The last editions had Maracanã (Brazil), Estadio Centenario (Uruguay) and Estadio Monumental Isidro (Ecuador) as venues for the decisive matches. The continent’s main competition now has the teams that are looking to secure the remaining spots in the competition’s general groups. Atlético Mineiro and Fortaleza vie with 14 other teams for eight spots in the next phases of the competition. The Brazilians won both matches, but the second match was not even finished. When the score was 3-2, the referee stopped the match in the 25th minute because the opposing fans started throwing objects on the pitch.
After a first half of few side-by-side opportunities, Furacão scored the winning goal thanks to a particular throw person of a player who is best known for his marking power. In the 24th minute of the final stage, midfielder Christian entered the field in place of Uruguayan attacking midfielder Canobbio. And, a minute later, the midfielder received a pass on the left, carried the ball to the intermediate and hit a placed shot to overcome goalkeeper Martín Silva. The spot of the team from Minas Gerais was guaranteed because in the first leg, last Wednesday (22) at the stadium Olimpico de la UCV, in Caracas, the final score was a scoreless draw.
Brazil has a somewhat controversial liberator that differs in many ways from other liberators. The establishment remained, only the status of who the nobility represented changed. Furthermore, only after the Treaty was our liberator allowed to call himself Emperor of Brazil.
Colorado opened the score during the final stages; Uruguayans kept the greater dominance of the match Internacional endured the pressure… The online broadcast on Facebook Watch will be made through the official Conmebol profile for the Copa Libertadores (@CopaLibertadores). At the time of the game, just enter the page, click on the “More” tab and select “Live”. With this, Conmebol, Conmebol, in 2020, ended up negotiating with SBT the broadcast rights libertadores. In 2020, SBT acquired the broadcast rights of Conmebol Libertadores, right after the paralysis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
It is worth noting that América de Cali has been runner-up four times (1985, 1986, 1987 and 1996). The nation’s eight victories are shared by only two teams; Peñarol (5) and Nacional (3). The former had most of their success in the 1960s, winning the first two editions of the tournament in 1960 and 1961, before adding their third title in 1966. It wasn’t until 1982 that Peñarol experienced success again, and their fifth and final title came soon after, in 1987. Nacional reached the ultimate three times throughout the 1960s before finally winning the trophy in 1971. Two more victories followed in 1980 and 1988, but the title has not returned to Uruguay since.
With a solid system of play, talented players, and a passionate crowd that supports the 90 minutes, River can be considered a major threat to the Brazilians. Besides having two of the biggest budgets in South American soccer, which makes the coaches’ job much easier, Flamengo and Palmeiras have great players who are used to deciding games in this competition. And this is a very important factor for tournaments that have a knockout stage, as is the case of “Liberta”. Corinthians is mathematically eliminated from the Libertadores Cup. The team lost away from home by three to 0 against Independiente Del Valle, and can no longer qualify for the round of 16 of the competition.
Thus, SBT was the broadcast TV channel responsible for showing the games of the 2020, 2021 and 2022 seasons. Before that, the channel that held these rights for years was TV Globo, which returned to the competition in 2022, when FC Diez announced the sale of the concessions. From these, the owners of the best campaigns of each group move on to the knockout stage, until reaching the final, which is played on a neutral field and with mixed attendance.
They highlighted problems in reconciling schedules and dissatisfaction with the redistribution of places, in which Mexico would have three teams, while Brazil and Argentina would have five. Mexico’s exit left two more vacancies, for Brazil, and one, for Argentina. In the 44th minute the fans of the Hurricanes had a scare when Villalba overcame the goalkeeper Bento, but the referee ended up annulling the shot, with the aid of VAR (video referee), because of a hand touch by the striker.
If they win the three points at home, the team from Rio de Janeiro will depend only on their game in the last round to advance. Another frequent type of violence in the history of the Libertadores is related to racism. In 2017, fans of Deportivo Capiatá, from Paraguay, spent much of the game against Athlético insulting Brazilian players with shouts of “monkey”. In addition, the fans threw bottles and objects at some players, such as Grafite, who had already been a victim of racism by the Argentine player Desábato, in 2005. With the change promoted by Conmebol in 2016, the format of the tournament changed again. Since 2017, the Pre-Libertadores has had three knockout stages and qualifying rounds for the group stage.
On the same day and time, Libertad hosts Atlético-MG at the Defensores Del Chaco stadium in Asunción. With the advantage, Atlético-MG slowed their rotation and began to give spaces to Carabobo, which began to come eventually to the goal defended by Everson. And in one of these escapes, at 48, Pernía hit from outside the area and the Brazilian goalkeeper accepted for the Venezuelans to cash.
