After leaving Boca Juniors behind once more, River Plate will play the CONMEBOL Libertadores final again to defend the title won in 2018, precisely against its all-time rival.
Regarding the other bracket, Flamengo won a resounding victory against Gremio: they tied 1-1 in Porto Alegre, and Flamengo thrashed Gremio 5-0 in the Maracaná stadium. Up to now, the CONMEBOL decided that the final should be played at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago de Chile, at 5:30 pm (Argentina time).
In 2018, in the group stage, River and Flamengo met twice: the results were 2-2 in Rio de Janeiro (at the Botafogo stadium, with goals by Rodrigo Mora and Camilo Mayada) and 0-0 at the Monumental stadium.