After finishing 1-1 in the 90 minutes, a goal from Deyverson at the beginning of extra time (95) managed that those led by Portuguese Abel Ferreira won the Libertadores for the second time this year, after having won the final of the tournament 2020 last January.
Palmeiras had kept the lead for most of the game, after starting winning with a goal from Raphael Veiga at 5 minutes, until the “Fla” tied at 72, signed by Gabigol.
With this three-time championship, obtained after those won in 1999 and 2020, “Verdao” equals São Paulo, Gremio and Santos as the Brazilian teams with the most titles in the Copa Libertadores.
Ferreira, the driver of the Albiverdes, became the first European coach twice champion of Libertadores and his eleven, the first to lift this competition twice in a row since Boca did it in 2000 and 2001.
In a very open meeting and fast arrivals from both sides, the zero was broken very early.
Barely five minutes went by when, with a Flamengo far ahead in the field, the winger Mayke managed a center back so that Rapahel Veiga arrived as a bolide and scored the 1-0.
Smaller in number, the Palmeiras fans became gigantic after the goal and for several minutes only the breath was heard coming from the Amsterdam Centennial tribune, painted green and white.
However, Flamengo was not far behind and chained several chances to score, approaching Weverton’s goal with increasing danger and taking possession of the ball.
The “Verdao”, standing well behind, expected a counterattack with very vertical and very fast exits, generating attacks in depth, with a duel of styles that was maintained throughout the clash.
As the minutes passed, the euphoria of the crooked São Paulo player was on the rise, in the face of the increasingly timid breath of the fans of the Rio team.
But everything changed at 71, with Gabigol’s draw for Flamengo, in a left-handed cross shot after a play that required the intervention of the VAR to confirm the qualification of the forward.
The Centennial became a cauldron, with the red and black tide stopped in the stands and his team turned to win the game.
But the 1-1 was not broken in the 90s and everything was defined in the overtime, where Palmeiras repeated history.
After an error in the rear of Andreas Pereira, who lost the ball at the start, Deyverson was able to send himself only towards the goal of Diego Alves so that just 5 minutes after the start of the supplementary game the albiverdes returned to lead on the scoreboard, leaving all pressure for the red and black.
But Flamengo, who reached the final undefeated, could not turn things around and the third title – the second in a row – went to Palmeiras.
Source From: Ambito
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