1998 Recopa Sudamericana

1998 Recopa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Cruzeiro BRA 30px 5 River Plate ARG 30px 0 First leg 2 0 August 3, 1999 Mineirão Belo Horizonte Jose Luís da Rosa (Uruguay) 18,000 Second leg 3 0 September 23, 1999 Monumental Buenos Aires Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay) 11,000 1997 2003 The 1998 Recopa Sudamericana was the tenth Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Supercopa Sudamericana competitions. This will become the last Recopa Sudamericana on this format as the Supercopa Sudamericana was discontinued by CONMEBOL in 1998. With no existing secondary tournament, the Recopa Sudamericana became an impracticable competition until the introduction of the Copa Sudamericana in 2002. The series was contested between Cruzeiro, winners of the 1997 Copa Libertadores, and River Plate, winners of the 1997 Supercopa Sudamericana, in a two-legged series. Due to schedule congestion, this edition was played as part of the 1999 Copa Mercosur (one of the two tournaments that replaced the Supercopa Sudamericana) two years after the participating clubs won their respective qualifying tournaments (instead of the regular 6–12 months).River y Colón no tienen fecha fija La Nación, 13 Dec 1997 Further devaluing this year's Recopa, River Plate sent a reserved squad on the first leg losing 2-0.River debe ganar para seguir https://web.archive.org/web/20110605230230/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=154469 2011-06-05 , La Nación, 23 Sep 1999River, con varios suplentes https://web.archive.org/web/20110605230151/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=148162 2011-06-05 La Nación, 3 Aug 1999 On the return leg, Cruzeiro thrashed River Plate 3–0 and won their first Recopa Sudamericana (after failing to do so in 1992 and 1993).Recopa Sudamericana 1998 on the RSSSFCruzeiro volvió a dejar a River con las manos vacías https://web.archive.org/web/20110605230250/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=154594 2011-06-05 by Pablo Tomino on La Nación, 24 Sep 1999 Qualified teams TeamPrevious finals app.ARG River Plate 1997BRA Cruzeiro 1992, 1993 Bold indicates winning years Venues left horizontal 450 Mineirão_empty_interior.jpg Estadio_Monumental_(River_Plate),_Buenos_Aires_ARG(2).jpg Mineirao (left) and Monumental, venues of the series Match details First leg August 3, 1999 Cruzeiro BRA 2–0 Report ARG River Plate Müller 12Geovanni 88 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte 18,000 Jose Luís da Rosa (Uruguay) _whitecollar _whitestripe 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000ff 0000ff Cruzeiro _river99t _river99t _river99t _river99negros _river99blancas River Plate GK 1 BRA AndréDF 19BRA Donizete AmorimDF 3 BRA Marcelo DjianDF 13BRA MárcioDF 17BRA TércioMF 5 BRA Donizete Oliveira 85MF 20BRA RicardinhoMF 10BRA Valdo 86FW 7 BRA MüllerFW 11BRA Alex AlvesFW 9 BRA Marcelo Ramos 68Substitutes:GK 12BRA MaizenaDF 14BRA GustavoDF 23BRA CrisMF 16BRA Geovanni 68MF 18BRA Paulo Isidoro 64MF 22BRA LeandroFW 21BRA TúlioManager:BRA Levir Culpi GK 1 ARG Roberto BonanoDF 19URU Leonardo RamosDF 2 ARG Roberto TrottaDF 6 PAR Pedro SarabiaDF 3 ARG Diego PlacenteMF 23ARG Guillermo Pereyra 33MF 16ARG Damián Álvarez 80MF 24ARG Marcelo Gómez 37FW 25PAR Nelson CuevasFW 11ARG Martín Cardetti 80FW 9 ARG Sebastián Rambert 55Substitutes:GK 12ARG Alejandro SacconeDF 13ARG Ariel GarcéDF 14ARG Norberto AcostaDF 15ARG Ariel Franco 80MF 20ARG Leonel Gancedo 81 55MF 22ARG Gabriel PereyraFW 18ARG Cristian Gastón Castillo 80Manager:ARG Ramón Díaz Assistant referees: Saúl Feldmann (Uruguay) William Martínez (Uruguay) Second leg September 26, 1999 River Plate ARG 0–3 Report BRA Cruzeiro Geovanni 18Marcelo Ramos 82 pen.Gustavo 92 Monumental Buenos Aires 11,000 Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay) _river99h _river99h _river99h _river99negros _river99blancas FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF River Plate _whitecollar _whitestripe 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF ffffff 0000ff Cruzeiro GK 1 ARG Roberto BonanoDF 4 ARG Gustavo LombardiDF 2 ARG Roberto Trotta 51DF 14ARG Norberto AcostaDF 19URU Leonardo RamosMF 23ARG Guillermo Pereyra 63MF 16ARG Damián Álvarez 45MF 20ARG Leonel Gancedo 47MF 8 ARG Marcelo Escudero 45 45FW 25PAR Nelson CuevasFW 11ARG Martín Cardetti 44Substitutes:MF 24ARG Marcelo Gómez 73 45FW 18ARG Cristian Castillo 45DF 13ARG Ariel Garcé 63GK 17ARG Franco Constanzo DF 15ARG Ariel FrancoFW 22ARG Gabriel Pereyra Manager:ARG Ramón Díaz GK 1 BRA AndréDF 14BRA Gustavo DF 3 BRA Marcelo DjianDF 23BRA Cris 47DF 6 BRA André LuizMF 15BRA Marcos PauloMF 20BRA Ricardinho 64 MF 19BRA Donizete Amorim 68aFW 18BRA Paulo IsidoroFW 16BRA Geovanni 24 75FW 11BRA Alex Alves 68bSubstitutes:MF 8 BRA Djair 68aDF 25PAR Arnaldo Espínola 68bFW 9 BRA Marcelo Ramos 75GK 12BRA MaizenaDF 4 BRA IsaíasMF 5 BRA Donizete OliveiraFW 21BRA TúlioManager:BRA Levir Culpi Assistant referees: Robert Troxler Ayala (Paraguay) Nelson Cano (Paraguay) References Rec Category:Recopa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana 1998 Recopa Sudamericana 1998 Category:Football competitions in Buenos Aires Category:Football competitions in Belo Horizonte Category:20th century in Belo Horizonte Category:August 1999 sports events in South America Category:September 1999 sports events in South America Category:International sports competitions in Buenos Aires Category:Football matches in Argentina 1998 Category:Men's football matches in Brazil