Full name: João Manuel Vieira Pinto
Date of birth: August 19, 1971
Place of birth: Porto, Portugal

Full name: Sergej Barbarez
Date of birth: September 9, 1971
Place of birth: Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia

Full name: Associazione Calcio Milan SpA
Founded: December 16, 1899
Stadium: San Siro, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (85700), Milano, Italy

Full name: Estudiantes de La Plata
Founded: August 4, 1905
Stadium: Jorge Luis Hirschi (23000), La Plata, Argentina

Full name: Juan Sebastián Verón
Date of birth: March 9, 1975
Place of birth: La Plata, Argentina

Full name: Club de Futbol Pachuca
Founded: 1901
Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo (35000), Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico

The Copa Sudamericana (also known as Copa Nissan Sudamericana) is an international football cup competition played annually by clubs of CONMEBOL and, since 2005, from CONCACAF. Mexican club Pachuca rallied to a 2-1 victory over Chilean side Colo Colo on December 13, 2006 in the second leg of a finals series to win the Copa Sudamericana and frustrate the more than 60,000 in attendance at Nacional Stadium. The Tuzos became the first Mexican club to win South America’s second-most prestigious club tournament after Copa Libertadores. The clubs played to a 1-1 tie at Pachuca two weeks ago.

Full name: Fabio Mamerto Cannavaro
Date of birth: September 13, 1973
Place of birth: Napoli, Italy

Full name: David Sergio Trézéguet
Date of birth: October 15, 1977
Place of birth: Rouen, France