2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional final

2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional final

Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, venue
Event	2021 Copa LPF
Colón Racing 3 0
Date	4 June 2021
Venue	San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan
Man of the Match	Rodrigo Aliendro (Colón)
Referee	Néstor Pitana
Attendance	0

The 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional final was the final match of the 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional, the second edition of this national cup. It was played at the Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario in San Juan on 4 June 2021 between Colón and Racing.[1][2]

The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades in Santiago del Estero on 30 May 2021.[3] However, due to the worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, the President of Argentina suspended all the activities in Argentina between 22 and 30 May 2021, and the final had to be rescheduled.[4]

Colón won the match 3–0 obtaining the first top-flight professional title in their history.[5] As champions, Colón qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores (Regulations Article 25).[6]

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Colón	None
Racing	None

Road to the final

Further information: 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral).

Colón				Round	Racing
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Central Córdoba (SdE)	3–0 (A)			Matchday 1	Banfield	0–2 (A)
San Lorenzo	2–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Aldosivi	2–2 (H)
Banfield	3–0 (A)			Matchday 3	Estudiantes (LP)	0–0 (A)
Aldosivi	2–1 (H)			Matchday 4	Rosario Central	1–0 (H)
Estudiantes (LP)	2–0 (A)			Matchday 5	Platense	2–0 (A)
Rosario Central	0–0 (H)			Matchday 6	Argentinos Juniors	1–0 (H)
Platense	3–1 (A)			Matchday 7	River Plate	0–0 (A)
Argentinos Juniors	0–0 (H)			Matchday 8	Godoy Cruz	2–4 (H)
River Plate	2–3 (A)			Matchday 9	Independiente	1–0 (H)
Godoy Cruz	2–2 (H)			Matchday 10	Arsenal	1–2 (A)
Racing	1–2 (A)			Matchday 11	Colón	2–1 (H)
Arsenal	2–0 (H)			Matchday 12	Central Córdoba (SdE)	0–1 (A)
Unión	1–1 (H)			Matchday 13	San Lorenzo	2–0 (H)
Zone A winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Colón 13 25 2 Estudiantes (LP) 13 22 3 River Plate 13 21 4 Racing 13 21 5 San Lorenzo 13 21 Source: AFA				Final standings	Zone A 4th place Pos Team Pld Pts 2 Estudiantes (LP) 13 22 3 River Plate 13 21 4 Racing 13 21 5 San Lorenzo 13 21 6 Banfield 13 20 Source: AFA
Opponent	Result			Final stages	Opponent	Result
Talleres (C)	1–1 (5–3 p) (H)			Quarter-finals	Vélez Sarsfield	0–0 (4–2 p) (A)
Independiente	2–0 (N)			Semi-finals	Boca Juniors	0–0 (4–2 p) (N)

Match

Gabriel Arias and Eugenio Mena (Racing) were called-up for the Chile National Team and they could not play the final. The Colón players Bruno Bianchi (injury), Facundo Farías (COVID-19) and Rafael Delgado (suspension) were ruled out of the final.

Details

4 June 2021

19:00

Colón	3–0	Racing
Aliendro 57' Bernardi 71' Castro 85'	Report

Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan

Attendance: 0

Referee: Néstor Pitana[7]

Colón

Racing

GK 1 Leonardo Burián RB 4 Facundo Mura CB 33 Facundo Garcés  48' CB 3 Gonzalo Piovi LB 31 Gonzalo Escobar RM 23 Christian Bernardi  79'  79' CM 14 Federico Lértora LM 29 Rodrigo Aliendro AM 11 Alexis Castro  87' AM 16 Cristian Ferreira CF 10 Luis Miguel Rodríguez (c)  63'  63' Substitutes: GK 17 Ignacio Chicco DF 6 Paolo Goltz DF 15 Lucas Acevedo DF 21 Eric Meza MF 5 Tomás Moschión MF 8 Yéiler Góez  87' MF 27 Guillermo Gozálvez MF 42 Danilo Gómez FW 18 Nicolás Leguizamón  63' FW 19 Wilson Morelo FW 30 Santiago Pierotti  79' FW 32 Tomás Sandoval Manager: Eduardo Domínguez

GK 25 Gastón Gómez  71' RB 4 Iván Pillud (c)  82' CB 30 Leonardo Sigali CB 23 Nery Domínguez  73' LB 6 Lucas Orbán RM 19 Leonel Miranda CM 16 Mauricio Martínez  33'  64' LM 15 Ignacio Piatti  64' RW 28 Tomás Chancalay CF 20 Darío Cvitanich  46' LW 9 Enzo Copetti Substitutes: GK 13 Matías Tagliamonte DF 2 Juan José Cáceres  82' DF 18 Ezequiel Schelotto DF 40 Joaquín Novillo DF 50 Ignacio Galván  73' MF 8 Fabricio Domínguez MF 10 Matías Rojas  64' MF 21 Marcelo Díaz MF 29 Aníbal Moreno  46' MF 35 Lorenzo Melgarejo FW 34 Maximiliano Lovera  64' FW 44 Iván Maggi Manager: Juan Antonio Pizzi

Man of the Match: Rodrigo Aliendro (Colón)[8] Assistant referees: Lucas Germanotta José Castelli Fourth official: Andrés Merlos Reserve assistant referee: Daiana Milone

Match rules[6] 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions

Statistics

Overall

Statistic	Colón	Racing
Goals scored	3	0
Total shots	12	4
Shots on target	8	2
Ball possession	51%	49%
Corner kicks	3	1
Fouls committed	7	11
Offsides	3	3
Yellow cards	3	2
Red cards	0	0

References

1. "Día y horario de la final" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 30 May 2021.
2. "¡Racing y Colón, los finalistas!" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 1 June 2021.
3. "Definición, en San Juan y Santiago del Estero" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 14 May 2021.
4. "Definición suspendida" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 21 May 2021.
5. "¡Colón es campeón!" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 4 June 2021.
6. "Reglamento de torneos de la temporada 2021 de la Liga Profesional de Fútbol de AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. February 2021.
7. "Jueces para la instancia definitoria" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 1 June 2021.
8. "Argentina - Copa de la Liga Profesional 2021" (in Spanish). AFA. 4 June 2021.