📸 Is this the fastest sending-off in a cup final? ⏱

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Richard Buxton·30 November 2024

📸 Is this the fastest sending-off in a cup final? ⏱

The Copa Libertadores final got a whole lot spicier on Saturday as Atlético Mineiro and Botafogo faced off.

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Despite the clubs sitting nine places apart in the Brasileirão table, there is clearly no love lost as their clash sparked into life with a sending off after just 31 seconds.

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Botafogo midfielder Gregore was sent for a very early bath at the Estadio Monumental for a high-footed lunge on his opposite number Fausto Vera.

Definitivamente tem coisas que só acontecem com o Botafogo...
– Saturday, 30 November 2024

The Estrela Solitária were hoping to make history in Buenos Aires, having never previously won the competition, but this definitely wasn't what they had in mind.

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