Flamengo striker Gabriel Barbosa scored the only goal deep into first-half stoppage time as his side beat 10-man Athletico Paranaense 1-0 to lift the Copa Libertadores in an all-Brazilian final at the Estadio Monumental in Ecuador on Saturday.
The strike from "Gabigol" secured a third Libertadores title for the Rio de Janeiro-based club, who lost the 2021 final to fellow Brazilians Palmeiras, and though they dominated the game from start to finish, they only managed the one goal.
That winner came when Barbosa ghosted in at the far post to fire home a cross from Everton Ribeiro after Athletico had been reduced to 10 men in the 43rd minute when Pedro Henrique Ribeiro Goncalves was sent off after collecting a second yellow card.