2018 Recopa Sudamericana

2018 Recopa Sudamericana

CONMEBOL Recopa 2018
Event	Recopa Sudamericana
Independiente Grêmio 1 1
on aggregate Grêmio won 5–4 on penalties
First leg
Independiente Grêmio 1 1
Date	14 February 2018 (2018-02-14)
Venue	Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda
Referee	Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Attendance	47,000
Second leg
Grêmio Independiente 0 0
After extra time
Date	21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)
Venue	Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre
Referee	Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
Attendance	42,921
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The 2018 CONMEBOL Recopa was the 26th edition of the CONMEBOL Recopa (also referred to as the Recopa Sudamericana, or Portuguese : Recopa Sul-Americana), the football competition organized by CONMEBOL between the winners of the previous season's two major South American club tournaments, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. ^[1]

The competition was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Brazilian team Grêmio, the 2017 Copa Libertadores champions, and Argentinian team Independiente, the 2017 Copa Sudamericana champions. ^[2] The first leg was hosted by Independiente at Estadio Libertadores de América in Avellaneda on 14 February 2018, while the second leg was hosted by Grêmio at Arena do Grêmio in Porto Alegre on 21 February 2018. ^[3]

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Grêmio won 5–4 on penalties to win their second Recopa Sudamericana title. ^{[4] [5]}

Format

The Recopa Sudamericana was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the Copa Libertadores champions hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. If extra time was played, a fourth substitution would be allowed. ^{[1] [6] [7]}

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous app.
Grêmio	2017 Copa Libertadores champions	1 ( 1996 )
Independiente	2017 Copa Sudamericana champions	3 ( 1995 , 1996, 2011)

Bold indicates winning years

Venues

Estadio Libertadores de América in Avellaneda (left) and Arena do Grêmio in Porto Alegre, hosted the series

Matches

First leg

2018 Recopa Sudamericana

14 February 2018 (2018-02-14)

21:00  UTC−3

First leg

Independiente	1–1	Grêmio
Cortez 33' (o.g.)	Report	Luan 21'

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Independiente

Grêmio

GK 25 Martín Campaña (c) RB 16 Fabricio Bustos  83' CB 2 Alan Franco CB 14 Fernando Amorebieta  90' LB 20 Gastón Silva CM 5 Nicolás Domingo  45+3' CM 10 Fernando Gaibor  67' RW 7 Martín Benítez  64' AM 8 Maximiliano Meza LW 21 Jonathan Menéndez CF 9 Emmanuel Gigliotti  28' Substitutes: GK 1 Damián Albil DF 4 Jorge Figal  83' MF 6 Juan Sánchez Miño MF 24 Jonás Gutiérrez  67' FW 11 Leandro Fernández  70'  64' FW 18 Silvio Romero FW 22 Juan Manuel Martínez Manager: Ariel Holan

GK 1 Marcelo Grohe RB 2 Léo Moura  32' CB 3 Pedro Geromel  39' CB 4 Walter Kannemann LB 6 Bruno Cortez DM 25 Jailson RM 14 Lima  53' CM 8 Maicon (c) CM 17 Cícero  85' LM 11 Éverton  85' CF 7 Luan Substitutes: GK 12 Paulo Victor DF 20 Marcelo Oliveira DF 22 Bressan MF 5 Michel MF 18 Maicosuel  85' MF 23 Alisson  89'  53' FW 9 Jael  85' Manager: Renato Portaluppi

Assistant referees: [8] Byron Romero (Ecuador) Christian Lescano (Ecuador) Fourth official: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador) Video assistant referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay) Milcíades Saldívar (Paraguay) Assistant video assistant referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia) [9]

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Second leg

21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)

21:45  UTC−3

Second leg

Grêmio	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Independiente
	Report
Penalties
Maicon Cícero Jael Éverton Luan	5–4	Gaibor Meza Domingo Romero Benítez

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 42,921

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

Grêmio

Independiente

GK 1 Marcelo Grohe RB 2 Léo Moura  22' CB 3 Pedro Geromel  25' CB 4 Walter Kannemann LB 6 Bruno Cortez  116' CM 8 Maicon (c) CM 25 Jailson  62' RW 23 Alisson  2'  81' AM 7 Luan LW 11 Éverton CF 17 Cícero Substitutes: GK 12 Paulo Victor DF 13 Paulo Miranda  36'  22' DF 20 Marcelo Oliveira MF 5 Michel MF 14 Lima  116' MF 18 Maicosuel  81' FW 9 Jael  62' Manager: Renato Portaluppi

GK 25 Martín Campaña (c) RB 16 Fabricio Bustos  108' CB 2 Alan Franco CB 14 Fernando Amorebieta  42' LB 20 Gastón Silva  24' CM 15 Diego Martín Rodríguez  16'  46' CM 5 Nicolás Domingo RW 8 Maximiliano Meza AM 10 Fernando Gaibor  35' LW 21 Jonathan Menéndez  75' CF 11 Leandro Fernández  45' Substitutes: GK 1 Damián Albil DF 4 Jorge Figal  45' MF 6 Juan Sánchez Miño MF 7 Martín Benítez  46' MF 24 Jonás Gutiérrez  108' FW 18 Silvio Romero  75' FW 22 Juan Manuel Martínez Manager: Ariel Holan

Assistant referees: [8] Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay) Juan Zorrilla (Paraguay) Fourth official: Éber Aquino (Paraguay) Video assistant referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay) Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay) Assistant video assistant referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

See also

• 2017 Copa Libertadores Finals
• 2017 Copa Sudamericana Finals

References

1. "Reglamento CONMEBOL Recopa 2018" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
2. "La CONMEBOL Recopa y la Suruga Bank tienen fechas definidas". CONMEBOL.com. 3 December 2017.
3. "Fechas confirmadas de la CONMEBOL Recopa" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 22 December 2017.
4. "Independiente y Gremio hacen tablas y dejan definición para la revancha" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 14 February 2018.
5. "Gremio campeón de la CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana 2018" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 22 February 2018.
6. "Reglamento Conmebol Libertadores Bridgestone 2017" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
7. "Reglamento Conmebol Sudamericana 2017" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
8. "Árbitros para los juegos de la CONMEBOL Recopa 2018". CONMEBOL.com. 19 January 2018.
9. "Sustitución de árbitro AVAR para la Recopa - Ida". CONMEBOL.com. 22 January 2018.