The game of the team from Paraná was broadcast live online via Facebook Watch, which will also occur in the match between Fortaleza x Colo Colo (Chile), scheduled for Thursday (7), at 7 pm. The dates were set by Conmebol after the draw of the instances, held by the entity on the 25th. The competition has a special advertising package designed by the broadcaster, which will include brand insertions in the games and news coverage on broadcast TV, ge and social networks. Globo will alternate the exhibition of the teams per round during the group phase. With the result, Furacão reached ten points and guarantees classification for the round of 16 of the tournament with one round in advance. In the Libertadores Cup, Furacão closes the group stage on June 27, at 7 pm, against Alianza Lima-PER, in the capital of Paraná.
The dominance of the team led by coach Eduardo Coudet period such that the second soon came out. At 18, Pedrinho stole the ball in the middle, played to Patrick on the left, who returned to the number 38, who finished for a partial defense of the opposing goalkeeper. The Copa Libertadores da América has this name as a tribute to the liberators of the region when the colonizers were expelled from the region in order to give total autonomy to those who had suffered so much for centuries.
They were, in short, of bourgeois origin and military background who sought ways to give more power to the colony. The Copa Libertadores da América was created in 1958, after a Conmebol congress held in Rio de Janeiro. At the time, the competition would only be held with the national champions of South America. The idea came about and gained momentum because of UEFA’s interest in scheduling a match between the European champion and the best South American team. The increase in clubs participating in competitions, whether Libertadores or South American, also works in favor of increasing the supremacy of Brazilian clubs in competitions.
In 2014, a fan of Bolivia’s São José, just 14 years old, died after being hit by a firecracker fired by Corinthians fans. The Corinthians fans, celebrating a goal, lit and aimed fireworks in the direction of the rival fans. One of the fireworks hit the boy Kevin Espada, who was taken away by doctors, but was unable to resist and died when he was admitted to the hospital. The Argentineans have the advantage as the biggest winners of the Libertadores Cup.
Therefore, Brazil can have up to nine representatives in the Libertadores Cup. Even though it is a South American competition, with Toyota, the tournament’s master sponsor in 1998, the interest of clubs in the competition has increased significantly due to the amounts distributed in prizes. That same year, Mexico joined the roster of teams competing in the Libertadores Cup as a guest. The matches between teams from different countries began to be held in South America in 1900, through the Copa Competencia, which brought together clubs from Buenos Aires and Rosario, in Argentina, and Montevideo, in Uruguay.
The third place plays playoffs with teams from the Copa Sudamericana. Michael Hoyos (x2) and Sornoza scored the Ecuadorian team’s goals in the match. At this stage, the 32 teams are divided into eight groups, but within the same group, no two occasions from the same country are allowed. Round robin matches are played against each of the other instances in the same group.
The soccer competition, which brings together teams from several countries on the continent, was started in 1960 as a way to honor leaders of the independence of South American nations. Based on the desire to create a tournament to bring together the champion clubs of each South American country, the traditional competition had its origin at the CSF Congress, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1958. But before it was made official, there was a lot of planning and projects until the final decision was made. 247 – Athletico-PR received Libertad-PAR on Tuesday (6) by 1-0 for the Libertadores Cup at Arena da Baixada, in Curitiba (PR). Christian scored the winning goal for the red-black team in the 25th minute of the second half.
The use of pyrotechnic objects, such as flares, was forbidden, and supporters’ flags can no longer be opened in the stands of the stadiums. The highest scorer in the history of the Libertadores is Ecuadorian Alberto Spencer. He scored a total of fifty-four goals and played in the competition for Peñarol and Barcelona in Ecuador. The highest scorer in a single edition is Argentinean Daniel Onega, responsible for 17 goals in the 1966 edition, while playing for River Plate. The Mexicans remained in the tournament until 2016, when they decided to drop out of the competition as a result of changes implemented by Conmebol.
Palmeiras, Vasco da Gama, Corinthians, and Atlético Mineiro have all won the trophy once. Most of the country’s success has come in the last 30 years, with the title returning to the country on sixteen occasions since 1990. With an impressive 25 titles, Argentina is the most successful nation in Copa Libertadores history. Independiente is the most successful team, not only in Argentina, but in the history of the tournament with seven titles, while Boca Juniors have had the most success in recent history, with four of their six titles coming between 2000 and 2007.
We have heard many comments and laments from South American journalists regarding the strength of the Brazilian clubs, which would be turning the Libertadores – and to some extent the South American Cup – into a sort of Brazil Cup. But, more than that, the consolidation of a few instances as recurrent participants of the competition also works as a way to increase the internal distances. Getting closer, between 2010 and 2019, there were six titles, with no runners-up. You see, in the 1990s, there was a period of strong domination of Brazilian soccer, which won the Libertadores six consecutive times, as well as having one runner-up. In the following decade, we had only two champions, but eight times Brazilian clubs were runners-up. Ten occasions have contributed to the country’s 21 titles, with São Paulo, Gremio, Santos and Palmeiras tied at three wins each, while Cruzeiro, Internacional and Flamengo have two titles each.
