Palmeiras poke fun at River after Copa Libertadores exit | OneFootball

Palmeiras beat River 3-1 in the quarter-final second leg of the Copa Libertadores and eliminated the Argentine team from the top continental club competition. At the end of the match, there were those who laughed at the Millonario's defeat. However, the team from São Paulo surprised everyone when they posted a photo on their official account of X mocking the team led by Marcelo Gallardo.

This is an image accompanied by a text that says: "Different generations, the same ending. Another historic Copa night with the family". It refers to the three times that the team from São Paulo knocked out the team from Núñez in the international tournament.

The most recent occurred in the 2020 semi-finals, in an unusual context due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the matches were played without spectators. River played at home on Independiente's pitch and lost 3-0 to Palmeiras with goals from Rony, Luiz Adriano, and Matías Viña. In the second leg, Gallardo's team won 2-0 with goals from Robert Rojas and Rafael Santos Borré and were just short of an epic comeback. In the end, Verdao won that edition.

The first time was in 1999, which was also the first time the two teams faced each other. In the same stage, the team led by Ramón Díaz won 1-0 in Buenos Aires but was thrashed 3-0 in the second leg by the team led by Luiz Felipe Scolari. The team from São Paulo beat Barcelona from Ecuador in the final and won their first Libertadores.

Although they faced each other in the 1999 and 2001 editions of the now-defunct Copa Mercosur, more than 20 years passed between the first and second Copa Libertadores clashes. Interestingly, the data shows that each time Palmeiras eliminated River in the continental tournament, they subsequently won it. Will they get the fourth this time?

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