Racing will cross paths with Cruzeiro of Brazil this Saturday for the final of the South American Cupwith the aim of ending a 36-year drought without international titles.
The team of Avellaneda reached his first final in the South American Cupa tournament that began to be played in the 2002 and which was generally dominated by the Argentines.
- Boca in 2005: The team led by Alfio Basile won the two-time championship after beating Pumas of Mexico on penalties.
The series had ended 2-2, but “Xeneize” won on penalties and the person in charge of the last execution was goalkeeper Roberto Carlos “Pato” Abbondanzieri.
- Arsenal in 2007: The Grondona team gave the big surprise by winning the Copa Sudamericana in 2007.
Sarandí’s team won almost all of their away games, but never won at home, while in the final against América de México they finished 4-4 but won the title for scoring the most away goals in the series.
- Independent in 2010: The Avellaneda team was not going through a good moment at the local level, but it had a great campaign in the Sudamericana that allowed it to once again claim champion at the international level.
In the final they finished tied 3-3 with Goiás of Brazil, but the “Red” was better on penalties, where they won 5-3.
- Lanús in 2013: The team led by the Barros Schelotto twins made a campaign to win the title in the Copa Sudamericana.
In the final they beat Ponte Preta of Brazil 3-1, a team that had recently been relegated to the second category of their country.
- River in 2014: Marcelo Gallardo’s cycle began with the title in the Sudamericana, which allowed the “Millonario” to end the 18-year drought without international titles.
In the semifinals they beat Boca, with that memorable penalty saved by Marcelo Barovero against Emanuel Gigliotti, and in the final they dispatched Atlético Nacional of Colombia with a 3-1 aggregate score.
- Independent in 2017: “Rojo” added a new international star with a tremendous team that, under the orders of Ariel Holan, delighted its audience.
In the decisive series they beat a Flamengo team 3-2 that had figures of the stature of Everton Ribeiro, Lucas Paquetá and Vinicius Jr, who was taking his first steps as a professional.
- Defense and Justice in 2020: Florencio Varela’s men beat Lanús 3-0, in the first Sudamericana final in which teams from the same country faced each other.
The Argentine teams that reached the final and lost the Copa Sudamericana:
- River in 2003: lost to Cienciano from Peru.
- Students of La Plata in 2008: lost to Internacional from Brazil.
- Tiger in 2012: lost to San Pablo of Brazil.
- Hurricane in 2015: lost to Independiente Santa Fe de Colombia.
- Colon in 2019: lost to Independiente del Valle of Ecuador.
- Lanus in 2020: lost with Defensa y Justicia.
Source: Ambito
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