2001 Copa Mercosur Finals

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2001 Copa Mercosur Finals
Event 2001 Copa Mercosur
(San Lorenzo won 4–3 on penalties)
First leg
Date12 December 2001 (2001-12-12)
Venue Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee Epifanio González (Paraguay)
Attendance?
Second leg
Date24 January 2002 (2002-01-24)
Venue Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires
RefereeOscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Attendance40,000
2000

The 2001 Copa Mercosur Finals were the two-legged final that decided the winner of the 2001 Copa Mercosur, the fourth (and last) edition of the Copa Mercosur, South America's international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. [1]

Contents

The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Argentinian team San Lorenzo de Almagro and Brazilian team Flamengo. The first leg was hosted by Flamengo at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on 22 November 2017, while the second leg was hosted by San Lorenzo at its own venue, Estadio Pedro Bidegain in Buenos Aires on 24 January 2002. [2]

The second leg had originally been scheduled for December 19, but it had to be postponed to January 24, 2002 due to social unrest in Argentina. [3]

After both matches ended tied on 90 minutes (0–0 the first game and 1–1 the second one), the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out, with San Lorenzo winning the series 4–3 and also winning its first international title organised by CONMEBOL (the first international had been in 1927 when San Lorenzo won Copa Aldao, organised by Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together). [4] Goalkeeper Sebastián Saja was one of the keyplayers of the final, after stopping two penalties and converting one himself in the shoot-out, [3] while Diego Capria kicked (and scored) the last penalty to make San Lorenzo win the series. [5]

Teams

TeamPrevious finals app.
Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo None
Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 1 ( 1999 )

Bold indicates winning years

Venues

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Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro (left) and Estadio Pedro Bidegain in Buenos Aires, venues for the finals

Format

The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, neither the away goals rule nor 30 minutes of extra time would be used. Instead, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.

Matches

First leg

First leg
Flamengo Flag of Brazil.svg 0–0 Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo
Maracanã Stadium , Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
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Flamengo
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San Lorenzo

Second leg

Second leg
San Lorenzo Flag of Argentina.svg 1–1 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
Estévez Soccerball shade.svg67' Report Leandro Machado Soccerball shade.svg10'
Penalties
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Serrizuela Soccerball shade cross.svg
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Saja Soccerball shad check.svg
Capria Soccerball shad check.svg
4–3Soccerball shade cross.svg Juan
Soccerball shad check.svg Petkovic
Soccerball shad check.svg Andrezinho
Soccerball shade cross.svg Cássio
Soccerball shad check.svg Edson
Soccerball shade cross.svg Roma
Estadio Pedro Bidegain , Buenos Aires
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Oscar Ruíz (Colombia)
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San Lorenzo
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Flamengo
Copa Mercosur
2001 Winner
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San Lorenzo
First title

References

  1. "Copa Mercosur 2001" by José Carluccio on Historia y Fútbol
  2. Copa Mercosur 2001 by Miguel Alvim Gonzalez and Juan Pablo Andrés on the RSSSF
  3. 1 2 A 18 años del primer festejo internacional by Bautista Ordóñez on Olé, 24 Jan 2020
  4. Títulos: Copa Mercosur 2001 on San Lorenzo website
  5. San Lorenzo campeón Copa Mercosur 2001 on El Gráfico, 24 Jan 2012