2007 Copa Libertadores Finals

2007 Copa Libertadores Finals
Event 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores
First leg
Date 13 June 2007
Venue La Bombonera, Buenos Aires
Man of the Match Juan Román Riquelme
Referee Jorge Larrionda
Attendance 50,993
Second leg
Date 20 June 2007
Venue Estádio Olímpico, Porto Alegre
Man of the Match Juan Román Riquelme
Referee Oscar Ruiz
Attendance 53,952

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 13 at Boca Juniors' home field, with the second leg played on June 20 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.

Qualified teams

Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Argentina Boca Juniors 1963, 1977, 1978, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004
Brazil Grêmio 1983, 1984, 1995

Route to the finals

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

Final summary

First leg

Boca Juniors
Grêmio
BOCA JUNIORS:
GK 12 Argentina Mauricio Caranta
DF 4 Argentina Hugo Ibarra  13'
DF 6 Argentina Daniel Díaz
DF 3Paraguay Claudio Morel Rodríguez
DF 21 Argentina Clemente Rodríguez
MF 8 Argentina Pablo Ledesma
MF 24Argentina Éver Banega  34'  81'
MF 19Argentina Neri Cardozo  64'  67'
MF 10 Argentina Juan Román Riquelme  53'
FW 14Argentina Rodrigo Palacio
FW 9Argentina Martín Palermo (c)
Substitutes:
GK 25Argentina Pablo Migliore
MF 5Argentina Sebastián Battaglia  81'
MF 2Argentina Matías Silvestre
MF 11 Argentina Bruno Marioni
MF 15Argentina Guillermo Marino
FW 17Argentina Mauro Boselli
MF 23Argentina Jesús Datolo  67'
Manager:
Argentina Miguel Russo
GRÊMIO:
GK 1 Argentina Sebastián Saja
DF 2 Brazil Patrício  15'
DF 4 Brazil William
DF 14Brazil Teco
DF 16 Brazil Lúcio
MF 15 Brazil Sandro Goiano Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 53', 58'
MF 22Paraguay Diego Gavilán
MF 10 Brazil Tcheco (c)  80'
MF 7Brazil Diego Souza
FW 11Brazil Carlos Eduardo
FW 9Brazil Tuta  72'
Substitutes:
GK 12Brazil Galatto
MF 8Brazil Lucas  72'
DF 6Brazil Bruno Teles
MF 5Brazil Edmílson
DF 3Argentina Rolando Schiavi
MF 18 Brazil Ramón
FW 20Brazil Douglas  80'
Manager:
Brazil Mano Menezes

Man of the Match:
Argentina Juan Román Riquelme

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

Second leg

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

Man of the Match:
Argentina Juan Román Riquelme

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

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