2018 Copa Argentina final

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]

2018 Copa Argentina Final

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, venue
Event	2017–18 Copa Argentina
Rosario Central Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 1 1
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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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

Further information: 2017–18 Copa Argentina

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

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

2017–18 Copa Argentina Final

December 6, 2018

21:10

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

References

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.