Racing Club defeated Cruzeiro 3-1 to win the Copa Sudamericana at La Nueva Olla in Asunción, Paraguay. Gastón Martirena and Adrián “Maravilla” Martínez scored in the first half, while Roger Martínez added a third goal in the second half. Cruzeiro’s Kaio Jorge scored the lone goal for the Brazilian side.
The victory ended Racing’s 36-year wait for an international trophy and secured their automatic qualification for the 2025 Copa Libertadores. The team, coached by Gustavo Costas, remains in contention for the 2024 Liga Profesional title.
Gustavo Costas became the latest figure to win titles with Racing as both a player and a coach. The full list includes:
Armando Reyes
José Della Torre
Saúl Ongaro
Juan José Pizzuti
Alfio Basile
Gustavo Costas
With this victory, Racing is now one of eight teams to win both the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. The full list includes:
River Plate
Boca Juniors
Independiente
San Lorenzo
Racing Club
Liga de Quito
Internacional
São Paulo
Racing scored 33 goals during the 2024 Copa Sudamericana, setting a new record for the tournament. The previous record of 28 goals was shared by Colo Colo (2006), Peñarol (2021), and Fortaleza (2023).
(The stats were provided by @mavegol of El Gráfico)
Congratulations to Racing club!
Garnacho had another disappointing performance today! With Amad playing extremely well, and Rashford being a more experienced and effective threat, Garnacho seems likely to spend more time on the bench alongside Antony, who hasn’t yet been given an extended run of matches and regular minutes on the pitch like Garnacho!Unless he improves his passing, crossing, finishing & his overall decision making, not only he is going to be a permanent member of the United bench, his playing time is also going to significantly be reduced even further.
His misses in the last 4-5 matches under Ten-Hag played a huge role in getting ETH fired! There is no way new manager, Amorim will tolerate such perfomances, especially when a long run of poor results can also get him in trouble. Relying on Garnacho has pushed United into the bottom half of the table. Scaloni should drop Garnacho if he doesn’t improve as we have better youngsters with much better work ethic and futballing IQ!
Racing gave us De Paul, Acuna, Musso and Lautaro. Beating a Brazilian team in the final also a bonus. Di Cesare from U23 is playing there as well