Since the 2019 edition, the Copa Libertadores final and Copa Sudamericana left behind their historic two-legged format and adopted single-match finals. The discussion about a possible return occasionally arises among fans, but the official response already has a clear and definitive message. Alejandro Domínguez, president of CONMEBOL, publicly explained why the organization doesn't consider going back and firmly defended the single-match model.
The official spoke through a video published on the South American entity's official TikTok account, where he acknowledged that those finals marked an era and are part of the continent's collective memory. However, he immediately clarified that the data, using Libertadores as an example, showed a serious problem: a trend favoring the team that played the second leg at home.
"In the last 10 years in which it was played that way, in 7 instances the champion was the team that played at home in the second match," Domínguez explained.
