Copa Libertadores Final Was Crazy

[@viniciusdavila2737]

I'm a Botafogo fan and I was there at the Monumental. I travelled 20 hours by bus. Once Gregore was expelled, I still believed. I wouldn't spend a thousand dollars to go watch this game and then just give up hope at the first minute. I believed that we could hold them off, carry the game to a penalty shootout and win. I screamed out of my lungs "BELIEVE" to our players. And they did. And I witnessed something far greater than expected, the most insane improbable victory I've ever seen in my 32 years of life following football. How can a 10-men team from the first minute win 3-1 in a continental final? It completely defies logic. If you asked me what would be the "perfect" final before the game started, I would've said a 4-0 attacking masterclass by Botafogo. Real life gifted us an even more memorable, fantastic story. And suddenly all the years of mockery and relegations and bad teams and bottlings paid off emotionally. BOTAFOGO CAMPEÃO DA LIBERTADORES CARALHOOOOOOO.

[@getuliobelo1553]

É TEMPO DE BOTAFOGO🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@gorin2178]

O futuro é glorioso 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@neenlancaster]

Fogão desafia a lógica do futebol cara. Que loucura que foi esse jogo

[@lucashenriquedecastro5943]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆vamosssssssssss

[@ivyssauro123]

Disse tudo irmão, SOMOS CAMPEÕES PORRAAA

[@VillaFanDan92]

Copa Libertadore final is always aired free on the BBC in the UK, it's the one bit of South American club football I watch every year, and it never disappoints.

[@otaviofrnazario]

that's amazing. BBC has a correspondent for south american football that lives here and goes to sport shows in brazilian channels, Tim Vickery. Really good fella.

[@donelece]

@@otaviofrnazario OH, SO THIS IS WHAT TIM VICKERY IS DOING HERE! Love him.

[@otaviofrnazario]

@@donelece é a razão originária pela qual ele veio pra cá, já mora aqui a uns 30 anos já

[@domomota1491]

Playing a libertadores finals was every south american kid's dream, at least for everyone who is above 20

[@darkjudge8786]

That's why South America is collapsing and all your countries are bankrupt

[@davidaugustofc2574]

I'm 20, so I just missed out on it

[@domomota1491]

​​@@davidaugustofc2574u tell me, is ur dream playing a libertadores finals or a champions league finals? XD I feel every kid these days would choose ucl :(

[@davidaugustofc2574]

@@domomota1491 I would like to play for Barcelona, but then again, I won't even make into a professional league.

[@pliniojr95]

Not mine lol I've never had the desire of pursuing a football career.

[@thiagowildner6591]

Hey zealand i'm from brazil the major reason for our dominance in the Copa Libertadores is that our competitions like Copa do brasil pay a lot more them the equivilents in other south american countries. Adding to that we have also the rise of privately owned clubs with deep pockets to invest like Botafogo before a few years ago those were pretty rare but now a good part of the local game moving a lot of money arround.

[@balsis_ch6217]

Yeah but also because you have like 7-9 teams playing CL every season 😭

[@Lucaz99]

@@balsis_ch6217well, Argentina and Brazil have always dominated this competition with a few exceptions. Argentina qualifies 6 teams and everyone else qualifies 4 teams. Not only the quality of our league is miles above everyone else right now, we are the most populous nation in the continent (bout half the population of South America) so I think 7 is deserved. Not everyone qualifies directly to the group stage either, some have to play qualifiers

[@balsis_ch6217]

@Lucaz99 I know how the qualification works and of course Brazil deserves to have more teams than any other country but you still have to understand that having more teams does give them more chances to win the whole thing, it's also a fact that CL tickets are not shared fairly nor do they reflect the level of each South American league, Colombia and Ecuador having the same amount of directly qualified teams as Perú and Venezuela is just ridiculous

[@kleptrep94]

Also it doesn’t help that seemingly the top 80 teams in Brazil qualify automatically for the Group Stage whereas the next 40 qualify for the qualification stage. It’s literally just the Scottish Challenge Cup of South America.

