Buenos Aires, Feb 13 (IANS): Argentine football team River Plate defeated rivals San Lorenzo 1-0 on home turf to win the Recopa Sudamericana tournament.
Uruguay's Carlos Sanchez scored the winner in the 67th minute Thursday, reports Xinhua.
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 tournament pits the winner of the Libertadores Cup (San Lorenzo) against the winner of the South American Cup (River).
The man of the match was goalkeeper Marcelo Barovero, who blocked San Lorenzo from scoring on various attempts.