2017 Copa Sudamericana Finals

2017 Copa Sudamericana Finals
Event	2017 Copa Sudamericana
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	6 December 2017
Venue	Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda
Referee	Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Attendance	45,000
Second leg
Date	13 December 2017
Venue	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Referee	Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
Attendance	62,567

The 2017 Copa Sudamericana Finals were the two-legged final that decides the winner of the 2017 Copa Sudamericana, the 16th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Argentinian team Independiente and Brazilian team Flamengo. The first leg was hosted by Independiente at Estadio Libertadores de América in Avellaneda on 6 December 2017, while the second leg was hosted by Flamengo at Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro on 13 December 2017.[1]

Independiente defeated Flamengo 3–2 on aggregate to win their second Copa Sudamericana title. As champions, Independiente earned the right to play against the winners of the 2017 Copa Libertadores in the 2018 Recopa Sudamericana, and the winners of the 2017 J.League Cup in the 2018 Suruga Bank Championship.[2] They also automatically qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Independiente	1 (2010)
Flamengo	None

Venues

Estadio Libertadores de América in Avellaneda, Argentina, hosted the first leg.

Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hosted the second leg.

Road to the final

Independiente			Round	Flamengo
Opponent	Venue	Score	Elimination	Opponent	Venue	Score
Alianza Lima (won 1–0 on aggregate)	Home	0–0	First stage	Automatically advanced to Second stage
Alianza Lima (won 1–0 on aggregate)	Away	0–1	First stage	Automatically advanced to Second stage
Deportes Iquique (won 6–3 on aggregate)	Home	4–2	Second stage	Palestino (won 10–2 on aggregate)	Away	2–5
Deportes Iquique (won 6–3 on aggregate)	Away	1–2	Second stage	Palestino (won 10–2 on aggregate)	Home	5–0
Seed 5			Final stages	Seed 3
Atlético Tucumán (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Away	1–0	Round of 16	Chapecoense (won 4–0 on aggregate)	Away	0–0
Atlético Tucumán (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Home	2–0	Round of 16	Chapecoense (won 4–0 on aggregate)	Home	4–0
Nacional (won 6–1 on aggregate)	Away	1–4	Quarterfinals	Fluminense (won 4–3 on aggregate)	Away	0–1
Nacional (won 6–1 on aggregate)	Home	2–0	Quarterfinals	Fluminense (won 4–3 on aggregate)	Home	3–3
Libertad (won 3–2 on aggregate)	Away	1–0	Semifinals	Junior (won 4–1 on aggregate)	Home	2–1
Libertad (won 3–2 on aggregate)	Home	3–1	Semifinals	Junior (won 4–1 on aggregate)	Away	0–2

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, 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.[2] If extra time was played, a fourth substitution would be allowed.

Matches

Paolo Guerrero (Flamengo), provisionally suspended for failing doping test, missed the first leg.[3] On 7 December 2017, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided to suspend Guerrero for one year, missing the second leg.[4] After the Finals, FIFA Appeal Committee reduced the sanction to a six-month suspension.[5]

First leg

Flamengo scored after eight minutes when Réver headed a free kick from Trauco. Independiente equalized through Emmanuel Gigliotti, who combined with Benitez and finished a counter attack. Seven minutes after halftime, Barco crossed from the left side and Maximiliano Meza scored the winning goal with a right-footed volley.[6]

6 December 2017

20:45 UTC−3

Independiente	2–1	Flamengo
Gigliotti 28' Meza 52'	Report	Réver 8'

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)[7]

Independiente

Flamengo


GK	25	Martín Campaña
RB	16	Fabricio Bustos	90'
CB	2	Alan Franco		84'
CB	5	Gastón Silva
LB	3	Nicolás Tagliafico (c)	19'
CM	15	Diego Martín Rodríguez
CM	6	Juan Sánchez Miño
RW	7	Martín Benítez		72'
AM	8	Maximiliano Meza		78'
LW	27	Ezequiel Barco
CF	9	Emmanuel Gigliotti
Substitutes:
GK	1	Damián Albil
DF	14	Fernando Amorebieta	85'	84'
MF	10	Walter Erviti
MF	23	Nery Domínguez
MF	29	Nicolás Domingo		78'
FW	11	Leandro Fernández
FW	24	Juan Manuel Martínez		72'
Manager:
Ariel Holan


GK	24	César
RB	21	Pará
CB	15	Réver (c)
CB	4	Juan
LB	13	Miguel Trauco
CM	5	Willian Arão
CM	26	Gustavo Cuéllar
RW	7	Éverton Ribeiro
AM	10	Diego	23'	72'
LW	29	Lucas Paquetá		56'
CF	25	Felipe Vizeu
Substitutes:
GK	1	Thiago
DF	2	Rodinei
DF	30	Rhodolfo
MF	8	Márcio Araújo
MF	22	Éverton		56'
MF	27	Rômulo
FW	20	Vinícius Júnior		72'
Manager:
Reinaldo Rueda

Assistant referees:
Milcíades Saldívar (Paraguay)
Darío Gaona (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
Éber Aquino (Paraguay)
VAR:
Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
AVAR:
Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
VAR2:
Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)

Second leg

Lucas Paquetá opened the scoring meters away from the line in the 29th minute after a low cross from Réver. Ten minutes later, Independiente were awarded a penalty for a foul on Meza by Cuéllar. Ezequiel Barco scored to tie the match.[8]

13 December 2017

21:45 UTC−2

Flamengo	1–1	Independiente
Lucas Paquetá 29'	Report	Barco 39' (pen.)

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 62,567

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)[7]