2024 Copa Libertadores final (Football És Nuestro)

The 2024 Copa Libertadores final was the closing match of the 65th edition of Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores, the top-tier continental competition in South American association football, organized by CONMEBOL. 
The match was played on November 9, 2024 at Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda between Brazilian clubs São Paulo FC and Fluminense FC, title holders of 2023 Copa Libertadores.
São Paulo defeated defending champions Fluminense by a 3–2 score in normal time to win the Copa Libertadores title for the 4th time in its history. As winners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores, São Paulo qualified for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, and the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental League, considered an "alternative Club World Cup". In addition, they also gained the right to play against the 2024 Copa Sudamericana champions, Millonarios, in the 2025 Recopa Sudamericana, and finally, they automatically qualified for the group stage of the 2025 Copa Libertadores.
== Venue ==
This edition's final had new 4 venues on bidding; Allianz Parque, Arena do Grêmio, El Metro and Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova made their first bid to host the final.
Bidding venues for the 2024 Copa Libertadores final
Association	Stadium	City	Capacity
 	 	 	61,000
 	 	 	48,069
 	 	 	70,074
 	 	 	54,000
 	 	 	57,000
 	 	 	42,372
 	 	 	50,128
 	 	 	60,540
 	 	 	67,052
 	 	 	49,205
 	 	 	43,713
 	 	 	47,907
 	 	 	46,788
 	 	 	48,665
 	 	 	59,283
 	 	 	60,235
== Teams ==
Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
 	6 (, , , , , )
 	2 (, )
== Road to the final ==
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.
 	 	 	Round 	 	 	 	 	
Opponent 	Venue 	Score 	 	Opponent	Venue 	Score 	 	
Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Qualifying stages	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	 	
Group F 	Group F	Group F	Group stage 	Group A 	Group A	Group A	 	
 	Away 	2–2 	Group stage 	 	Home 	2–0 	 	
 	Away 	3–2 	Group stage 	 	Home 	1–0 	 	
 	Home 	2–0 	Group stage 	 	Away 	3–2 	 	
 	Home 	2–1 	Group stage 	 	Away 	1–1 	 	
 	Home 	1–0 	Group stage 	 	Away 	1–2 	 	
 	Away 	1–5 	Group stage 	 	Home 	0–2 	 	
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"	Group stage 	 	 	 	 	
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Flamengo 	6 	4 	1 	1 	12 	4 	8 	13
São Paulo 	6 	4 	1 	1 	14 	7 	7 	13
Independiente Medellín	6 	1 	2 	3 	9 	10 	-1 	5
Universitario 	6 	1 	0 	5 	5 	19 	-14	3
== Match ==
=== Summary ===
The match started at 4:30 pm. The first big move of the match occurred in the 9th minute, when Fluminense striker Germán Cano, after a high cross from Felipe Melo, made a dangerous volley that hit the crossbar, then a rebound was attempted, but neutralized by the São Paulo side's defense. After that, in the 13th minute, it was São Paulo's turn to try their first goal, Lucas Moura and James Rodríguez took turns touching the ball, until the Colombian gave a low cross to Gabi Neves who risked a shot from the left wing in the wide area, with the shot going over the opponent's goal. 
In the 24th minute, John Kennedy, Fluminense striker, opened the scoring, the pass that led to his goal came after a goal kick from goalkeeper Fábio, with the ball falling to Thiago Santos, who gave a short pass to Kennedy, who kept the ball in his possession until he kicks it at the goal, in the central part of the penalty area. In the 31st minute, Rodrigo Nestor makes the São Paulo side tie the match, with a header from a corner kick made by Robert Arboleda. The first half ends without more moves.
In the second half, São Paulo returned to the game with its squad in an offensive position, while Fluminense proposed a defensive setback, Fluminense maintained more possession of the ball, but did not find the way to score the 2nd goal, until In the 48th minute, André passed a long cross to Matheus Martinelli, and he was in attack, on the right side. Matheus could give a pass to Germán Cano, but he preferred to advance to the penalty area on São Paulo's side, shooting into the right side of the net, with the ball going very close to the crossbar and distracting goalkeeper Felipe Alves.
São Paulo showed a direct reaction and in the 56th minute tied the score again, with an assist from Arboleda, who fell at the feet of striker Jonathan Calleri, who dribbled past two of Fluminense's defenders and shot into the center of the net. After that, the match was stagnant, although they attacked frequently, São Paulo was unable to score the 3rd goal and turn the game around once and for all, and on the other hand, Fluminense had a lot of possession of the ball, but did not leave the defense for fear of a another goal against them.
In the 82nd minute, with a long cross made by Raphinha, Wellington Rato managed to reach the ball on the right side of the field, there were no other options, and with the goal close, Rato decided to risk a long shot, hitting the net, finally scoring the 3rd goal from São Paulo, which would become the title goal. The match ended at 18:10 pm after 8 minutes of added time, with São Paulo becoming champions of the Copa Libertadores after 19 years, and putting themselves back in front of the Brazilian teams that have won the competition the most times, as they now had 4 titles.
The Fluminense team also counted on the absence of striker Germán Cano, who suffered a serious calf injury in the first game of the semi-finals, against Palmeiras.
=== Details ===
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GK 	1 	 	
RCB 	5 	 	
LCB 	4 	 	
RB 	2 	(substituted off at 76') ()	
LB 	6 	 	
DM 	8 	 	
RM 	11 	 	
LM 	37 	 	
AM 	19 	(substituted off at 62') 	
CF 	7 	 	
CF 	9 	 	
Substitutes:	Substitutes:	Substitutes: 	
GK 	93 	 	
DF 	35 	 	
DF 	28 	 	
DF 	2 	 	
DF 	34 	(substituted on at 76') () 	
MF 	14 	 	
MF 	5 	 	
MF 	15 	 	
MF 	25 	 	
MF 	27 	(substituted on at 62') 	
FW 	32 	 	
FW 	31 	 	
Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	
 	 	 	
== See also ==
*2024 Copa Libertadores (Football És Nuestro)
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