Palmeiras, two-time American champion! Copa Libertadores | They beat Flamenco 2-1 in the final Football | Sports

Palmeiras were crowned Copa Libertadores 2021 champions this Saturday after beating Flamenco 2-1 in the final at Centenario Stadium in Montevideo.

After finishing 1-1 in 90 minutes, Diverson’s goal (95) at the start of extra time led the Portuguese side to victory over the Libertadores for the second time this year after winning the final of the 2020 tournament. Last January.

After Rafael Vigo started with a goal in the 5th minute, Palmeras was in favor of most of the game, until the ‘Fly’ tie signed by Capigol 72.

After winning the championship three times in 1999 and 2020, ‘Vertavo’ is on par with the Brazilian teams that have won the most titles at the Copa Libertadores, the Sao Paulo, the Gremio and the Santos.

Ferreira, the driver of Albivertes, became Libertadores’ first European coach and his eleven, the first to lift the competition twice in a row since doing the Boca Juniors in 2000 and 2001.

Very open meeting and fast approaching from both sides, zero was broken very quickly.

Just five minutes later, as Flamengo was too far from the field, winger Mackay overcame a centerpiece so Rafael Vega came on as a poly and scored 1-0.

Small in number, the Palmeiras fans were huge after the goal, and for a few minutes the green and white painted Amsterdam Century Tribune was just a breath of fresh air.

However, Flamenco was not far behind and chained up several chances to score.

‘Verdao’, in the most backward position, anticipated a counterattack that was too vertical and too fast, creating deeper attacks, with fighting styles continuing throughout the conflict.

As the minutes passed, the ‘curved’ Sao Paulo player’s excitement increased, before the frightening breath of the Rio team’s fans.

But all that changed in ’71, in a cappuccino draw for Flamenco, on a left-handed cross-shot after a game that required VAR’s intervention to confirm forward qualification.

With the red and black waves stopped at the stand and his team winning the game, the century turned into a cauldron.

But 1-1 was not broken in the 90s and everything was defined in the extension, where ‘Vertov’ made history again and again.

After an error in the back of Andreas Pereira who lost the ball in the beginning, Diverson was only able to send himself towards the goal of Diego Alves, so Albivertes returned to the lead 5 minutes after the start of the sub-game. The scoreboard leaves all the pressure on the red and black.

But things could not be turned around by Flamenco, who reached the final undefeated, and the third title – the second in a row – went to Palmeiras. (D)