All-Brazilian Clash Set for 2025 CONMEBOL Libertadores Final: palmeiras and Flamengo to Battle for South American Glory
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Palmeiras and Flamengo will contest the 2025 CONMEBOL Libertadores final in an all-Brazilian showdown, marking a highly anticipated clash between the nation’s top two teams. Flamengo currently leads the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A standings, with palmeiras in second place. Flamengo secured both victories in their 2025 league meetings, while Palmeiras’ last win against their rivals came in August 2024.
Palmeiras is experiencing a resurgence, having been crowned champions of South America in two of the last four seasons and claiming two of the last three Brazilian Série A titles. Their path to the final saw them overcome Argentina’s River Plate in the quarter-finals before a dramatic semi-final tie against LDU Quito. Despite a 3-0 first-leg defeat, Palmeiras rallied to win 4-3 on aggregate, with raphael Veiga sealing their place in the final with a penalty at the Allianz Parque.
Flamengo,seeded 11th out of 16,has been the tournament’s giant-killer,eliminating three higher-seeded opponents on their run to the final,including Estudiantes on penalties in the quarter-finals. A hard-fought semi-final against Racing Club was decided by an 88th-minute goal from Jorge Carrascal at the Maracanã Stadium.
League-leading Flamengo, under the guidance of head coach Filipe Luís – who concluded his playing career in Rio de janeiro and took the helm in 2024 – is aiming for the national-continental double for the second time in club history, a feat last achieved in 2019.
