Arranca la Final

Transcript

00:00We are underway. My name is Joel Richard your match commentator alongside with Peter Coates and Pete from the outset

00:06It is Botafogo the favorites in Atletico Mineiro

00:08You're concerned with their form coming into this game

00:11Yeah

00:12It's the form alone really that that makes you look at this and say there is a favorite because we're talking about the team

00:17We just said who were at the top of the table in Brazil

00:20Massive win in midweek over their closest rivals Palmeiras to perhaps close on the league title

00:26But just one defeat in their last 20 games as opposed to an Atletico Mineiro side

00:32Who are without a win in 10 since they defeated River Plate in that first leg in the semi-final?

00:38it's already had a

00:40High boot there, which the match official Tejo has reached to his pocket

00:47Davidson as you mentioned he's quite a character. He wants Tejo to take a closer. Look they need they feel they need that

00:54You can see there's blood there already, but not even a minute into

00:58Into this match and Tejo has a red card in his hand

01:05It's it is a red with 60 seconds on the clock for the midfielder Gregory

01:16The Botafogo midfielder

01:19Had his boot raised high there

01:23What an astonishing start to the Libertadores final is the incident Gregory goes in

01:31And have no complaints

01:33Fast over that the Argentinian on the receiving end of it. He's still down on the ground with blood pouring from his head

01:41And as you say, I don't think there can be too many complaints over that

01:46Gets worse as you look at the replay, but we're just talking about Botafogo being favorites for this. Well that may change now

01:53What transforms this match?

01:56That had only been in play for 50 seconds or so before that challenge

02:04Gregory

02:07We'll have a long time to think hard about what's just happened Gabby Milito there the coach of Atletico meanwhile

02:12Suddenly has a completely different proposition

02:14We were talking about tactically how atletico mineiro gonna approach this how Botafogo gonna look to attack

02:19Botafogo I have to play an entire match with one man less

02:23Yeah

02:23that was what's gonna be intriguing to see how Gabby Milito said his team up here and

02:27Kind of thought that maybe it would be them who look to sit a little deeper and not allow

02:32Botafogo to break on the speed look to be a little bit more direct. We know Hulken Davison