was the most notable player of the competition, with 8 goals and 7 assists With this appearance in the last stage Boca Juniors reached a record-equalling ninth final, winning on five of the eight previous occasions. At that point only
Peñarol of
Uruguay had played as many. The media praised
Juan Román Riquelme's performance in the finals, crediting him as Boca's most notable player. Riquelme had returned to Argentina after a frustrating experience at Spanish club
Villarreal where manager
Manuel Pellegrini excluded him from the senior squad due to personal disputes. Under the guidance of manager
Miguel Ángel Russo, Riquelme was the top scorer of the team (and second of the
2007 edition behind
Salvador Cabañas) with 8 goals in 11 matches, three of them in the finals. The 5–0 aggregate score remains the largest victory in the history of Copa Libertadores finals. On the other hand, Grêmio – who had previously played three finals, winning two of them – moved up to second place among Brazilian clubs with most Copa Libertadores finals contested, behind
São Paulo with six. ==References==