[@leonardoluizleal4409]

​​​@@kleptrep94 its not Brazils fault, the champion this year was the 5th place last year AND THEY PLAYED THROUGH QUALIFIERS, and Brazil only had that many qualified cause we WON Libertadores last year too. Funnily enough, we didn't see this outrage when Argentina had 22 and we 13, so I don't know, maybe play some more ball, manito... 😸

[@RandomBradfordFan]

Finally watching this man talk about a non uk based event I actually watched, proud of myself for being so cultured

[@jcl2435]

Botafogo also managed to overcome the curse of the years ending in 4. No brazilian team had won the libertadores in '84, '94, '04 or '14

[@Smonserratm]

I mean, the other team was also Brazilian

[@cantripleplays]

@@Smonserratmstill counts

[@allancoelho6905]

São Paulo won 94, 95 or 95, 96? Can't remember

[@marianorivera1777]

@@allancoelho6905 92 and 93.

[@kleptrep94]

tbf this was the first libertadores ending in 4 where they had 8 sides qualify automatically for it.

[@Lucas-dg4zn]

I’m a Atletico Mineiro fan. You have no idea what watching that final was like. I was in absolute shambles, completely destroyed, I could not believe for the love of God how we were so ass as to lose that game. At the same time though, we came from a sequence of 11 games without a win, and we have just been generally horrible as of recent

[@luizansounds]

É bizarro como o Atlético foi caindo pra cima, 2 finais e ambas tiveram cartões vermelhos que o milito tomou nó tatico

[@Jptm26]

Sou português e assim que vi o vermelho pensei "conhecendo como é futebol sul-americano e brasileiro, o Botafogo vai ganhar isto" 😅 Final de loucos

[@leonardoluizleal4409]

Its even funnier when you look at the ABSOLUTE HATRED they showed against Flamengo in the Copa do Brasil too. They are the only team to get to both finals and lose both, but i guess EU ACREDITO lmao

[@andrefiliks]

Simplesmente milito

[@andrefiliks]

@@leonardoluizleal4409everybody in Brazil who is not a flamengo fan hates flamengo, especially the flamengo fans, and considering how many times we've been robbed by flamengo, especially in the 81 libertadores, it's obvious we're gonna hate them, duh. And yes, we believe, and we'll always believe.

[@hamil7925]

I was in Buenos Aires all this week and I attended the final. It was an intense and passionate encounter, and yes, Atlético should have equalized multiple times in the second half. Both sets of fans were loud and passionate, yet also fun and respectful - I saw no aggro of any kind. And seeing the Botafogo fans so happy made me happy for them. South American football isn't always like this, but I'm glad the final I watched certainly was.

[@Rojtenberg1]

5:20 i mean for us here in Brazil, as fans and for the players as well, we want to win the world cup and libertadores. so yeah, he will be emotional to score in a final. and i believe that is true for all south america teams as well. even so for a club like botafogo, that doesnt win a big title since 1995

[@tumblevalley8660]

I was there as a neutral Argentine fan, it was a great game. Really happy to cross off CL final off my bucket list.

[@afranco2367]

You should watch Botafogo 2024 highlights. Because of the red card, the team wasn’t able to display the quality it has. Brazilian football is getting closer to European.

[@lucaspintooc]

this game was a masterclass of football. how to keep the game on your side with 10 men against 11.

[@CSLucasEpic]

Brazilian clubs are the only thing keeping the Libertadores Cup up in quality right now. Argentina hasn't produced a club-level team worth a damn in a decade, regardless of those two final appearences you mentioned which only die hard local fans actually believed they were going to win. Uruguay is even worse having lost their status as one of the Big 3 leagues of the continent since the freaking 1980s, and not showing any indication of doing anything to remedy that situation in any way. And "teams from other countries becoming a surprise and having a great year" doesn't happen anymore, so we won't be seeing another champion from Colombia, Chile or Paraguay like we have seen in the past. I still remember when a club from Ecuador reached the final in 1998 and everyone was amazed by that. If it weren't for Brazilian teams, the Libertadores Cup wouldn't be worth watching. Also, the Libertadores Cup is broadcasted to over 100 countries in 30 different languages. Its not an issue of broadcast, is an issue of nobody outside of South America giving a damn about it. You said it yourself, you had to be reminded by your viewers that it was a thing that was going to happen, otherwise you wouldn't have bothered to watch it. Europeans don't give a shit about South American football, Africans and Asians used to back in the 20th century but not anymore. Any casual football fan would watch the UEFA Champions League, and the World Cup and that's it. The people that would ever watch the Libertadores Cup are die hard football fans, the same type of people that watched the African Cup of Nations last year, extremely devoted football fans that would watch football anywhere, and that is a niche audience that is not worth bothering to advertise to, because they are already aware of it, and casual fans will never be convinced to watch something besides the UEFA Champions League or the World Cup (not the Club World Cup, the nations World Cup, casual football fans are not even aware a Club World Cup exists). Nobody is going to waste money advertising the Libertadores Cup because they are perfectly aware that nobody outside of South America cares about watching it, and that is not going to change in the forseeable future.

