2007 Copa Libertadores finals

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Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 2007 Copa Libertadores finals was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2007 Copa Libertadores champion. The series was contested between Argentine club Boca Juniors and Brazilian club Grêmio. The first leg of the tie was played on June 13 at Boca Juniors' home field, La Bombonera, with the second leg played on June 20 at Gremio's Estádio Olímpico. Boca Juniors won the series 5–0 on aggregate,[1] achieving their sixth Copa Libertadores title.[2]

Qualified teams

Team Previous finals app.
Template:Flagicon Boca Juniors 1963, 1977, 1978, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004
Template:Flagicon Grêmio 1983, 1984, 1995

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Venues

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Route to the finals

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

Matches

First leg

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Man of the Match:
Template:Flagicon Juan Román Riquelme (Boca Juniors)

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


Second leg

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Man of the Match:
Template:Flagicon Juan Román Riquelme (Boca Juniors)

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

Aftermath

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Juan Román Riquelme was the most notable player of the competition, with 8 goals and 7 assists

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 Peñarol of Uruguay had played that number of finals. The media praised Juan Román Riquelme's performance in the finals, crediting him as Boca Juniors' most notable player. Riquelme had returned to Boca Juniors after a frustrating experience in Spanish club Villarreal where manager Manuel Pellegrini excluded him from the senior squad due to personal disputes.[3] Under the guidance of manager Miguel Ángel Russo, Riquelme was the top scorer of the team (and second of the 2007 edition behind Salvador Cabañas with 8 goals in 11 matches, three of them in the finals.[4]

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Riquelme made it easy to win the Copa Libertadores

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The (Libertadores) Cup is like the girl you want but she ignores you

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The 5–0 aggregate score remains nowadays as the largest victory in the history of Copa Libertadores' finals.[5]

On the other hand, Grêmio –that had played three finals winning two of them– became the second Brazilian club with most Copa Libertadores finals contested (four until then), just behind of São Paulo who had six.

References

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  1. Copa Libertadores 2007 by Juan Pablo Andrés on the RSSSF
  2. Copa Libertadores 2007 overview on Historia de Boca
  3. El mejor Riquelme on TN, 26 Jan 2015
  4. a b Orteman: "Riquelme hizo fácil la Libertadores" Script error: No such module "webarchive". by Damián Espinoza on Deportea Online, 22 June 2017
  5. a b La sexta Copa de Boca Script error: No such module "webarchive". by Damián Ferrero on Diario Publicable, 28 Oct 2013

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