Rules
The finals were played over two legs; home and away. The team that accumulated the most points —two for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss— after the two legs would be crowned the champion. If the two teams tied on points after the second leg, a playoff in a neutral venue would become the next tie-breaker.
Matches
Playoff
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| GK | |  Raul |
| DF | | Nelinho |  |
| DF | | Darci |
| DF | | Moraes |
| DF | | Vanderlei |
| MF | | Zé Carlos |
| MF | | Eduardo |
| MF | | Ely Carlos | |
| FW | | Ely Mendes |
| FW | | Neca |
| FW | | Joãozinho |
| Substitutes: |
| DF | | Mariano  |
| MF | | Livio |
| Manager: |
| Zezé Moreira |
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Notes
Once the playoff extra time finished, Spanish referee Vicente Llobregat did not allow Boca Juniors coaching staff to enter the pitch to talk with the men chosen to kick the penalties. Therefore manager Juan Carlos Lorenzo took pen and paper to write the names of players designed to kick, they were Pernía, Tesare, Zanabria, Felman and Mouzo. On the bottom, he wrote the word "abajo" (down) to indicate them where to shot.
Because of coaching staffs were not allowed to enter the field, one of the ball boys gave the paper to captain Rubén Suñé, then the players ordering themselves to kick the penalties.[1]
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Look, I'm gonna be sincere to you because I'm not in the mood for jokes. The ball impacted on me. I moved and the ball impacted on me. Vanderley shot directly to my left side and we won the cup. It was the destiny.[1] |
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| — Hugo Gatti, who stopped the last penalty that allowed Boca Juniors to win the Copa Libertadores for the first time in its history |
