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2014 Copa Libertadores de América Finals
Event	2014 Copa Libertadores de América
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	August 6, 2014
Venue	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Referee	Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
Second leg
Date	August 13, 2014
Venue	Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires
Referee	Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
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The 2014 Copa Libertadores de América Finals were the two-legged final that decided the winner of the 2014 Copa Libertadores de América, the 55th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

The finals was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Paraguayan team Nacional and Argentine team San Lorenzo. The first leg was hosted by Nacional at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción on August 6, 2014, while the second leg was hosted by San Lorenzo at Estadio Pedro Bidegain in Buenos Aires on August 13, 2014.^[1] The winner earned the right to represent CONMEBOL at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the semifinal stage, and the right to play against the 2014 Copa Sudamericana winners in the 2015 Recopa Sudamericana.^[2]

The first leg ended in a 1–1 draw.^[3] The second led ended with a 1–0 win for San Lorenzo, and they won the tournament for the first time in their history.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Nacional	None
San Lorenzo	None

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 and the 2002 Copa Sudamericana.

Road to the finals

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

Nacional^[8]			Round	San Lorenzo^[9]
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Bye			First stage	Bye
Group 4			Second stage	Group 2
Santa Fe	Away	3–1		Botafogo	Away	2–0
Zamora	Home	1–0		Independiente del Valle	Home	1–0
Atlético Mineiro	Home	2–2		Unión Española	Home	1–1
Atlético Mineiro	Away	1–1		Unión Española	Away	1–0
Zamora	Away	2–0		Independiente del Valle	Away	1–1
Santa Fe	Home	3–2		Botafogo	Home	3–0
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(won 3–2 on aggregate) |Home||1–0 |rowspan=2 bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Round of 16 |rowspan=2 align=left| Grêmio
(tied 1–1 on aggregate, won on penalties) |Home||1–0 |- |Away||2–2 |Away||1–0 (2–4 p) |- |rowspan=2 align=left| Arsenal
(won 1–0 on aggregate) |Home||1–0 |rowspan=2 bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Quarterfinals |rowspan=2 align=left| Cruzeiro
(won 2–1 on aggregate) |Home||1–0 |- |Away||0–0 |Away||1–1 |- |rowspan=2 align=left| Defensor Sporting
(won 2–1 on aggregate) |Home||2–0 |rowspan=2 bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Semifinals |rowspan=2 align=left| Bolívar
(won 5–1 on aggregate) |Home||5–0 |- |Away||1–0 |Away||1–0 |}

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, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.^[2]

Match details

First leg

San Lorenzo took the lead in the first leg when Mauro Matos volleyed the ball right footed into the left of the net after a cross from the right. Julio Santa Cruz 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.

August 6, 2014

20:15 UTC−4

Nacional	1–1	San Lorenzo
Santa Cruz 90+2'	Report	Matos 64'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Nacional

San Lorenzo


GK	1	Ignacio Don
DF	12	Ramón Coronel	70'
DF	15	Raúl Piris (c)
DF	3	José Cáceres
DF	4	David Mendoza
MF	8	Juan Argüello
MF	6	Silvio Torales
MF	18	Derlis Orué	70'
MF	14	Marcos Melgarejo
FW	7	Julián Benítez	62'
FW	16	Fredy Bareiro
Substitutes:
GK	25	Oscar Agüero
DF	23	Fabián Balbuena
DF	5	Marcos Miers
MF	10	Hugo Lusardi	70'
FW	11	Marco Prieto
FW	19	Cecilio Domínguez	62'
FW	29	Julio Santa Cruz	70'
Manager:
Gustavo Morínigo


GK	12	Sebastián Torrico
DF	7	Julio Buffarini
DF	29	Fabricio Fontanini
DF	6	Santiago Gentiletti
DF	21	Emmanuel Más
MF	15	Héctor Villalba	70'
MF	5	Juan Mercier
MF	20	Néstor Ortigoza	85'
MF	28	Ignacio Piatti
MF	10	Leandro Romagnoli (c)	76'
FW	26	Mauro Matos
Substitutes:
GK	1	Cristian Álvarez
DF	14	Walter Kannemann
DF	4	Gonzalo Prósperi
MF	8	Enzo Kalinski	85'
MF	11	Pablo Barrientos	76'
MF	16	Gonzalo Verón	70'
FW	9	Martín Cauteruccio
Manager:
Edgardo Bauza

Assistant referees:^[10]
Wilmar Navarro (Colombia)
Wilson Berrio (Colombia)
Fourth official:
Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

Second leg

Néstor Ortigoza scored the only goal of the game, a penalty after a shot from Martín Cauteruccio struck the right hand of Ramón Coronel. Ortigoza hit the ball right footed to the left of the goalkeeper who dived the other way.^[11]

August 13, 2014

21:15 UTC−3

San Lorenzo	1–0	Nacional
Ortigoza 35' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)