¡Uff! Qué martirio fue la final de la Copa Libertadores de América 2020. Si bien el duelo de brasileños entre Palmeiras y Santos en el Maracaná prometía ser un caramelo para los amantes del jogo bonito, en realidad terminó siendo un bodrio que debería estar prohibido recordar.

El partido, si se puede llamar así, nunca tuvo ritmo. Faltas constantes, pases equivocados y un hastío generalizado en el campo de juego hizo difícil digerir lo que se veía en pantalla.

This Saturday, Palmeiras and Santos will play the final of the 2020 Copa Libertadores, ultimately deciding which Conmebol representative plays in the FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. This will be a final in which both teams are from Brazil, a situation not seen since 2006 when Internacional and Sao Paulo disputed the title.

A pair of Paulista rivals set to square off at the Maracanã!

We’ve reached a new level in the relationship between Nike and the young phenoms churned out at Santos FC. It began with PSG’s Neymar, who signed with the multinational corporation at the age of 13. That trend continued with Real Madrid’s Rodrygo, who, at the tender age of 11, became Nike’s youngest-ever affiliated athlete after dazzling at a youth tournament in New York.