Thiago Almada and Alexander Barboza won the Copa Libertadores with Botafogo against Atletico Mineiro in the final. Despite Gregore of Botafogo getting red carded two minutes into the match, it was Botafogo who scored first.

At 1-0, Botafogo were awarded a penalty kick and Alex Telles scored to give them the 2-0 lead. Eduardo Vargas would score Atletico Mineiro’s only goal and Junior Santos would score the last goal for Botafogo and they would win the Copa Libertadores.

Almada has won the Copa Libertadores with Botafogo and the World Cup with the Argentina national team.

On this day two years ago, Argentina won 2-0 against Poland at the World Cup.

Alexis Mac Allister and Julián Álvarez were the two goal scorers for Argentina in their third match in Qatar. After a shocking 1-0 loss against Saudi Arabia and a World Cup changing 2-0 win against Mexico, Lionel Scaloni’s team went into the third match with destiny in their hands.

Lionel Scaloni started the following eleven against Poland:

Emiliano Martínez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Acuña; De Paul, Enzo Fernández, Alexis Mac Allister; Lionel Messi, Julián Álvarez and Di María

Argentina were awarded a penalty kick and Messi had his saved by Wojciech Szczęsny. Mac Allister would score very early in the second half and Julián Álvarez would score his first World Cup goal to give Argentina the 2-0 lead and win.

On this day two years ago, Alexis Mac Allister and Julián Álvarez scored for Argentina vs. Poland at the World Cup. pic.twitter.com/ATJocok31A

— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) November 30, 2024