[@victorfigueiredo1061]

Did you know, one of Botafogo players became a player with 23 years old, and its a pretty beautiful story about how he was a Construction worker to a profissional football player with a continental cup

[@otaviofrnazario]

not only a player, Junior Santos. Scored the final goal and was top goalscorer in the competition

[@MasterTramsYouTube]

Admittedly I'm not from South America, but from what I've seen, I'd argue that the Copa Libertadores is possibly an even more prestigious trophy to South Americans than the Champions League is to Europeans. It's fantastic, and a crime that it was only on BBC Three.

[@tadeusilva7340]

yeah, the commentating of the game was pretty monotone from BBC Three that I saw from UK. Wish they gave more eyes to this league outside of europe.

[@isacksb]

I think Thats pushing it. The best south americans itw plays in the Champions league and not the other way around

[@andyhuff9385]

They don't mean it's better. They mean that it means more, and they're absolutely correct.

[@isacksb]

@@andyhuff9385 if it ment more south american players wouldnt prefer playing in europe. And Also What are u basing it on?

[@gabrielfranz6696]

@@isacksb it meant more to the fans, not the players, because they receive more money in europe, thats why they choose to go there. A kid in brasil, argentina or any other country dreams of being a libertadores champion. You can see that by the way Alex Telles almost cryed celebrating his goal, its about passion, about relief of years and years to conquer such title. Thats why you see almost every renowned player from south america returnig to its country and obsessing with winning the Libertadores. Of course fans of europe want to be ucl champions too, and strongly, but in south america football is more visceral, it has more meaning to the average kid who sees it as an escape of reality, its in our everyday life and everything that we do.

[@juliorabello]

I will defend my boy gregore here. He was not disloyal on the play. He is coming fast to try to control the Ball in dispute and Vera actually kinda trip and goes down even before the hit. Unfortunely due the speed gregore and Vera was, with his head down as he falls, it ended up being hit in the face. But notice that: 1 - gregore don't jump; and 2 - his legs on the hit are around the hip height.

[@petitnicollas]

I don't think he had the intention of injuring or being disloyal but he deserved that red card. He kinda got lucky that Botafogo won because otherwisw he would be remenber for life for that.

[@igormarins1227]

What makes the Copa Libertadores so hype is the element surprise. No one thought Botafogo or Atlético Mineiro could become this year's finalists, especially Botafogo from their last pathetic season where they dropped the league title when they managed to hold 14pts in front of the second contender and later league winner Palmeiras, so Botafogo went in this run as an underdog, they even started in the eliminatory phase which is previous from the groups stage, it's now the second time only a team managed to be champions of the Libertadores coming from the eliminatory stage. In the Champions League this could never happen, can you imagine Sporting of Lisbon coming from the knockout phase and making to finals to play against lets say Porto? Never could happen in the CL. And it's not like this tournament is easy and that's because it happens, no, every second, every moment in the Libertadores is a total game changer.

[@leandroteixeira33]

We must be realists, Botafogo was a clear contender (if not favorite) at least starting from the quarterfinal after they beat Palmeiras. With Tite, Flamengo wasn't as much of a threat. Mineiro was the biggest surprise, though. They had to face the current champions (who were fighting against relegation, yes, but who beat them in the league) and then the clear favorite to win the competition, River Plate, and they beat them 3 x 0.

[@allancoelho6905]

I was completely sure neither would reach the semis at all

[@victorc8855]

5:45 There's negotiations happening for the creation of a new Brazilian League for that very reason, though two diverging "guilds" of clubs have reached a stalemate over prize money distribution

[@allancoelho6905]

Brasileirão is not a bad tournament, the format is fine, but it's everything else that sucks, poor management, bad referees, the VAR is a joke, the teams are never to be at fault after so many years of CBF piling up mistake after mistake, so many changes to avoid match fixing, only for the betting spree to showcase how easy is is to match fix because of how bad the games are managed by the referee teams, including VAR A scandal I remember was in 2014 Carioca final, Famengo x Vasco, the now president of Vasco fixed the game so that Roberto Dinamite wouldn't win a title as president at the time, believe that the game ended 2x1, Juninho Pernambucano's free kick that clearly went in but it wasn't counted, the last minute offside goal that was probably the biggest mistake I've ever seen

