Colombian team America de Cali in 1987. After losing the Copa Libertadores final twice in a row, they made it all the way to the final once again. They undoubtedly had the best squad in the whole continent, they won their home league for around 8 straight years, and had star players from countries like Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina (financed with drug money). They had to face Peñarol this time around, a team made up solely of homegrown Uruguayan players, America managed to beat them in 2 - 0 in the home game and then lost 2 - 1 in the away game, in modern times that would mean they won the title but back then the cup had a different format, so they played a third game in Argentina 3 days later.
A draw would have been enough for America since they had a +1 goal difference and Peñarol had a -1 GD, they didn't even need to score to finally win the cup, and everything was going according to plan until the 120th minute where a Peñarol player scored and gave the Uruguayans the title. America made it to the semifinals the next year and to another final in the 90s but to this day they still haven't won the Copa Libertadores
Colombian team America de Cali in 1987. After losing the Copa Libertadores final twice in a row, they made it all the way to the final once again. They undoubtedly had the best squad in the whole continent, they won their home league for around 8 straight years, and had star players from countries like Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina (financed with drug money). They had to face Peñarol this time around, a team made up solely of homegrown Uruguayan players, America managed to beat them in 2 - 0 in the home game and then lost 2 - 1 in the away game, in modern times that would mean they won the title but back then the cup had a different format, so they played a third game in Argentina 3 days later.
A draw would have been enough for America since they had a +1 goal difference and Peñarol had a -1 GD, they didn't even need to score to finally win the cup, and everything was going according to plan until the 120th minute where a Peñarol player scored and gave the Uruguayans the title. America made it to the semifinals the next year and to another final in the 90s but to this day they still haven't won the Copa Libertadores