In a very entertaining final, Botafogo victory to Atlético Mineiro by 3 to 1 in the Más Monumental and was crowned champion of the Copa Libertadores for the first time in its history. Several users on the networks are sharing positive reactions and consider that the team of Thiago Almada He is a fair winner.
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.
Racing vs. Botafogo
After today’s consecration, the 2025 South American Cup Winners’ Cup was confirmed between Racing and Botafogo. The Academy will compete in the final after its victory in the Copa Sudamericana. It will be a round trip series that will be defined in Brazil. The date is not yet known although it would take place at the end of February.
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..