[@guilhermerocha2217]

The single greatest day of my life. A hundred minutes that made the last 30 years of pain worth it. If someone had told me beforehand I could pick between thrashing Atletico 7-0 or having it just the way it was, that's how I guess all of us would have wanted it, a billion times, for eternity. É BOTAFOGO PORRA, CAMPEÕES DA AMÉRICA🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@allancoelho6905]

Now you know what we felt back in '19 against River Plate, the victories where everything is set in stone to go wrong are always the best The only noteworthy difference is how Botafogo posed themselves, they were much more dominant than that Flamengo, which was pressured with dangerous chances from beginning to end, Botafogo played more aggressively, which netted them 2-0 at the end of the 1st half

[@wisefelipe]

Dude, that goal was the first noteworthy thing Alex Telles did in his career as far as we Brazilians are concerned. You gotta keep in mind, that other than the Champions League we don't really care what our players do in Europe, the national leagues are basically irrelevant to us. That is why for the World Cup we started Richarlyson (who had been good for the national team) and didn't even call up Firmino, for example. In fact, a good chunk of Brazilians only learned who Firmino was when he scored against Flamengo in the Club World Cup, he has always been super contested here as he never played for a big club in Brazil. This is a whole new world man, I hope you enjoy your stay.

[@Rationis88]

Remember When the US couldnt beat panama because we were a man down. Apparently its not impossible to win a game a man down.

[@allancoelho6905]

I've seen this happen time and time again, the 1st half Botafogo still pressured and created chances, which ended up scoring them 2 goals, the 2nd half they did the right thing by falling back, no one expected the early goal by Atlético - MG in the second half

[@karsenhippolyte8721]

Name a better combo than zealand and south american football

[@dantralius9269]

Very impressive since Botafogo against all the odds managed to bottle literally everything last season to then comeback and win the Copa Libertadores and then be leading the league with 2 games to go.

[@daniellebittencourt9820]

the arsonist team won: botafogo literally means “start a fire”

[@quickspeeder4947]

PUTFIRE!

[@allancoelho6905]

The "cooking stove" cooked the "cocky chiken", literally

[@leonardoeliel2178]

Botafogo = To set fire 🔥

[@ДавиВаз]

Is more like set on fire

[@maseluss]

Talking about the brazilian dominance in South America, it all comes to money, essentially, the Brasileirão champion will earn more prize money than the Libertadores champion, hell, some state championships pay better than some leagues combined in south america, add this to a nation that produces talented players every year and a League System that allows for private investment without any FFP regulations and boom, you dominate the continent. Edit: Botafogo is owned by John Textor who also owns debt-ridden Lyon, he couldn't replicate his success in France mainly because Ligue 1 actually has FFP regulations (PSG disagrees) and because it is a lot cheaper to invest in Brazilin Real than it is in Euro/Dollars. (5x times cheaper according to exchange rates)

[@LNHOUSE]

In France Textor has no chance because PSG is a very rich country...oops club. In Brazil there isn't any rich team who is worth a lot more than anyone else, that's why it is a competitive league with about 8 teams who can win the title.

[@juliorabello]

Libertadores is the biggest cont8nental club tornement in the world after the champions league

[@Rojo2713]

I’m also a Botafogo supporter, amazing the impact this final is having abroad. My best friend is from new zealand, I lived in nz for a year, he’s come here thrice, he watched the game. The passion for football is absurd

[@Albent]

Are you trying to say that adding team after team to Argentina's top division isn't making it more competitive? That's crazy!

[@JCCyC]

(Checks out) 28 teams? Jeez. That's stupid. And it's going to have MORE next year!

[@Albent]

@JCCyC What makes it even less serious is that they erase the relegations when the season of 41 matches has 10 matches remaining. They did it this season and last season as well. And in lower divisions it's even worse, as last seasons they erased relegation spots a week after the tournament was over, as well as creating as much as 4 promotion spots in several divisions after their seasons where over... to "round up the numbers".

[@Malam_NightYoru]

LA BENDITA COPA LIBERTADORES LOOOL

[@Dinoo1234]

Kinda hilarious how Atletico Minerio won 1 game in the last 11 matches and that was the first leg of the semi final

[@WorldFootvolley]

Different than European clubs and leagues, Brazilian soccer has always been about winning titles and player transfers, over brand expansion and media distribution. There has been a gradual culture shift over the last 5 years driven by investors looking to develop the product internationally, but it has not been a smooth process due to multiple conflicts on the establishment of a new league.

