For the grand finale of the Copa Libertadores 2024, Botafogo victory to Atlético Mineiro by 3 to 1 in the Más Monumental and was crowned champion. In this way the set of Thiago Almada made history against the team Gabriel Milito.
Analyzing the match, the Libertadores 2024 final started with everything. At 30 seconds Gregore da Silva (former teammate of Lionel Messi at Inter Miami) applied a tremendous iron to Fausto Vera’s face that left the former Argentinos Juniors with a cut.
In view of the harsh infraction, the Argentine referee Facundo Tello decided to expel the Botafogo man. It is worth adding that the VAR of the match decided not to call him and also several users on the networks are sharing positive reactions to Tello’s decision.
Although despite the expulsion, Botafogo recomposed themselves and took control of the development of the match. First he opened the scoring thanks to Luiz Henrique after a good play by Thiago Almada. While shortly after he widened the difference through a penalty taken by Alex Telles.
In the second half, Mineiro achieved the discount thanks to a header from Eduardo Vargas at 60 seconds. Later it had several approaches. Although Botafogo defended well and in the last action of the match they sealed the 3-1 score through Junior Santos.
The title table
Reviewing the historical table of titles, Independiente continues to be the leader in solitude with seven crowns. Just behind is Boca with six. While Peñarol has five. For its part, Botafogo achieves the first title in its history. As a colorful fact, he was the last ‘great’ in Brazil that did not yet have a Copa Libertadores in its showcase.
As an extra piece of information, today the six Conmebol representatives for the 2025 Club World Cup to be held in the US were also defined: River, Boca, Flamengo, Fluminense, Palmeiras and Botafogo. That is, two clubs from Argentina and four from Brazil.