The 2014 Copa Libertadores de América Finals was a two-legged final that decided the winner of the 2014 Copa Libertadores de América, the 55th edition of the
Copa Libertadores de América
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club association football, football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level ...
,
South America
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's premier international club
football
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tournament organized by
CONMEBOL
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.
The finals was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Paraguayan team
Nacional
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and Argentine team
San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Lawrence of Rome, Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to:
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* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
. The first leg was hosted by Nacional at
Estadio Defensores del Chaco
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in
Asunción
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on 6 August, while the second leg was hosted by San Lorenzo at
Buenos Aires
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on 13 August 2014. The winner earned the right to represent
CONMEBOL
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at the
2014 FIFA Club World Cup
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, entering at the semifinal stage, and the right to play against the
2014 Copa Sudamericana
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winners in the 2015 Recopa Sudamericana.
The first leg ended in a 1–1 draw. The second led ended with a 1–0 win for San Lorenzo, and they won the tournament for the first time in their history.
Qualified teams
Both teams came into the finals as first-time finalists of the Copa Libertadores. San Lorenzo had previously won two CONMEBOL titles: the
2001 Copa Mercosur
The Copa Mercosur 2001 was the 4th and final staging of the international club cup.
The competition started on 21 July 2001 and concluded on 24 January 2002 with San Lorenzo beating Flamengo in the final.2002 Copa Sudamericana.
Venues
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
two-legged
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basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, 30 minutes of
extra time
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was played. If still tied after extra time, the
penalty shoot-out
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was used to determine the winner.
Match details
First leg
San Lorenzo took the lead in the first leg when
Mauro Matos
Mauro Matos (born 6 August 1982 in Castelli) is a retired Argentine football striker.
Career
Matos emerged from the lower leagues of Argentine football in 2008 when he joined Arsenal de Sarandí of the Argentine Primera from Deportivo Armenio ...
volleyed the ball right footed into the left of the net after a cross from the right.
Julio Santa Cruz
Julio Eduardo Santa Cruz Cantero (; born 12 May 1990) is a Paraguayan footballer forward who last played for General Díaz in the Primera División Paraguaya. Santa Cruz is most notable for scoring during the first–leg of the 2014 Copa Libert ...
got the equalizer in the 93rd minute of the match when he turned the ball home high to the net from six yards out with his right foot after a cross from the left was headed onto him.
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Second leg
Néstor Ortigoza
Néstor Ezequiel Ortigoza (; born 7 October 1984) is a professional football central midfielder, who currently plays for San Lorenzo de Almagro. Born in Argentina, he represented the Paraguay national team.
Club career
Ortigoza started his care ...
scored the only goal of the game, a penalty after a shot from
Martín Cauteruccio
Martín Andrés Cauteruccio Rodríguez (born 14 April 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Argentine club Independiente.
Career
Born in Montevideo, Cauteruccio began his professional career with local side N ...
struck the right hand of Ramón Coronel. Ortigoza hit the ball right footed to the left of the goalkeeper who dived the other way.
2014
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