, with Bruno Henrique the archetypal to trigger alarm successful the Palmeiras ranks with a 15th-minute onslaught that flew precocious and wide.

Flamengo continued to find abstraction down the flanks, and moments later, Samuel Lino threatened to interruption the deadlock, cutting successful from the near and flashing a changeable wide.

This, however, was arsenic bully arsenic it got for Flamengo successful the archetypal half, and the men successful reddish and achromatic were fortunate not to beryllium reduced to 10 men aft 30 minutes, pursuing a melee that erupted erstwhile Palmeiras defender Bruno Fuchs brought down Flamengo prima Giorgian de Arrascaeta.

As tempers flared, Flamengo’s Chilean planetary Erick Pulgar flew successful and kicked retired astatine Fuchs, yet someway escaped lone with a yellow.

Flamengo again looked the much threatening squad aft half-time, portion struggling to make clear-cut chances.

The breakthrough yet came connected 67 minutes, erstwhile Arrascaeta swung successful an inviting country from the right.

Danilo – inexplicably near unmarked – roseate unchallenged to caput location for what would beryllium the winning goal.