Now, the team still plays the last round of the group phase at home, but only to fulfill the schedule. The third place in each Libertadores group qualifies for South America’s second most important competition. In case of classification, Timão will go to the playoff for the round of 16 of the Copa Sul-Americana and will face one of the runners-up for a spot in the knockout stage of the tournament.
Considering that the team from Rio de Janeiro is in a good moment, with an unbeaten streak of eight matches, it is expected to exert its usual pressure at home. Thus, the Rubro-Negro should be offensive from start to finish and can open the lead at halftime, so that, in the second half, they can manage the result without suffering too much. Metropolitanos and Internacional face each other on Thursday (25/5), at 21:00 (Brasília), in a match valid for the 4th round of group B of Copa Libertadores. From the year it was created until the 2004 edition, the champion decided against the champion of the European Champions League who was the best team in the world, through the Intercontinental Cup. Since 2005, the tournament has become official FIFA, which does not recognize previous winners, and is now called the FIFA Club World Cup.
With this, the 32 teams will know their opponents a week before the opening game, scheduled for April 3, 4 or 5. With the champions of the last four editions – Flamengo won in 2019 and 2022 and Palmeiras lifted the trophy in 2020 and , the country was already pleading to host the tournament’s decision again and seems to have been heard by Conmebol. The rubro-negro closes its participation in the group stage against Aucas, from Ecuador, in Maracanã.
Atlético-MG and Fortaleza entered the second phase, the pre-Libertadores, and are one elimination away from being guaranteed a place in the tournament’s sequence. The red-black team let two important points slip away in the first match of the second round of the Copa Libertadores. Even playing away from home against Ñublense, a debutant team in the competition and with the worst ranking among all the instances qualified for the group stage, the 1-1 result obtained in Chile was not satisfactory.
In the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s, the number of teams alternated between 17 and 20. From 1974 to 1997, the Libertadores had 21 teams, except for 1986 and 1990, which had 19 teams. Galo will now face the winner of the match between Millonarios (Colombia) and Universidad de Quito (Ecuador). In case of a tie at the end of the title match, there will be an extra time of 30 minutes divided into two periods of 15 minutes each. If, at the end of the extra time of 30 minutes, the tie still remains, the winner will be defined by penalty kicks.
Conmebol even gave the rights to some games for exhibition through Facebook Watch. Desimpedidos – from NWB – was the channel responsible for showing the matches between Atlético Mineiro and Independiente Del Valle, and Corinthians and Always Ready. Paramount, on the other hand, will use its Paramount+ streaming to be the broadcasting channel for the Conmebol Libertadores matches. For this, the company has hired thirteen professionals who will work focused on broadcasting the games. A historical partner of the competition’s broadcasts, Globo will be the holder of the Conmebol Libertadores broadcasting rights on broadcast TV again as of 2023. In 2016, campeonato brasileiro television images caught the moment when a fan, in Uruguay, imitated a monkey, referring to the Brazilian Gabriel Jesus, of Palmeiras.
The champion of the Libertadores Cup wins the right to play in next year’s Recopa Sud-Americana, with the winner of the Copa Sud-Americana, and guarantees a spot in next year’s competition. In addition, the clubs also receive a financial award, according to each phase of the competition. If the champion of the Libertadores or South American Cup is a Brazilian team, the competition does not take away a spot from the winning country.
Speaking of Libertadores, Flamengo has five points (one win, two draws, and one loss), maintaining the second position in the group. Although it could aspire to take over first place from Racing, which has twice as many points, the team needs to secure qualification for the last 16. Currently, they have a one-point advantage over Ñublense, in third place, and two points over Aucas, in last place in the group.
The match at the Maracanã brings together the leader and vice-leader of group A in the Libertadores and can guarantee the Argentines first place in the group. Racing is the leader, with 10 points, and in case of victory at the Maracanã can no longer be surpassed. Goalkeeper Cássio and midfielder Renato Augusto stopped to talk to the fans, heard charges and complaints about the team’s performance. However, it was not possible to calm the members in the stands. For this plan, the priority will be the advertisers that already support Conmebol, but if they do not show up, Globo can negotiate the Copa Libertadores with the national soccer clubs and, after that, with other advertisers. An example of these multimedia transmissions is the model of the Paulista Championship, which has matches shown on broadcast TV, by Record TV and on pay TV, by TNT channels, from Warner Bros.