CUP FUTBOL
The semifinals of the 2021 Copa Libertadores: the is more than 75% chance that the winner is another Brazilian club.
2021 COPA LIBERTADORES
Since the finale stopped being a two-legged fixture, only Brazilian clubs have been the champions; and it doesn’t look likely to change this year.
2019 – Flamengo
2020 – Palmeiras
There will be a Brazilain club team in the final of the 2021 Copa Libertadores final, and we will have an all-Brazil final if Ecuador’s Barcelona SC does not make it past the semifinal against Flamengo.
5 OF THE 8 QUARTERFINALISTS WERE BRAZILIAN CLUBS, AND THERE ARE 3 of the 5 LEFT IN THE FINAL 4; WITH THE TWO MOST RECENT CHAMPIONS AVAILABLE TO CONTEND FOR THIS SEASONS COPA LIBERTADORES TITLE. {Flamengo and Palmeiras}
2021 SEMIFINALISTS : PALMEIRAS (BRAZIL), ATLETICO MINEIRO (BRAZIL), FLAMENGO (BRAZIL), BARCELONA SC (ECUADOR)
Barcelona SC has never won it but came close in 1990 and in 1998. Could this be their first?
Atletico Mineiro won the title for the first time in 2013. Can they double it in 2021?
Palmeiras and Flamengo are both looking for their third Copa Libertadores title.
Palmeiras will be making it a consecutive title wins if they are to achieve this objective.
Flamengo – 2 titles
Palmeiras – 2 titles
Atletico Mineiro – 1 title
Barcelona SC – 0 titles
THE Semi-final FIXTURES
FIRST LEG
September 22, 2021
Flamengo vs Barcelona SC
Septemeber 23, 2021
Palmeiras vs Atletico Mineiro
SECOND LEG
September 28, 2021
Atletico Mineiro vs Palmeiras
September 29, 2021
Barcelona SC vs Flamengo
Flamengo (Brazil) vs Barcelona SC (Ecuador)
Barcelona SC can follow knocking out Fluminense with the knocking out Flamengo to reach the final of the 2021 Copa Libertadores final.
Barcelona SC took out Fluminense (Brazil) after a 3-3 aggregate score in the quarter-finals.
Should Flamengo stop Barcelona SC from another success against a Brazilian club, we will have an all-Brazil finale.
Palmeiras (Brazil) vs Atletico Mineiro (Brazil)
Should Palmaiers reach the final and defend the title, they will be knocking out two of their national competitions.
Palmeiras got through Sao Paulo in the quarterfinal, and now they have to get through Atletico Mineiro.
Atletico Mineiro got to the semifinal by taking out the best of Argentina. They eliminated Boca Juniors in the Round of 16, and River Plate in the quarterfinals.
Atletico Mineiro will now have to eliminate two of Brazil’s own to get their hands on the silverware.
Top goalscorers
Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo) – 10 goals
Hulk (Atletico Mineiro) – 7 goals
Fred (Fluminense) – 7 goals
Rony (Palmeiras) – 6 goals