Flamengo and Athletico Paranaense will meet soon in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to play in the grand final of the 2022 Copa Libertadores.
For Flamengo, this Liberta final environment is already becoming familiar, since in the last 4 years, it has been in three great finals, including this one and, winning in 2019 against River Plate and losing to Palmeiras in 2021 In all, Flamengo has won 2 Libertadores titles in history and is looking to become a three-time champion today. As for CAP, it is an atmosphere of novelty, since it was present only once in a final in 2005 against São Paulo, in which the result and the title went to the team from São Paulo. Throughout its history, it still hasn’t won any Libertadores title, but along with its fans, it believes that today will be the big day. The final is played in a single game, that is, whoever wins in regular time (90 minutes) and/or overtime and penalties, will be champion. That in addition to taking home the beautiful trophy and the morale and title of being the great champion of America and the dispute for the Club World Cup, the champion still receives 16 million dollars, about 85 million reais in the dollar exchange rate current and the runner-up receives 6 million dollars, about 32 million reais.
For the duel, Flamengo will enter with its most famous and offensive squad, already known as “Flamengo de Copas”, the same team that lifted the 2022 Copa do Brasil cup and made the team reach the grand final of Libertadores. Lineup: Santos; Rodinei, David Luiz, Léo Pereira and Filipe Luís; Thiago Maia, João Gomes, Everton Ribeiro and Arrascaeta; Gabigol and Peter.
Hurricane also enters the field with its complete squad and with strategies that Felipão has in mind against the opponent. One of them is the reinforcement of the midfield using three defensive midfielders, a midfielder and two attackers, a strategy that aims to cause the rival’s game to stop. Probable lineup: Bento; Khellven, Pedro Henrique, Thiago Heleno and Abner; Erick (Hugo Moura), Fernandinho, Alex Santana and David Terans; Vitinho and Pablo.
Over the past 11 years, this is the ninth time that the red-black teams have met in the knockout stage. In the total of 14 games, Mengo won seven times, drew five and won two for the CAP side. Due to this past data and adding the good moment that Flamengo is going through, the favoritism for today’s game is from the team from Rio, but that certainly cannot be neglected because the team from Paraná will also look for the title and make it an excellent match. and a grand finale.