{"id":30030,"date":"2025-12-01T06:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/copa-libertadores-trophy-suffers-damage-amidst-post-victory-celebrations\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T06:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:57:09","slug":"copa-libertadores-trophy-suffers-damage-amidst-post-victory-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/copa-libertadores-trophy-suffers-damage-amidst-post-victory-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Copa Libertadores Trophy Suffers Damage Amidst Post-Victory Celebrations!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure>\n<picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1201%2Fr1583200_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1201%2Fr1583200_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1201%2Fr1583200_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1201%2Fr1583200_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Flamengo coach Filipe Luis celebrates with the Copa Libertadores trophy. <cite>Wagner Meyer\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>During the title celebrations on Saturday, the Copa Libertadores trophy won by Flamengo suffered damage.<\/p>\n<p>Flamengo triumphed over Palmeiras with a 1-0 victory in the final held in Lima, Peru, marking the first time a Brazilian club has won the distinguished trophy four times.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday afternoon, the Flamengo players and staff paraded through the streets of Rio de Janeiro, where around 500,000 fans participated in the festivities.<\/p>\n<p>As they celebrated, the players lifted the trophy, but photos showed that the trophy&#8217;s top, featuring a figurine of a soccer player poised to kick, was apparently secured with masking tape.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Flamengo wins Copa Libertadores, but Brazilian players look exhausted<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The figurine had been damaged previously.<\/p>\n<p>Flamengo aims to wrap up the Brazilian league title when they meet Cear\u00e1 at Rio&#8217;s Maracana Stadium on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>With just two matches remaining, they are currently five points behind the leaders, Palmeiras.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Fan Take:<\/strong> This news is significant for soccer fans as it showcases Flamengo&#8217;s dominance in South American football, setting the stage for future rivalries. The trophy&#8217;s damage amid celebrations also highlights the passion and intensity surrounding the sport, reminding fans how much these victories mean to their clubs and communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flamengo coach Filipe Luis celebrates with the Copa Libertadores trophy. Wagner Meyer\/Getty Images During the title celebrations on Saturday, the Copa Libertadores trophy won by Flamengo suffered damage. Flamengo triumphed over Palmeiras with a 1-0 victory in the final held in Lima, Peru, marking the first time a Brazilian club has won the distinguished trophy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1456,2482,4750,40,7367,46,7413,45,329,1097],"class_list":{"0":"post-30030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-celebrations","9":"tag-copa","10":"tag-damage","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-libertadores","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-postvictory","15":"tag-soccer","16":"tag-suffers","17":"tag-trophy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}