River Plate and Boca Juniors yielded to the power of Palmeiras and Santos , who will play the final of the edition 61 of the Copa Libertadores on 30 in January in the great cathedral of Brazilian football, Maracaná and incidentally they returned hegemony to Brazil , which had not been seen since 2006 when Internacional and Sao Paulo disputed the title.
Santos , champion in 1962 and 1963 with Pelé, and the last time in 2011 with Neymar sealed his classification impeccably on Wednesday by thrashing Boca Juniors 3-0 , which on January 6 had already allowed a goalless draw at La Bombonera .
🇧🇷⚽️🇦🇷 Win by @SantosFC to be a finalist! 💪
📽️🏆 To see again: the best of the 3⃣-0⃣ of Peixe on @BocaJrsOficial in the second leg of the CONMEBOL Semifinals # Libertadores. @ FutbolSantander #GloriaEterna pic. twitter.com/ukEfWjilfs
– CONMEBOL Libertadores (@Libertadores) January 30, 2021
Diego Pituca, Lucas Braga and the Venezuelan Yeferson Soteldo sentenced today with their goals at the Vila Belmiro stadium a match that was relatively comfortable for the coach’s pupils Alexi Stival ‘Cuca’ before an inoperative and lackluster Boca.
To further muddy the things of the team that directs Miguel Ángel Russo , from the 56 minutes should have played with 10 for the expulsion of Colombian side Frank Fabra .
In the other series, the superlative performance of Palmeiras with whom he thrashed 0-3 at River Plate in Buenos Aires on January 5, was not seen on Tuesday in Sao Paulo, but the income was enough to eliminate the Argentine team in a close match, which touched the epic at win by 0-2.
✌️🇧🇷 Brazilian final at @maracana! @Palmeiras and @SantosFC, for the #GloriaEterna.
🤔 Who will be the CONMEBOL #Libertadores champion? pic.twitter.com/Csu1aRoRZ4
– CONMEBOL Libertadores (@Libertadores) January 14 , 2021
Robert Rojas and Rafael Santos Borré made believe with their goals that the epic it was possible. Those of Marcelo Gallardo , who reigned in the court of the pupils of Portuguese Abel Ferreira still with ten players, suffered with the VAR , which He annulled a goal and a penalty already awarded by the referee Esteban Ostojich, and also denied the request of another at the last minute.
Palmeiras will play for the fifth time in its history the final of the Copa Libertadores, which only in 1999 could win at the expense of the Deportivo Cali Colombian.
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