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River wins Recopa Sudamericana

Xinhua, February 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

Argentine football team River Plate defeated rival San Lorenzo 1-0 on home turf to win the Recopa Sudamericana and clinched its 7th international title.

Uruguay's Carlos Sanchez scored the winner in the 67th minute.

As many as 45,000 local fans at Buenos Aires' Nuevo Gasometro Stadium watched as River won its seventh international trophy, adding to its 1986 Libertadores Cup and Intercontinental Cup wins, the 1987 Interamericana, the 1996 Libertadores, the 1997 Supercopa and the 2014 South American Cup.

The Recopa pits the winner of the Libertadores Cup (San Lorenzo) against the winner of the South American Cup (River).

The winning lineup included three foreign players: Sanchez, his compatriot Rodrigo Mora and Colombia's Teofilo Gutierrez.

The man of the match was goalkeeper Marcelo Barovero, who blocked San Lorenzo from scoring on various tries.

Over the weekend, both teams will play in the domestic tournament, which this year features a total of 30 clubs. Endi