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Atletico Nacional 1-0 Independiente del Valle (2-1 agg.): Borja secures Copa Libertadores crown

Miguel Borja struck the only goal of the game as Atletico Nacional was crowned Copa Libertadores champion for 2016.

Atletico Nacional is Copa Libertadores champion after a 1-0 win over Independiente del Valle in the second leg of the 2016 final Wednesday.

With the score locked at 1-1 after the first leg in Quito, Miguel Borja struck the only goal of the return fixture to seal a 2-1 aggregate victory. The win ends a 27-year wait for Nacional to claim Libertadores glory, the Colombian side having won the 1989 edition of the tournament against Olimpia.

Borja's goal was his fifth in just four Libertadores games for Nacional after joining the side ahead of the semifinals, in which he scored all four of the side's goals in the two legs against Sao Paulo.