[@JamesWillmert]

The COPA Libertadores is broadcast on Bein sports in the US for your information Zealand

[@leo1fun]

The top Brazilian teams have been closing the gap on Europe for the past 5 years. On that, there has been a financial restructure of some of the teams, which has allowed them to recruit back a lot of good talent that was sold to Europe at early ages such as 18, but didn't pan out as Europe's top clubs wanted or didn't even get on their radar in order to stay in Europe, and therefore became available to be bought back for fees that some clubs here can now afford. Along with that, Brazil's economy (at least in the football sense) has grown to dominate our neighbours', which has created a Premier League phenomenom: essentialy, Brazil has become to South America what England is to Europe in the football economic sense. We are buying most of the continent's quality in terms of players and leaving their local south american teams short of quality compared to Brazil. Our mid table/relegation zone and even second division teams are filled with south american players, which wasn't the case 10 years ago. In terms of the football played on the pitch, we are pretty much importing good portuguese coaches who have been in Europe's top leagues and also housing south american coaches who are yet to make the jump to Europe. That has created a bit of a revolution in how the game is played at the top level here, since our brazilian coaches were being left behind in terms of physical fitness and match intensity.

[@andropovbr]

As a Botafogo fan, it's like a dream becoming true. Unforgettable.

[@MihzvolWuriar]

Thank you for showing this great tournament for the world, I must say, the 90, 2000s and 2010s were the best years of it, where the 3 SA big football countries were evenly matched, now only Brazil plays it (I'm Brazilian BTW), but still a great tournament, and btw, Racing won the "sulamericana," at least it's not a 100% Brazil teams this time, I hope everyone tries to enjoy this league more.

[@VictorSilveira19]

Brazil is winning a lot, because of money, large tv rights for brasileirão and massive win/advance bonus on Copa do Brasil. And now the liberation of betting and betting ads has given another round of huge income to Brazilian top teams.

[@domomota1491]

As a Brazilian, Imo, 2014 was a wake up call for the Brazilian Confederation that none of the south American countries had got, a lot of what u said about money and betting sponsors are right, but they are not the only cards at play.

[@Rojtenberg1]

and a lot of ours clubs are finally paying they debts and being bought by rich owners (like Botafogo now) and such. we didnt have that before

[@Ak0tnik]

8:42 the quantity of times Eduardo Vargas missed the goal just in front of him was surreal. That match had the huge chance to become a penalty shootout. But y'know, after seeing Botafogo screwing up last year and having 10 men at the start of the match, I stopped complaining and just let it happen.

[@nunkatsu]

The Brazilian league has Thiago Silva, Braithwaite, depay and James Rodriguez, I recommend watching it

[@EugenesBackpack]

Not james

[@Dinoo1234]

James Rodriguez is at Rayo now

[@ninjalectualx]

Not for long he isn't! He's Audi5000 next month, in the most predictable event ever

[@CortesCansados]

2:09 brazilian economy is a tad better than the argentinian. there's more money going around in brazilian football, and also brazil has changed its rule recently to allow for more foreigners in a match (9 is the current limit). All these together made so brazil can actually be a target for south americans planning to make some money, which in itself makes the league a lot more competitive. Once the league is more competitive, it makes so players who are past their primes (but still far from retiring) - Felipe Anderson, Alex Telles, or players who still aren't established in europe (Luiz Henrique, Gerson, Scarpa) will be able to also join the competition. 3:50 not necessarily a favourite, since they lost the league last year after being #1 for most of it. Also, their only Brasileirão title was in 95, and before that they weren't getting important titles maybe since Garricha's time (who was a botafogo player) 5:20 even ronaldinho went back to win a libertadores (with Atlético Mineiro) 5:50 I agree the marketing is shit. Maybe the whole competition is something hard to be watched by europeans (games are late for europe) but at least the final itself should be better publicized in europe.

[@LuísJoel-s7k]

Brazilian economy is going downhill and Argentina's is getting better month after month very consistantly.

[@Jake-iv5iw]

It was on BBC for UK watchers which was great . Was some game but the commentators weren't the best

[@MatheusFernandes-xf4zm]

1:57 Economy, despite also being an commodity exporter country, the Brazilian economy is more complex, so the clubs are richer than their spanish colony cousins.

