A year on from Liverpool suffering a goalkeeping meltdown in the Champions League final, Alisson got his safe hands on the trophy as the Reds lifted the European Cup for the sixth time.
Whereas Loris Karius had made a couple of high-profile blunders to cost Jurgen Klopp's side dearly in their 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid 12 months earlier, the world-record (albeit briefly) £66.8million fee to bring the Brazilian from Roma to Anfield proved to be money well spent.
Not only did Alisson provide a major upgrade on a weekly basis in between the sticks for Liverpool, enabling them to enjoy the best defensive record in the Premier League, he rose to the big occasion too by producing several crucial saves in Madrid to thwart Tottenham Hotspur and ensure a 2-0 win.
It wasn't just a victory for Merseyside alone though but Brazil too.
While Spurs dropped their Brazilian semi-final hat-trick hero Lucas Moura to the bench to recall a fit-again Harry Kane to spearhead their attack, Klopp selected all of his Brazilian trio in the starting line-up as Alisson took to the field alongside Roberto Firmino and Fabinho who had been signed the day after Kiev.
Rodrigo Calvozzo, assistant editor and columnist for Goal Brasil explains the impact that Alisson's impressive debut season at Anfield has made back in his homeland.
He told the ECHO: “People in Brazil have been following Alisson's progress at Anfield with great interest, particularly when it was the Champions League final and he made some important saves.
“A lot of fans were making a point of stopping to watch the game and to support Liverpool because they had three Brazilian players.
“Liverpool are a very traditional club and people in Brazil remember when Flamengo won the Copa Libertadores for the only time in 1981, they went on to beat Liverpool in the Intercontinental Cup in Japan.
"So now that Flamengo is in the knockout stages of the competition again this year they hope it could be a good omen and that history just might repeat itself.
“They are the biggest-supported club in the country so there have been lots of jokes and hopeful remarks about this among Flamengo's fanbase.”
A year ago, when Alisson departed the Eternal City, there were still plenty of eyebrows raised over the fee to take him to Liverpool – including from Calvozzo himself – but he explains that the doubters have now been won over.
Calvozzo said: “Alisson is the number one for Brazil and I think his performances for Liverpool in the Champions League were crucial for Alisson in convincing all the people back home just how good he could be.
“These displays against the world's best attacking players – and keeping them out – have given him more confidence.
“Last summer at the time of the World Cup, some observers thought he wasn't the perfect goalkeeper for Brazil but he looks more secure and he's the undisputed number.
“Playing for a team like Liverpool has really increased his profile – he's the man now.
“Everyday he seems to have more confidence so it's very important for Brazil to have this kind of goalkeeper.
“I the past we've had the likes of Taffarel and Carlos so it's crucial to have someone who is a calming influence and he certainly has that quality.”
Of course, Alisson's inaugural campaign in England saw him slugging it out for the Premier League against Ederson who was not only his title rival but main competition for the number one shirt with the national team.
While the Manchester City man secured both the Premier League trophy and place in the PFA Team of the Year as voted for by his peers, crucially Alisson retains the confidence of Brazil coach Tite.
Out of the 10 fixtures played by Brazil in the build up to Copa America – they play their opening match against Bolivia in Sao Paulo at 1:30am UK time on Saturday – Alisson started five games; Ederson four and Neto one.
Calvozzo said: “It's been an incredible season for Brazilian fans watching the Premier League with the two top teams, Manchester City and Liverpool having several Brazilian players including both the goalkeepers.
“Ederson is a very good goalkeeper too but at this moment, Alisson is a little better and has been fantastic for Brazil.”
While Alisson will take his place in the tournament squad alongside club colleague Firmino, there is a notable exception in the shape of Liverpool's other Brazilian Fabinho who became one of Klopp's mainstays in recent months.
Calvozzo said: “Some people have been asking why Fabinho has not in the squad and I'm one of them. I think that looking forward towards the next World Cup and the future he should be with us.
“We need to respect Tite's choice but Fabinho is a name on the lips of many.”
