San Lorenzo celebrate with the trophy.San Lorenzo celebrate with the trophy.

Nestor Ortigoza scored the most important penalty in San Lorenzo’s 106-year history as the Argentine side won South America’s Libertadores Cup for the first time with a 2-1 aggregate victory over Paraguay’s Nacional on Wednesday.

Midfielder Ortigoza’s first-half spot-kick gave San Lorenzo a 1-0 home win after the teams, who had never before reached the final, drew 1-1 in the first leg in Asuncion last week.

‘The Saints’, who qualified for the Club World Cup with the win, have finally managed to shake off the tag of being the only one of Argentina’s ‘Big Five’ never to have won the trophy.

“They put their trust in me and I thank them for that,” Ortigoza told Fox Sports of his coach and team-mates.

The victory also gave Argentina a record 23rd title in South America’s top club competition since it was first played in 1960. It was also the first time in five years that it was not won by a Brazilian team.

A Paraguayan side finished runners-up for the second year in a row after three-times champions Olimpia lost to Atletico Mineiro in 2013.

“We played a very poor first half, the team were very nervous, tense, they were affected by the expectations of the crowd, but luckily we won,” San Lorenzo coach Edgardo Bauza told Fox Sports.

It was Bauza’s second Libertadores success after steering LDU Quito to Ecuador’s first title in 2008.

That success persuaded San Lorenzo to appoint Bauza after league-winning coach Juan Antonio Pizzi quit in December to take charge of Valencia.

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