[@delaschagas14]

you better get used to seeing Botafogo lifting this throphy. BOTAFOGO DE FUTEBOL E REGATAS 🔥🔥🔥

[@OctavioMagnus]

Reason for brazil dominance: economy, organization and size (Brazil is literally half of south america).

[@jonnyso1]

More than that its because the Mexicans stopped playing the Libertadores, and Brazil got a ridiculous ammount of teams into it to begin with. Another reason, in my opinion is VAR, playing the likes of Boca Juniors before VAR was just a pain, all the dirty tricks, cheating and bs brazilian teams had to put up with over the years. That being said I really wish the mexicans were back, the mls getting into it would be nice too, the financial disparity is sadly a side effect of the overall state of the continent that goes beyond the sport, no solution there in the foreseeable future, there are so many historic clubs that I love to hate that sadly are a shadow of their former selves these days.

[@primokk4669]

I really love Libertadores, every game is like a war, the fans are always crazy + the matches always have brawls (which is always great to watch)

[@Nagitudo]

1:57 var was created in 2016. Ever since, only one non-brazilian club has won the libertadores😂.

[@LuísJoel-s7k]

With Gregore on Botafogo would've wiped the floor with Atlético.

[@CarlosThadeu]

I am a fluminense fan and since we were knocked out of the cup I was cheering for Botafogo, last year was our year now it was theirs, it was really deserved (though I did panick a bit with the expulsion 😂). Libertadores finals are always this nail biting, gripping finals, trust me, you have to have a strong heart if you are a supporter of the team that is in the finals 😂

[@marcosdheleno]

about the colors yeah, so many teams have the exact same colors, we have ALOT of black+white, black+white+red, red+black and green+white. but black+white is absurdly popular as team colors for some reason. botafogo, vasco, santos, corinthians, atletico mineiro, all big teams, all black and white.

[@diogomelo7897]

Don't forget red+white and blue+red+white

[@marcosdheleno]

@@diogomelo7897 i was gonna point those out as well, but figured it would make the list too long.,

[@YAKSWORLD23]

Im a mineiro fan and a United fan 🧍‍♂️ zealand you have no idea

[@rayansalmon1775]

Vargas could have had a hattrick

[@franciscocoelho20]

Pls cover the confrontations in Guiné, wild stuff went down there

[@alostkoi]

In latam, disney+ has the rights to almost every single sport event ever /rolls eyes/ perhaps something related to that has the rights in the US as well.

[@nelsoncarvalho6338]

Portuguese coaches have made the Brazilian league great!

[@maxl.b.m.y.g.5918]

Libertadores is on Paramount in the US

[@ninjalectualx]

Zealand is scarred by that skull lmao 🤣

[@ecksbest]

Disney Owns the Copa Libertadores rights. They broadcast via Star Plus.

[@frederickbarbarossa7961]

My team just got humiliated, and not only do I have to hear it from all my friends, but also from this balding American whose commentary I like.

[@frederickbarbarossa7961]

I can call you out for that because I’m balding too😢

[@Moneyless.In.Brazil]

I watched tge game in belo horizonte, where the losing team is from. Absolute bonkers. Every single person in town out watching the game. When they scored.. it was just insane. First thing I saw after final whistle was a big fight lol

[@marcosrattenbury6944]

Thier manager needs to teach me how to defend for 90mins and win 😂

[@diogomelo7897]

3:30 that's just what happens every week in brazilian football. Overall, the bast majority of the teams are eother black + white, red + black, red + white, red + black + white, blue + white, blue + red + white or green + white, and even the red and black team almost always have a white away kit. Also, teams are much more conservative on their kits comparing to european clubs, with teams in Europe often changing their away kit colors quite often, and making a third kit with colors that don't really have much to do with the club, while in Brazil the away kit is almost always white, and the third kit is often still with one kf the club colors, but using it in a less traditionial way. Like in the case of Botafogo, in many years their kits was basically home black and white stripes, away all white, and third kit all black

[@JoaoGabriel-th4xy]

Also, botafogo was relegates to the second division like 3 or 4 years ago, and last year almost won the brasilian league and now just won the libertadores

[@agustintrivino9365]

You can kill the man (Fabra) but not the idea (Gregore)

[@paulo_f1]

Zealand, the Pumas U.N.A.M. x Monterrey was a great game too

[@Luiztubee]

FOGOOOOO 🔥🔥🔥

[@OceansideGeek]

That tackle in the thumbnail was all ball

[@baianomgtow9841]

While there are people with a beautiful view of the world, generally is because of VAR, video assisted referees. The other teams just robbed their way into the win many, many times, actually, 26 times. Since VAR became obligaroty in Libertadores, no hispanic team has won a title.

