2007 Copa Libertadores Finals

2007 Copa Libertadores Finals
Event 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores
Boca Juniors Grêmio
Argentina Brazil
5 0
First leg
Boca Juniors Grêmio
3 0
Date 13 June 2007
Venue La Bombonera, Buenos Aires
Man of the Match Juan Román Riquelme
Referee Jorge Larrionda
Attendance 50,993
Second leg
Grêmio Boca Juniors
0 2
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:
GK12Argentina Mauricio Caranta
DF4Argentina Hugo IbarraYellow card 13'
DF6Argentina Daniel Díaz
DF3Paraguay Claudio Morel Rodríguez
DF21Argentina Clemente Rodríguez
MF8Argentina Pablo Ledesma
MF24Argentina Éver BanegaYellow card 34' 81'
MF19Argentina Neri CardozoYellow card 64' 67'
MF10Argentina Juan Román RiquelmeYellow card 53'
FW14Argentina Rodrigo Palacio
FW9Argentina Martín Palermo (c)
Substitutes:
GK25Argentina Pablo Migliore
MF5Argentina Sebastián Battaglia 81'
MF2Argentina Matías Silvestre
MF11Argentina Bruno Marioni
MF15Argentina Guillermo Marino
FW17Argentina Mauro Boselli
MF23Argentina Jesús Datolo 67'
Manager:
Argentina Miguel Russo
GRÊMIO:
GK1Argentina Sebastián Saja
DF2Brazil PatrícioYellow card 15'
DF4Brazil William
DF14Brazil Teco
DF16Brazil Lúcio
MF15Brazil Sandro GoianoYellow cardYellow cardRed card 53', 58'
MF22Paraguay Diego Gavilán
MF10Brazil Tcheco (c) 80'
MF7Brazil Diego Souza
FW11Brazil Carlos Eduardo
FW9Brazil Tuta 72'
Substitutes:
GK12Brazil Galatto
MF8Brazil Lucas 72'
DF6Brazil Bruno Teles
MF5Brazil Edmílson
DF3Argentina Rolando Schiavi
MF18Brazil Ramón
FW20Brazil 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

Grêmio Brazil 0 – 2 Argentina Boca Juniors
(Report) Riquelme  69', 81'
Attendance: 51,851
Grêmio
Boca Juniors
GRÊMIO:
GK1Argentina Sebastián Saja
DF2Brazil Patrício
DF4Brazil William
DF14Brazil Teco 35'
DF16Brazil LúcioYellow card 88'
MF7Brazil Diego SouzaYellow card 50'
MF8Brazil LucasYellow card 70'
MF22Paraguay Diego Gavilán
MF10Brazil Tcheco (c) 46'
FW11Brazil Carlos Eduardo
FW9Brazil Tuta 70'
Substitutes:
GK12Brazil Galatto
DF3Argentina Rolando SchiaviYellow card 84' 35'
DF6Brazil Bruno Teles
MF18Brazil Ramón
MF19Brazil Everton 70'
FW20Brazil Douglas
FW21Brazil Amoroso 46'
Manager:
Brazil Mano Menezes
BOCA JUNIORS:
GK12Argentina Mauricio Caranta
DF4Argentina Hugo Ibarra
DF6Argentina Daniel Díaz
DF3Paraguay Claudio Morel Rodríguez
DF21Argentina Clemente Rodríguez
MF8Argentina Pablo LedesmaYellow card 74'
MF24Argentina Éver Banega 82'
MF19Argentina Neri Cardozo 59'
MF10Argentina Juan Riquelme
FW14Argentina Rodrigo Palacio 87'
FW9Argentina Martín Palermo (c)
Substitutes:
GK25Argentina Pablo Migliore
DF2Argentina Matías Silvestre
MF23Argentina Jesus Datolo
MF16Uruguay Sergio Orteman 82'
MF5Argentina Sebastián Battaglia 59'
FW17Argentina Mauro Boselli 87'
FW11Argentina 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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