Salvador Cabañas opened the scoring for Club América in the fifth minute, but Anibal Matellan tied it for Arsenal in the 30th minute.
Club América took the lead again in the 53rd minute with a goal by Alejandro Argüello, but Alejandro Gomez leveled two minutes later for Arsenal and then he went on to score the game-winner in the 65th minute.
The second-leg of the 2007 Copa Nissan Sudamericana Final will take place at the Estadio Juan Domingo Perón in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 5 December.
2007 COPA NISSAN SUDAMERICANA
Final
30.11.2007: Ciudad de México, MEXICO; Estadio Azteca
CLUB AMERICA (MEX) - ARSENAL (ARG) 2:3 (1:1)
Salvador CABAÑAS 5'; Alejandro ARGUELLO 53' - Anibal MATELLAN 30'; Alejandro GOMEZ 55', 65'
Club América: Guillermo Ochoa - José Antonio Castro, Oscar Rojas, Duilio Davino, Federico Insúa, Salvador Cabañas, Ricardo Rojas, Hernán Rodrigo López, German Villa (84: Enrique Esqueda), Alejandro Argüello, Juan Carlos Silva (70: Juan Carlos Mosqueda). Booked: Castro 31', Villa 40'
TD: Daniel Alberto BRAILOVSKI
Arsenal: Mario Eduardo Cuenca - Andrés San Martín, José Luis Calderón (86: Leonardo Biagni), Carlos Damián Casteglione, Marcelo Gandolfi, Alejandro Darío Gómez (81: Israel Damonte), Anibal Matellan, Cristian Leonel, Jossimar Mosqueda, Javier Yacuzzi, Diego Villar (74: Pablo Garnier). Booked: Mosquera 53', Gandolfi 75', Cuenca 89', Sent offs: Casteglione 79'
TD: Gustavo ALFARO
R: Ricardo GRANCE (PAR)
05.12.2007: Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA; Estadio Juan Domingo Perón (21:30)
ARSENAL (ARG) - CLUB AMERICA (MEX)
R: Oscar RUIZ (COL)
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