The final who had gone up to the roof after the first games in the semi-finals came down the stairs and took the elevator to bravely sustain the draw in Argentina and, with magic, build the rout in Brazil. He reached the podium.
A week of redemptions and consecration.
Redemptions of Hulk and Dudu, at Atlético Mineiro, also qualified for a continental final, the Copa Sudamericana, in Asunción, on November 22, against the Argentines of Lanús.
Redemption of Argentine goalkeeper Rossi, from Flamengo, who was under suspicious eyes from the Nation and who contributed with two fine saves to guarantee equality at El Cilindro — the second in the final minutes and with the Red and Black team being the victim of an unfair expulsion from the Ecuadorian Plata.
Redemption of Raphael Veiga, who the peanut gang and neurotic influencers thought was over and that is over, yes, but with the game when he entered the second half and scored two goals.
Those who were ungrateful to Abel Ferreira can only hope that they have a minimum of character in the next defeat.
And consecration of Allan, the winger who destroyed LDU’s defense and reminded Mané Garrincha, or Julinho Botelho, in the move that led to the 4-0 penalty. If in doubt, the white boy could be the solution for the selection, lacking in the position.
A Tuesday in Belo Horizonte, Wednesday in Avellaneda and Thursday in São Paulo to reconcile those who were at odds with football. What a blessed week.
Forty thousand fans in Minas, 53 thousand in Buenos Aires and another 40 thousand in São Paulo filled the three stadiums and saw everything that football games can offer.
When it comes to the Libertadores, national football finally ties with Argentina by reaching the same 25 cups, and for the first time Brazil will have a four-time continental champion in men’s football.
It’s no small feat.
If the pyrotechnics of the Racing fans impressed everyone, and would impress even Steven Spielberg, although it did not scare the Flamengo team, the incessant support of the crowd from Palmeiras was not far behind, even at half-time, motivated by the 2-0 at the end of the initial stage.
Football is “golbalized” to the point that there were 17 Spanish-speaking players on the field when the game started at El Cilindro, six for Flamengo. And another 15 in the green house, with two Portuguese-speaking coaches, one, the original, on the Brazilian bench, the other, the Brazilian, Tiago Nunes, on the Ecuadorian bench — in fact, as scared as his team.
Money makes a difference, and we are facing the seventh Libertadores decision between Brazilians alone. If the first two are already distant, in 2005 and 2006, the next four have happened since 2020.
Now we hope that Flamengo and Palmeiras can reach the rematch of the final in Montevideo, in 2021, in one piece, the day of misfortune, in Gávea, of Andreas Pereira, today at Palmeiras.
That Paulinho and Pedro are in condition to play.
It would be so good if Conmebol had some common sense and transferred the final scheduled for Lima to Brasília.
Besides getting rid of the political turbulence in Peru, what sense does it make to have a decision between two teams from the same country outside of it? Isn’t the monkeyness of the single game enough?
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