2008 Recopa Sudamericana

2008 Recopa Sudamericana
First leg
Date August 13, 2008
Venue Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda
Referee Gabriel Favale (Argentina)
Attendance 10,359
Second leg
Date August 27, 2008
Venue Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires
Referee Saúl Laverni (Argentina)
Attendance 32,357

The 2008 Recopa Sudamericana (officially the 2008 Recopa Visa Sudamericana for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana competitions.

The match was contested by Boca Juniors, winners of the 2007 Copa Libertadores, and Arsenal, winners of the 2007 Copa Sudamericana. Boca Juniors won their 4th Recopa Sudamericana title after accumulating the most points over the two legs (4-1). The title ties them in first place for the most international titles won by a club with 18.

Qualified teams

Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Argentina Arsenal None
Argentina Boca Juniors 1990, 2004, 2005, 2006

Matches

First leg

August 13, 2008
19:30 (UTC-3)
Arsenal Argentina 1 3 Argentina Boca Juniors
Sava  25' Report Palermo  21'
Palacio  32'
Battaglia  90'
Arsenal
Boca Juniors
ARSENAL:
GK 1 Argentina Mario Cuenca  46'
MF 5 Argentina Cristian Pellerano
MF 10 Argentina Alejandro Gómez
FW 11 Argentina Facundo Sava
MF 13 Argentina Carlos Casteglione (c)  37'
DF 14 Argentina Javier Gandolfi  33'
MF 15 Argentina Damián Pérez  41'  66'
DF 6 Argentina Aníbal Matellán  76'
DF 21 Colombia Josimar Mosquera  20'
MF 23 Argentina Sebastián Carrera  81'
DF 24 Argentina Javier Yacuzzi
Substitutes:
GK 12 Argentina Cristian Campestrini  46'
DF 3 Paraguay Carlos Báez
DF 4 Argentina Darío Espínola  66'
MF 7 Argentina Andrés San Martín
FW 9 Argentina Luciano Leguizamón  90'  81'
MF 17 Argentina Facundo Coria
DF 20 Argentina Nicolás Aguirre
Manager:
Argentina Daniel Garnero
BOCA JUNIORS:
GK 1 Argentina Mauricio Caranta
DF 4 Argentina Hugo Ibarra
DF 2 Paraguay Julio Cáceres
DF 16 Argentina Gabriel Paletta
DF 3 Paraguay Claudio Morel
MF 22 Colombia Fabián Vargas
MF 5 Argentina Sebastián Battaglia  82'
MF 23 Argentina Jesús Dátolo  81'  90'
MF 11 Argentina Leandro Gracián  75'
FW 9 Argentina Martín Palermo (c)
FW 14 Argentina Rodrigo Palacio  75'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Argentina Javier Hernán García
DF 13 Argentina Facundo Roncaglia
DF 15 Uruguay Álvaro González  90'
MF 19 Argentina Neri Cardozo  75'
MF 21 Argentina Cristian Chávez
FW 17 Argentina Ricardo Noir  75'
Manager:
Argentina Carlos Ischia

Assistant referees:
Argentina Horacio Herrero
Argentina Ariel Bustos
Fourth official:
Argentina Juan Pablo Pompei

Second leg

August 27, 2008
20:00 (UTC-3)
Boca Juniors Argentina 2 2 Argentina Arsenal
Palacio  7'
Riquelme  90+1'
Report Carrera  58'
Matos  69'
Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires
Attendance: 32,357
Referee: Saúl Laverni (Argentina)
Boca Juniors
Arsenal
BOCA JUNIORS:
GK 1 Argentina Mauricio Caranta  85'
DF 4 Argentina Hugo Ibarra (c)
DF 2 Paraguay Julio Cáceres
DF 16 Argentina Gabriel Paletta
DF 3 Paraguay Claudio Morel
MF 22 Colombia Fabián Vargas
MF 5 Argentina Sebastián Battaglia
MF 23 Argentina Jesús Dátolo  72'
MF 10 Argentina Juan Román Riquelme
FW 14 Argentina Rodrigo Palacio  75'
FW 7 Argentina Lucas Viatri
Substitutes:
GK 12 Argentina Javier Hernán García
MF 11 Argentina Leandro Gracián
DF 13 Argentina Facundo Roncaglia
DF 15 Uruguay Álvaro González
FW 17 Argentina Ricardo Noir  75'
MF 21 Argentina Cristian Chávez  72'
FW 24 Argentina Lucas Castromán
Manager:
Argentina Carlos Ischia
ARSENAL:
GK 12 Argentina Cristian Campestrini
DF 4 Argentina Darío Espínola
DF 3 Paraguay Carlos Báez Red card 64'
DF 6 Argentina Aníbal Matellán  37'
DF 18 Argentina Christian Díaz Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 80'
MF 23 Argentina Sebastián Carrera  89'
MF 13 Argentina Carlos Casteglione (c)
DF 24 Argentina Javier Yacuzzi  5'
MF 10 Argentina Alejandro Gómez
FW 9 Argentina Luciano Leguizamón  46'
FW 16 Argentina Mauro Matos  85'
Substitutes:
GK 19 Argentina Matías Alasia
FW 8 Argentina Sergio Sena  89'
DF 2 Argentina Mariano Brau
MF 5 Argentina Cristian Pellerano
MF 15 Argentina Damián Pérez
MF 17 Argentina Facundo Coria  85'
DF 7 Argentina José Contreras  46'
Manager:
Argentina Daniel Garnero

Assistant referees:
Argentina Francisco Rocchio
Argentina Gustavo Esquivel
Fourth official:
Argentina Federico Beligoy

Recopa Sudamericana
2008 Winner
Argentina
Boca Juniors
Fourth Title

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