[@guilhermeaandrade]

Brazilian clubs are now selling the rights to show the matches to an investor. The idea is to make it to sell it abroad and make it easier other contries to watch.

[@lelgazelle]

The Brazilian league is insane in terms of internal competitiveness. Half the clubs have history and huge fanbases and it feels like every year a historical club is relegated.

[@arthurbernardohaiidamus8658]

Duas cabeças pra cada inscrito esse aí

[@fabriziomariano1332]

Brazil's dominance can be explained in 2 words: Money and competence. Brazilian teams are not only becoming richer and richer, which is reflected not only in the quality of their signings but also in the different prize pools in their competitions, but also the other countries are seemingly poorer in comparison. However argentinian teams were always kind of poor so here is where the other factor comes into play: the Argentinian league is getting less and less competent so it doesn't matter if a club like River Plate is wealthy enough to compete with Brazilian teams but then having to play against 3 consecutive sh**ty teams in the league. Meanwhile, the Brazilian league is wild and there're plenty of teams fighting for something like a CL spot or avoiding relegation (which was cancelled *mid-season* in Argentina)

[@ivyssauro123]

Gregore is known for being a violent and irresponsible defensive midfielder, despite being an excellent player 99% of the time. He will win clean disputes all day (iirc he is second for most balls stolen as a defensive midfielder in the world rn), makes the midfield almost unpassable, but on that 99th dispute he is gonna just randomly kill someone for no reason. It just so happened to luck that it was the first one he made that day lmao, but it's not an unusual sight to see him getting sent off.

[@FrankMa-j7t]

hardly a red, other player dives into his foot

[@leonardolimacordeiro]

Saudações do Botafogo, um dos clubes mais icônicos do Brasil

[@Bowleskov]

The BBC had the rights in the UK, I'd already watched the England vs USA 0-0 and the Dagenham win over AFC Wimbledon when the alert came through the match was on, So I didn't watch it, it sounds like I made a bad choice, Now I am off to see if it's on the iplayer as a VOD.

[@Dinoo1234]

It's on Iplayer for a month

[@619Slipk]

I am of the opinion that if the ball is bellow nipple height of the average player and you go for it with your head, you're the one being reckless If you get kicked in the head, tough luck friend Let's get the medics in there, check for concussion, if you got to the ball first it's a foul, but it's not the other guys fault if you're stupid or lack the flexibility to reach the ball with your foot

[@kaysas9686]

2018 could have been the first year of the dominance, but Comenbol really wanted a River v Boca final.

[@darkjudge8786]

The biggest country conisting of 40% of the region wins most of the football tournaments? And you need an explanation?

[@vitorsilva7783]

74 views in 3 minutes -- 1.480 in 1hour -- 35.520 in 1day -- 12.964.800 in 1year - 79 years to surpass baby shark bro fell off

[@HarriMuhindi]

Brogue Kick that Sheamus would be proud of

[@alpinecross4370]

6:40 SKULLS TO THE MATCHES? IS THAT AN ATHLETICO PARANAENSE REFERENCE????

[@sweetpepino1907]

I take umbrage with that kick at 7:08 being described as a Hulk Hogan big boot. Not because wrestling is fake, but that Hogan's boot was awful and would have only demanded a yellow card. That was a Test big boot.

[@mikesimon1867]

fubo has the rights in canada at least

[@dpastell9051]

the dominance is due to the financial aspect of it, Brazil put more money in football

[@Alexeiyeah]

The reason why brazilian teams is dominating South America mostly because of money, it's the major reason for the SA-European gap, club level. Althought Brazil's economy is not going well, many other countries are just worst. Better economy and money translate to many important things: training, equipment, travel quality... Also, as intense love for a club and a country is really on it's last legs, even by a stump, players will usually be attracted to a place where they win a higher pay: they tend to come from poverty and have somewhat short carreers that are full of risk, like getting injured, benched and dismissed. This season, many brazilian teams are chockfull of SA players. My Fluminense (yeah, yeah, things are not going well, I know) has 3 colombians (Arias, Fuentes and Serna), 2 uruguayans (Bernal and Terans) and 1 argentinian (Cano), not counting Lucumi (colombian), since he mostly played at junior level due to age and his contract is ending. Also, Europe pays much more attetion here than other SA countries, so to many, coming here is a chance to go play in Europe. Although I'm happy Brazil is vindicated after MANY years of really... Spotty refeeree (the 2018 scandals are just the tip of the iceberg), it's a really sad state. If we had better teams in SA, the quality of the game would be even higher. Sadly, it's not something simple to resolve.

