2012 Copa Sudamericana finals

2012 Copa Sudamericana finals
Event	2012 Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	5 December 2012
Venue	Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires
Referee	Antonio Arias (Paraguay)
Second Leg
	Abandoned at half time
Date	12 December 2012
Venue	Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi), São Paulo
Referee	Enrique Osses (Chile)
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The 2012 Copa Sudamericana finals were the final two-legged tie that decided the winner of the 2012 Copa Sudamericana, the 11th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The matches were played on 5 and 12 December 2012 between Tigre of Argentina and São Paulo of Brazil.

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Tigre	None
São Paulo	None

Road to the finals

São Paulo			Round	Tigre
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Bye			First stage	Bye
Bahia	Away	0–2	Second stage	Argentinos Juniors	Away	1–2
Bahia	Home	2–0	Second stage	Argentinos Juniors	Home	4–1
LDU Loja	Away	1–1	Round of 16	Deportivo Quito	Away	2–0
LDU Loja	Home	0–0	Round of 16	Deportivo Quito	Home	4–0
Universidad de Chile	Away	0–2	Quarter-finals	Cerro Porteño	Away	1–0
Universidad de Chile	Home	5–0	Quarter-finals	Cerro Porteño	Home	4–2
Universidad Católica	Away	1–1	Semi-finals	Millonarios	Home	0–0
Universidad Católica	Home	0–0	Semi-finals	Millonarios	Away	1–1

Rules

The final is played over two legs; home and away. The higher seeded team plays the second leg at home. The team that accumulates the most points —three for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss— after the two legs is crowned the champion. Should the two teams be tied on points after the second leg, the team with the best goal difference wins. If the two teams have equal goal difference, the away goals rule is not applied, unlike the rest of the tournament. Extra time is played, which consists of two 15-minute halves. If the tie is still not broken, a penalty shootout ensues according to the Laws of the Game.^[1]

Matches

First leg

5 December 2012

20:50 UTC−3

Tigre	0–0	São Paulo
	Report

Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

Tigre

São Paulo


GK	17	Damián Albil
DF	23	Norberto Paparatto	84'
DF	21	Mariano Echeverría
DF	2	Alejandro Donatti	15'
DF	22	Lucas Orban
MF	15	Ángel Gastón Díaz
MF	4	Diego Ferreira
MF	8	Martín Galmarini (c)
MF	11	Ramiro Leone
MF	19	Rubén Botta	71'	87'
FW	9	Ezequiel Maggiolo		77'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Agustín Cousillas
DF	13	Erik Godoy
MF	10	Matías Pérez García
MF	20	Matías Escobar
FW	7	Agustín Torassa		87'
FW	16	Diego Ftacla		77'
FW	6	Lucas Janson
Manager:
Néstor Gorosito


GK	1	Rogério Ceni (c)
DF	13	Paulo Miranda
DF	3	Rafael Toloi	53'
DF	4	Rhodolfo	61'
DF	6	Cortez
MF	5	Wellington
MF	15	Denílson	63'
MF	10	Jádson		60'
FW	7	Lucas
FW	17	Osvaldo
FW	9	Luís Fabiano	14'
Substitutes:
GK	22	Denis
DF	14	Edson Silva
DF	23	Douglas
MF	18	Maicon
MF	8	Ganso
MF	16	Cícero		60'
FW	11	Ademilson
Manager:
Ney Franco

Assistant referees:^[2]
Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)
Dario Gaona (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
Enrique Caceres (Paraguay)

Second leg

12 December 2012

21:50 UTC−2

São Paulo	2–0	Tigre
Lucas 22' Osvaldo 28'	Report

Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi), São Paulo

Attendance: 67,042

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)