2007 Copa Libertadores Finals

2007 Copa Libertadores Finals
Event 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores
First leg
Date 13 June 2007
Venue La Bombonera, Buenos Aires
Referee Jorge Larrionda
Attendance 50,993
Second leg
Date 20 June 2007
Venue Estádio Olímpico, Porto Alegre
Referee Oscar Ruiz
Attendance 53,952
2006
2008

The 2007 Copa Libertadores Final was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2007 Copa Libertadores champion. The series was contested between Club Atlético Boca Juniors from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Grêmio, from Porto Alegre, Brazil. The first leg of the tie was played on June 13th at Boca Juniors' home field, with the second leg played on June 20th at Gremio's.

With this appearance in the last stage Boca Juniors achieved a record-tie 9 times in the finals, winning five of the seven previous occasions. At that moment only C.A. Peñarol of Uruguay have that number of finals. In the last final of Boca Juniors they lost to Once Caldas of Colombia in 2004. In the other hand with this appearance Grêmio, who played three finals before winning two of them, became the second with most finals in the brazilian clubs, just behind of São Paulo who had six. In 2009 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube would equal the record of four finals appearances of Grêmio.

Contents

Route to the finals

Grêmio Boca Juniors
São Paulo
A
0–1
Round of 16
First leg
Vélez Sársfield
H
3–0
Riquelme 9'
Palermo 61'
Rodríguez 89'
São Paulo
H
2–0
Tcheco 17'
Diego Souza 74'
Second leg Vélez Sársfield
A
1–3
Bustos (o.g.) 32'
Defensor Sporting
A
0–2
Quarterfinals
First leg
Libertad
H
1–1
Palermo 90'
Defensor Sporting
H
2–0
(p. 4–2)
Tcheco 22'
Teco 45'
Second leg Libertad
A
2–0
Riquelme 61'
Palacio
Santos
H
2–0
Tcheco 34'
Carlos Eduardo 36'
Semifinals
First leg
Cúcuta Deportivo
A
1–3
Ledesma 27'
Santos
A
1–3
Diego Souza 34' Second leg Cúcuta Deportivo
H
3–0
Riquelme 44'
Palermo 61'
Battaglia 90'

Final summary

First leg

2007-06-13
21:45 (UTC-3)
Boca Juniors 3 – 0 Grêmio Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires
Attendance: 50,993
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Palacio  18'
Riquelme  73'
Patrício  89' (o.g.)
(Report)
Boca Juniors
Grêmio
BOCA JUNIORS:
GK 12 Mauricio Caranta
DF 4 Hugo Ibarra 13'
DF 6 Daniel Díaz
DF 3 Claudio Morel Rodríguez
DF 21 Clemente Rodríguez
MF 8 Pablo Ledesma
MF 24 Ever Banega 34' 81'
MF 19 Neri Cardozo 64' 67'
MF 10 Juan Román Riquelme 53'
FW 14 Rodrigo Palacio
FW 9 Martín Palermo (c)
Substitutes:
GK 25 Pablo Migliore
MF 5 Sebastián Battaglia 81'
MF 2 Matías Silvestre
MF 11 Bruno Marioni
MF 15 Guillermo Marino
FW 17 Mauro Boselli
MF 23 Jesús Datolo 67'
Manager:
Miguel Russo
GRÊMIO:
GK 1 Sebastián Saja
DF 2 Patrício 15'
DF 4 William
DF 14 Teco
DF 16 Lúcio
MF 15 Sandro Goiano  53', 58'
MF 22 Diego Gavilán
MF 10 Tcheco (c) 80'
MF 7 Diego Souza
FW 11 Carlos Eduardo
FW 9 Tuta 72'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Galatto
MF 8 Lucas 72'
DF 6 Bruno Teles
MF 5 Edmílson
DF 3 Rolando Schiavi
MF 18 Ramón
FW 20 Douglas 80'
Manager:
Mano Menezes

Assistant referees:
Wálter Rial
Edgardo Acosta
Fourth official:
Líber Prudente

Second leg

2007-06-20
21:45 (UTC-3)
Grêmio 0 – 2 Boca Juniors Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre
Attendance: 51,851
Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
(Report) Riquelme  69'81'
Grêmio
Boca Juniors
GRÊMIO:
GK 1 Sebastián Saja
DF 2 Patrício
DF 4 William
DF 14 Teco 35'
DF 16 Lúcio 88'
MF 7 Diego Souza 50'
MF 8 Lucas 70'
MF 22 Diego Gavilán
MF 10 Tcheco (c) 46'
FW 11 Carlos Eduardo
FW 9 Tuta 70'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Galatto
DF 3 Rolando Schiavi 84' 35'
DF 6 Bruno Teles
MF 18 Ramón
MF 19 Everton 70'
FW 20 Douglas
FW 21 Amoroso 46'
Manager:
Mano Menezes
BOCA JUNIORS:
GK 12 Mauricio Caranta
DF 4 Hugo Ibarra
DF 6 Daniel Díaz
DF 3 Claudio Morel Rodríguez
DF 21 Clemente Rodríguez
MF 8 Pablo Ledesma 74'
MF 24 Ever Banega 82'
MF 19 Neri Cardozo 59'
MF 10 Juan Riquelme
FW 14 Rodrigo Palacio 87'
FW 9 Martín Palermo (c)
Substitutes:
GK 25 Pablo Migliore
DF 2 Matías Silvestre
MF 23 Jesus Datolo
MF 16 Sergio Orteman 82'
MF 5 Sebastián Battaglia 59'
FW 17 Mauro Boselli 87'
FW 11 Bruno Marioni
Manager:
Miguel Russo

Assistant referees:
Juan Carlos Bedoya
Jovani Zapata
Fourth official:
Albert Duarte

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