2007 Copa Libertadores Finals

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, 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]

2007 Copa Libertadores Finals
Event2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores
on aggregate
First leg
Date13 June 2007
VenueLa Bombonera, Buenos Aires
Man of the MatchJuan Román Riquelme
RefereeJorge Larrionda
Attendance50,993
Second leg
Date20 June 2007
VenueEstádio Olímpico, Porto Alegre
Man of the MatchJuan Román Riquelme
RefereeOscar Ruiz
Attendance53,952

Qualified teams

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

Venues

Route to the finals

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

Final summary

First leg

Boca Juniors 3–0 Grêmio
Palacio  18'
Riquelme  73'
Patrício  89' (o.g.)
Report
Attendance: 50,993
Boca Juniors
Grêmio
GK12 Mauricio Caranta
DF4 Hugo Ibarra 13'
DF6 Daniel Díaz
DF3 Claudio Morel Rodríguez
DF21 Clemente Rodríguez
MF8 Pablo Ledesma
MF24 Éver Banega 34' 81'
MF19 Neri Cardozo 64' 67'
MF10 Juan Román Riquelme 53'
FW14 Rodrigo Palacio
FW9 Martín Palermo (c)
Substitutes:
GK25 Pablo Migliore
MF5 Sebastián Battaglia 81'
MF2 Matías Silvestre
MF11 Bruno Marioni
MF15 Guillermo Marino
FW17 Mauro Boselli
MF23 Jesús Datolo 67'
Manager:
Miguel Russo
GK1 Sebastián Saja
DF2 Patrício 15'
DF4 William
DF14 Teco
DF16 Lúcio
MF15 Sandro Goiano 53'  58'
MF22 Diego Gavilán
MF10 Tcheco (c) 80'
MF7 Diego Souza
FW11 Carlos Eduardo
FW9 Tuta 72'
Substitutes:
GK12 Galatto
MF8 Lucas 72'
DF6 Bruno Teles
MF5 Edmílson
DF3 Rolando Schiavi
MF18 Ramón
FW20 Douglas 80'
Manager:
Mano Menezes

Man of the Match:
Juan Román Riquelme

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

Second leg

Grêmio 0–2 Boca Juniors
Report Riquelme  69', 81'
Grêmio
Boca Juniors
GK1 Sebastián Saja
DF2 Patrício
DF4 William
DF14 Teco 35'
DF16 Lúcio 88'
MF7 Diego Souza 50'
MF8 Lucas 70'
MF22 Diego Gavilán
MF10 Tcheco (c) 46'
FW11 Carlos Eduardo
FW9 Tuta 70'
Substitutes:
GK12 Galatto
DF3 Rolando Schiavi 84' 35'
DF6 Bruno Teles
MF18 Ramón
MF19 Everton 70'
FW20 Douglas
FW21 Amoroso 46'
Manager:
Mano Menezes
GK12 Mauricio Caranta
DF4 Hugo Ibarra
DF6 Daniel Díaz
DF3 Claudio Morel Rodríguez
DF21 Clemente Rodríguez
MF8 Pablo Ledesma 74'
MF24 Éver Banega 82'
MF19 Neri Cardozo 59'
MF10 Juan Riquelme
FW14 Rodrigo Palacio 87'
FW9 Martín Palermo (c)
Substitutes:
GK25 Pablo Migliore
DF2 Matías Silvestre
MF23 Jesus Datolo
MF16 Sergio Orteman 82'
MF5 Sebastián Battaglia 59'
FW17 Mauro Boselli 87'
FW11 Bruno Marioni
Manager:
Miguel Russo

Man of the Match:
Juan Román Riquelme

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

Aftermath

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 Villarrea where manager Manuel Pellegrini excluded him from the senior squad due to personal disputes.[2] 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.[3]

Riquelme made it easy to win the Copa Libertadores

Sergio Orteman, Riquelme's teammate in 2007 [3]

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

Miguel Ángel Russo, Boca Juniors manager [4]

The 5–0 aggregate score remains nowadays as the largest victory in the history of Copa Libertadores' finals.[4]

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

  1. Copa Libertadores 2007 by Juan Pablo Andrés on the RSSSF
  2. El mejor Riquelme on TN, 26 Jan 2015
  3. Orteman: "Riquelme hizo fácil la Libertadores" by Damián Espinoza on Deportea Online, 22 June 2017
  4. La sexta Copa de Boca Archived 2015-02-04 at the Wayback Machine by Damián Ferrero on Diario Publicable, 28 Oct 2013
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