This year’s Libertadores Cup final will be without either of the top two Argentines – Boca Juniors and River Plate – after both were knocked out in the semi-finals in the last two days, by Brazilian teams. Early in the morning (Wednesday to Thursday) Boca flew with a 3-0 loss in the return leg to Santos (after 0-0 in the first game), while the day before River was close to a comeback and beat Palmeiras 0-2, but that was not enough in the face of the 3-0 In the first confrontation.
Thus, this is the first time since 2006 that the final will be entirely Brazilian, and it will be held on January 30 at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. By the way, River was eliminated after two consecutive finals. For the two new finalists, Santos and Palmeiras, this is the fifth final of each in history. Santos has won the title three times before, the last of which was in 2011, while Palmeiras has only done so once, in 1999.
For Santos, Pituca (16), Yiferson Sotaldo Martins of Venezuela (49) and Lucas Braga (51) scored early in the morning. On the other side Frank Fabre was sent off, and the team that Carlos Tevez plays for ended its way.
🔥🇧🇷 El 30/1 en el @maracana se jugará la 3⃣ Final entre brasileños en la CONMEBOL #Libertadores:
2⃣0⃣0⃣5⃣ 🇪🇬 🏆 @SaoPauloFC 🆚 @AthleticoPR
2⃣0⃣0⃣6⃣ 🇦🇹 🏆 @SCInternacional 🆚 @SaoPauloFC
2⃣0⃣2⃣0⃣⁉ @Palmeiras 🆚 @SantosFC pic.twitter.com/43YKtSlFlS
– CONMEBOL Libertadores (@Libertadores) January 14, 2021