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Article: Boca Juniors beats Santos 3-1 to clinch Copa Libertadores title
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- AP Worldstream
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- July 3, 2003
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Dateline: SAO PAULO, Brazil
Defender Rolando Schiavi scored the game-winning goal Wednesday as
Argentina's Boca Juniors defeated Brazil's Santos 3-1 to claim the
Copa Libertadores title.
Boca Juniors _ now a five-time Libertadores winner _ ended the home-
and-away final series with an aggregate score of 5-1. The Argentines
have now won South America's most important club competition three
times in the last four years.
Santos, which was seeking its first major international triumph since
the early 1960s, needed to win by a difference of two goals after
it lost the first leg 2-0 a week ago in Buenos Aires.
The Brazilians pressured from the start, outshooting Boca Juniors ...