1998 Recopa Sudamericana

1998 Recopa Sudamericana
First leg
Date August 3, 1999
Venue Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Referee Jose Luís da Rosa (Uruguay)
Attendance 18,000
Second leg
Date September 23, 1999
Venue Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires
Referee Ubaldo Aquino Valenzano (Paraguay)
Attendance 11,000
1997
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The 1998 Recopa Sudamericana was the 10th Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Supercopa Sudamericana competitions. This will become the last Recopa Sudamericana on this format as the Supercopa Sudamericana was discontinued by CONMEBOL in 1998. With no existing secondary tournament, the Recopa Sudamericana became an impracticable competition until the introduction of the Copa Sudamericana in 2002.

The series was contested between Cruzeiro, winners of the 1997 Copa Libertadores, and River Plate, winners of the 1997 Supercopa Sudamericana, in a two-legged series. Due to schedule congestion, this edition was played as part of the Copa Mercosur (one of the two tournaments that replaced the Supercopa Sudamericana) two years after the participating clubs won their respective qualifying tournaments (instead of the regular 6–12 months).[1] Further devaluing this year's Recopa, River Plate sent a reserved squad on the first leg losing 2-0.[2][3] On the return leg, Cruzeiro thrashed River Plate 0-3 and won their first Recopa Sudamericana (after failing to do so in 1992 and 1993).[4][5]

After the home defeat, the Argentines turned off the stadium lights, turned on the lawn irrigation system and only allowed the delivery of the trophy in the locker room, preventing a "victory lap". This disgraceful act prompted CONMEBOL into revising their awarding ceremonies.

Contents

Match details

First leg

August 3, 1999
Cruzeiro 2 – 0 River Plate Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jose Luís da Rosa (Uruguay)
Müller  12'
Geovanni  88'
(Report)
Cruzeiro
River Plate
CRUZEIRO:
GK 1 André
DF 19 Donizete Amorim
DF 3 Robson
DF 13 Márcio
DF 17 Tércio
MF 5 Donizete Oliveira 85'
MF 20 Ricardinho
MF 10 Valdo
FW 7 Müller
FW 11 Alex Alves
FW 9 Marcelo Ramos 68'
Substitutes:
MF 18 Paulo Isidoro 64'
MF 16 Geovanni 68'
GK 12 Maizena
DF 14 Gustavo
FW 21 Túlio
MF 22 Leandro
DF 23 Cris
Manager:
Levir Culpi
RIVER PLATE:
GK 1 Roberto Bonano
DF 19 Leonardo Alfredo Ramos
DF 2 Roberto Trotta
DF 6 Pedro Sarabia
DF 3 Diego Placente
MF 23 Guillermo Ariel Pereyra 33'
MF 16 Damián Álvarez 80a'
MF 24 Marcelo Gómez 37'
FW 25 Nelson Cuevas
FW 11 Martín Cardetti 80b'
FW 9 Sebastián Rambert 55'
Substitutes:
MF 20 Leonel Gancedo 81' 55'
DF 15 Ariel Franco 80a'
FW 18 Cristian Gastón Castillo 80b'
GK 12 Alejandro Saccone
DF 13 Ariel Garcé
DF 14 Norberto Acosta
MF 22 Gabriel Pereyra
Manager:
Ramón Díaz

Assistant referees:
Saúl Feldmann
William Martínez

Second leg

September 26, 1993
River Plate 0 – 3 Cruzeiro Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino Valenzano (Paraguay)
(Report) Geovanni  18'
Marcelo Ramos  82' (pen)
Gustavo  92'
River Plate
Cruzeiro
RIVER PLATE:
GK 1 Roberto Bonano
DF 4 Gustavo Lombardi
DF 2 Roberto Trotta
DF 14 Norberto Acosta
DF 19 Leonardo Alfredo Ramos
MF 23 Guillermo Ariel Pereyra 63'
MF 16 Damián Álvarez 45b'
MF 20 Leonel Gancedo
MF 8 Marcelo Escudero 45' 45a'
FW 25 Nelson Cuevas
FW 11 Martín Cardetti 44'
Substitutes:
MF 24 Marcelo Gómez 73' 45a'
FW 18 Cristian Gastón Castillo 45b'
DF 13 Ariel Garcé 63'
GK 17 Franco Constanzo
DF 15 Ariel Franco
FW 22 Gabriel Pereyra
Manager:
Ramón Díaz
CRUZEIRO:
GK 1 André
DF 14 Gustavo
DF 3 Marcelo Djian
DF 23 Cris
DF 6 André Luiz
MF 15 Marcos Paulo
MF 20 Ricardinho 64'
MF 19 Donizete Amorim 68a'
FW 18 Paulo Isidoro
FW 16 Geovanni 24' 75'
FW 11 Alex Alves 68b'
Substitutes:
MF 8 Djair 68a'
DF 25 Espínola 68b'
FW 9 Marcelo Ramos 75'
GK 12 Maizena
DF 4 Isaías
MF 5 Donizete Oliveira
FW 21 Túlio
Manager:
Levir Culpi

Assistant referees:
Robert Troxler Ayala
Nelson Cano

Recopa Sudamericana
1998 Winners
Cruzeiro
First Title

References

  1. ^ River y Colón no tienen fecha fija La Nación, accessed on April 26, 2010
  2. ^ River, con varios suplentes La Nación, accessed on April 26, 2010
  3. ^ River perdió ante Cruzeiro y entregó una pálida imagen La Nación, accessed on April 26, 2010
  4. ^ River debe ganar para seguir La Nación, accessed on April 26, 2010
  5. ^ Cruzeiro volvió a dejar a River con las manos vacías La Nación, accessed on April 26, 2010

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