2018 Copa Argentina Final

2018 Copa Argentina Final
	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, venue
Event	2017–18 Copa Argentina
	Rosario Central won 4–1 on penalties
Date	December 6, 2018
Venue	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza
Man of the Match	Jeremías Ledesma; (Rosario Central)
Referee	Patricio Loustau
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The 2018 Copa Argentina Final was the 135th and final match of the 2017–18 Copa Argentina. It was played on December 6, 2018 at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza between Rosario Central and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP).^[1]

Rosario Central defeated Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) on penalties in the final to win their first title.^[2] As champions, they qualified for the 2018 Supercopa Argentina and the 2019 Copa Libertadores group stage.^[3]^[4]

Qualified teams[]

Team	Previous finals app.
Rosario Central	3 (2014, 2015, 2016)
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	None

Bold indicates winning years

Road to the final[]

Rosario Central			Round	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Juventud Antoniana	Santa Fe	6–0	Round of 64	Sportivo Belgrano	Turdera	1–0
Talleres (C)	Lanús	0–0 (5–3 p)	Round of 32	Olimpo	Cutral Có	1–0
Almagro	Santa Fe	1–1 (5–4 p)	Round of 16	Boca Juniors	Córdoba	1–0
Newell's Old Boys	Sarandí	2–1	Quarterfinals	Central Córdoba (SdE)	Rafaela	1–1 (4–3 p)
Temperley	Córdoba	1–1 (4–2 p)	Semifinals	River Plate	Mar del Plata	2–2 (5–4 p)

Match[]

Details[]

2017–18 Copa Argentina Final

December 6, 2018

21:10

Rosario Central	1–1	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
Zampedri 19'	Report	Faravelli 52'
Penalties
Ortigoza Ruben Parot Caruzzo	4–1	Silva Guanini Hurtado

Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Referee: Patricio Loustau

Rosario Central

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)


GK	1	Jeremías Ledesma
DF	4	Gonzalo Bettini	45'
DF	2	Matías Caruzzo
DF	26	Óscar Cabezas	43'
DF	24	Alfonso Parot
MF	15	Washington Camacho		83'
MF	10	Néstor Ortigoza
MF	5	Leonardo Gil	29'	53'
MF	8	Federico Carrizo
FW	9	Marco Ruben (c)
FW	20	Fernando Zampedri		70'
Substitutes:
GK	31	Josué Ayala
DF	6	Marcelo Ortiz
MF	14	Diego Arismendi
MF	18	Andrés Lioi		83'
MF	25	Emmanuel Ojeda		53'
FW	17	Germán Herrera		70'
FW	34	Maximiliano Lovera
Manager:
Edgardo Bauza


GK	31	Alexis Martín Arias
DF	16	Víctor Ayala
DF	28	Manuel Guanini	29'
DF	24	Germán Guiffrey
DF	32	Matías Melluso
MF	30	Maximiliano Comba
MF	21	Fabián Rinaudo (c)
MF	8	Lorenzo Faravelli	17'	79'
MF	25	Lucas Licht	67'	74'
FW	11	Horacio Tijanovich		46'
FW	9	Santiago Silva
Substitutes:
GK	15	Sebastián Moyano
DF	4	Facundo Oreja
MF	13	Facundo Gutiérrez		79'
MF	19	Juan Cataldi
MF	33	Matías Gómez	90+3'	74'
MF	34	Patricio Monti
FW	17	Jan Carlos Hurtado		46'
Manager:
Pedro Troglio

Man of the Match:
Jeremías Ledesma (Rosario Central)^[5]

Assistant referees:
Diego Bonfá
Ezequiel Brailovsky
Fourth official:
Julio Barraza

Match rules

90 minutes.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics[]

Overall ^[6]
	Rosario Central	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
Goals scored	1	1
Total shots	5	8
Shots on target	3	4
Ball possession	46%	54%
Corner kicks	0	7
Fouls committed	20	16
Offsides	0	0
Yellow cards	3	4
Red cards	0	0

2017-18 Copa Argentina winners
Rosario Central 1st Title

References[]

^ "Rosario Central y Gimnasia (LP), los finalistas de la Copa Total Argentina 2018" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 28 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
^ "Rosario Central es el campeón de la Copa Total Argentina 2018" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
^ "Boca ya tiene rival para la Supercopa Argentina" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
^ "La Copa Libertadores 2019 tendrá como protagonista a Rosario Central" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 6 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
^ "El uno por uno de Central" (in Spanish). Olé. 7 December 2018.
^ "Final - Comparativa" (in Spanish). AFA. 6 December 2018. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[1] "Rosario Central y Gimnasia (LP), los finalistas de la Copa Total Argentina 2018" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 28 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

[2] "Rosario Central es el campeón de la Copa Total Argentina 2018" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[3] "Boca ya tiene rival para la Supercopa Argentina" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[4] "La Copa Libertadores 2019 tendrá como protagonista a Rosario Central" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 6 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[5] "El uno por uno de Central" (in Spanish). Olé. 7 December 2018.

[6] "Final - Comparativa" (in Spanish). AFA. 6 December 2018. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

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