Overview
- The Brazilian side advanced 1-0 on aggregate after Jorge Carrascal’s first-leg winner in Rio and a scoreless second leg in Avellaneda.
- Racing controlled long stretches at El Cilindro but failed to convert, as Rossi denied multiple chances including a late strike from Luciano Vietto.
- Flamengo played the final half hour with 10 men after Gonzalo Plata was sent off for aggression against Marcos Rojo.
- Referee Piero Maza overturned an initial red card to Rojo following a VAR review that determined a head-to-head collision rather than an elbow.
- The single-match final is scheduled for Nov. 29 at Estadio Monumental in Lima, with the opponent to be decided between Palmeiras and Liga de Quito after LDU’s 3-0 first-leg lead.