The news was announced by Alejandro Domínguez, who anticipated that “it will be another event at the height of the best in the world.”
The president of the Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguezconfirmed Monday that the final of the Copa Libertadores 2025 will be played in the Monumental Stadium of Lima. It will be the second time since the single -final modality was introduced to the competition that will be repeated: there the final had been played between River and Flamengo in 2019.
Dominguez made the announcement through a stage, recorded with a drone that later showed the entire court, with the trophy in the middle of the playing field. “The final of the Conmebol Libertadores 2025 will be played at the Monumental Stadium in Lima. It will be on Saturday 29/11 for eternal glory”Said the leader.
“I want to thank the Peruvian Football Federation, its president, Agustín Lozano, and the University Club for working together with the CONMEBOL so that today we can confirm the Monumental of Lima as the headquarters of the Grand Final of the Libertadores. ¡I am sure that it will be another event at the height of the best in the world and that we will live a football party! ”Dominguez concluded.
While the Confederation had already announced that the final would be played there in April, Conmebol now confirmed the news.
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The Copa Libertadores final will return to the Monumental Stadium of Lima
This will be the second final of Libertadores at the Monumental Stadium in Lima, although the previous time it had not been the originally chosen headquarters. The game ended up playing there since the locality of Santiago de Chile had to be transferred due to a strong political and social crisis in the country, so the organization preferred to change location.
In that final of 2019 Flamengo won 2-1 against River Plate in the last minutes of the match, thanks to the shouts of Gabriel Barbosa (Rafael Santos Borré had opened the scoring for the Argentine cast).
Until today, six unique finals were played. After the first between River and Flamengo, the definition went through Janeiro River In 2020 (Palmeiras beat Santos 1-0), Montevideo In 2021 (the truth was imposed again; 2-1 against the Flamengo), Guayaquil In 2022 (Flamengo beat Atlético Paranaense 1-0), again the Maracaná In 2023 (Fluminense defeated Boca Juniors 2-1) and the Monumental In 2024, with the coronation of Botafogo, after overcoming Atlético Mineiro in the definition.
The finalists will be among the 16 teams that will begin the stage of the round of 16 this week. The crosses of this instance will be: Fortaleza-Vélez, Atlético Nacional-San Pablo, Peñarol-Racing, Cerro Porteño-Studers, Flamengo Inter, Botafogo-Liga de Quito, Libertad River and University-Palmeiras.
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