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's premier international club

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tournament organized by

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. The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Paraguayan team Olimpia and Brazilian team

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. The first leg was hosted by Olimpia at

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on 17 July 2013, while the second leg was hosted by Atlético Mineiro at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão) in

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on 24 July. The winner earned the right to represent

at the

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, entering at the semifinal stage, and the right to play against the

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winners in the

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. Olimpia won the first leg 2–0, and Atlético Mineiro won the second leg by the same score after extra time, which meant the title was decided by a penalty shoot-out, which Atlético Mineiro won 4–3 to claim their first Copa Libertadores title.

Qualified teams

Atlético Mineiro came into the finals as a first-time finalist, while Olimpia were three-time champion and three-time runner-up, and the first and only club to be a finalist in each decade of the tournament's existence.

Road to the finals

''Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.''

Format

The finals were played on a home-and-away

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basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. However, CONMEBOL required that the second leg of the finals must be played in South America, i.e., a finalist from Mexico must host the first leg regardless of seeding. If tied on aggregate, the

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was not used, and 30 minutes of

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was played. If still tied after extra time, the

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was used to determine the winner.

Match details

First leg

Alejandro Silva opened the scoring in the 23rd minute when he picked up a pass near the right wing and set off on a run towards goal before hitting a low left-footed strike from just outside the box giving the goalkeeper no chance. Wilson Pittoni got the second goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time when he curled a right footed free-kick past the goalkeeper who was hampered by his own defender in his way on the line. , valign="top", Olimpia-Mineiro - Final Copa Libertadores 2013

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Second leg

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opened the scoring in the 46th minute when he took struck the ball on the turn past goalkeeper

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. In the 85th minute Atlético Mineiro got their second when Leonardo Silva headed

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's cross into the top corner of the net. There were no goals in extra time, and in the penalty shoot-out Olimpia's

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missed the first kick, and Matías Giménez shot against the bar in the fifth kick, to hand Atlético Mineiro the title to for the first time and a berth in the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. , valign="top", Mineiro-Olimpia - Final Copa Libertadores 2013

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References

External links

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