Palmeiras overcame a late scare to defeat Fluminense on penalties in an all-Brazilian semi-final and attain the Copa Libertadores final for the seventh time on Wednesday.
Fluminense, trailing 2-1 from final week’s first leg, surprised Palmeiras with eight minutes of regular time remaining when Hercules swept in an emphatic winner at the Nubank Parque stadium in Sao Paulo.
That made it 2-2 on mixture, sending the sport instantly to a penalty shoot-out after the final whistle.
The decisive second in the shoot-out got here when Fluminense’s Nonato noticed his workforce’s fourth penalty saved by Palmeiras goalkeeper Carlos Miguel to go away his workforce trailing 4-3.
Palmeiras midfielder Marlon Freitas made no mistake with the fifth kick to ship them into the final for the second 12 months operating.
Palmeiras, runners-up in final 12 months’s final, will face both reigning champions Flamengo or Argentina’s Estudiantes in subsequent month’s final in Montevideo.
Flamengo and Estudiantes drew the primary leg of their semi-final in Buenos Aires 0-0 final week and play their second leg on the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.