[@erdnasiul87]

3rd time that a portuguese coach shows how far far far far far behind brazilian coaching are today from european standards.

[@otaviofrnazario]

4th time actually, Abel Ferreira won the Libertadores twice.

[@lb_75]

Zealandism uploads… I click… then skip 90 secs

[@viniciuscastro4433]

What the fuck? His intros are the best, he'll probably mention something about his harlirline going further back or the smell of his room after eating a bucked of chicken he ordered from KFC and I honesty laugh my ass off, keep it up Zealand. 💯💯💯💯

[@lb_75]

@@viniciuscastro4433 good for you, I skip 90 secs because I click on the video for football, not to hear about fucking kfc

[@primokk4669]

The reason why Brazil is dominating Libertadores is kinda simple, money.

[@petitnicollas]

🔥🔥🔥

[@NibanoTransmontano]

Nunca vi tanto Porto numa final da libertadores 😍🐉💙🤍

[@ThaGamingMisfit]

11 versus 10 and conceding 3 goals? How even...

[@lautarop4995]

The reason of brazil domination is Claudio "chiqui" Tapia, AFA's president. The greed, incompetence and corruption he manages is inconmesurable and every team in Argentina that was good enough to compete took the bullet(bar Boca and River because they are massive [you could add Racing and in sometime Velez and Estudiantes if they dont fail their proyects]). This year there was a fairy tale run from Peñarol, and here and there a Colombian team, Bolivian team or Independiente del Valle manages to take series from a Brazilian, but if Argentinian temas dont wake up, Brazil will continue to dominate.

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Does seeding even matter for this tourney? The one seed rarely wins the final. I love the seeding after the group stage, but there so many upsets still! Pretty cool they don’t use a set bracket anymore, so you can play any team in any round.

[@TheAelaryn]

hope yall are having a good evening!

[@87crimson]

Libertadores final should be 2 legs. Dominguez tries to copy everything from Europe but this does not work... distances are absolutely massive, travel is more expensive. And to me it makes sense that Brazilian clubs dominate. They are doing things BETTER in terms of business, they always were talented football wise, plus they have the size advantage: The biggest club in Argentina, after Boca and River, Independiente has like 5/6 million supporters. Small brazilian clubs have that number! Flamengo I think has a fanbase equivalent to the whole argentine population. Those are customers, money.... When you add that Argentina is has been doing things WORSE as a league since like 2012, and specially since Tapia got in charge of AFA, well. Brazilian dominance is a no brainer. Tapia has been Brazilian football greatest asset since Neymar. Cant wait for him to resign until we have a decent league again. Its unbearable. No one cares about the league anymore, just as means to qualify to international tournaments.

[@brunoribeiro1043]

BOTAFOGOOO

[@chandlerking2260]

Alright buddy get started on another hidden grounds now that u reminded me

[@agusganji]

Vargas should get investigated for sports betting, some of those misses were criminal

[@NIDELLANEUM]

random comment here reminding you to do that thing

[@iansmith5911]

Qpr Vargas?

[@pedrotao4798]

yes

[@LordPedro]

1:58 Since 2019, three Portuguese head coaches have won the Copa Libertadores, with one of them winning twice. This success has also translated into the domestic league, where teams are playing with greater tactical quality. However, this situation has become highly controversial due to the nationality of these head coaches and their dominance in the league, leaving many Brazilians with a sense of being dominated by Portugal once again, reminiscent of events from over 200 years ago.

[@kats1646]

No one cares about "being dominated by Portugal" lmfao, no one is even thinking about that. In fact many people wanted Abel Ferreira to take the spot of head coach for the national team. Everyone agrees that Brazilian coaches are miles behind foreigners

[@petematttttt]

Who cares? People at the end want to win; Portuguese have strong cultural ties with Brazil which might explain some of their success but for many years it has been the other way around, Brazilians coaches in Portugal (and tons of players), you can only learn when you learn with people that do it differently and that's the reality of Brazilian football these day as it was for Portuguese a few years back. hopefully this movement will bring more knowledge to their managers and national team in the future because such a big nation with such passion really should dominate the game