Goals by Germán Villa and Salvador Cabañas in the 23rd and 36th minutes, respectively, gave Club América a 2:0 halftime lead.
After Gerardo Bedoya got Millionarios on the board in the 59th minute, Jonathan Estrada tied the match at 2:2 nine minutes later. Cabañas scored his second goal of the match and the game-winner for Club América with six minutes remaining.
Club América will host the second-leg against Millionarios scheduled for the Estadio Nemesio Diez in Toluca, Estado de México on 13 November with the winner progressing to the 2007 Copa Nissan Sudamericana Final where they will take on the victor of the Argentinian semifinal match-up between Arsenal-River Plate.
2007 COPA NISSAN SUDAMERICANA
Semifinals
07.11.2007: Bogotá, COLOMBIA; Estadio Nemesio Camacho (A: 40000)
CD MILLONARIOS (COL) - CLUB AMéRICA (MEX) 2:3 (0:2)
Germán VILLA 23'; Salvador CABAÑAS 36', 84' - Gerardo BEDOYA 59'; Jonathan ESTRADA 68'
CD Millonarios: Eduardo de Jesús Blandón - Andrés Salinas (67: Juan Carlos Quintero), Rafael Robayo, Ricardo Ciciliano, Carlos Villagra, Alex Díaz (46: Luis Zapata), Andrés Mosquera, Gerardo Bedoya, Jonathan Estrada, Gonzalo Martínez, Edwin González (46: Carlos Castillo). Booked: Mosquera 56', Zapata 67'
TD: Mario VANEMERAK
Club América: Guillermo Ochoa - José Antonio Castro, Oscar Rojas, Duilio Davino, Lucas Castromán, Federico Insúa (74: Juan Carlos Mosqueda), Salvador Cabañas, Ricardo Rojas, Hernán Rodrigo López, German Villa, Alejandro Argüello, Juan Carlos Silva. Booked: Villa 59', Castro 90'
TD: Daniel Alberto BRAILOVSKI
R: Ricardo GRANCE (PAR)
13.11.2007: Toluca, Estado de MEXICO; Estadio Nemesio Diez (20:15)
CLUB AMERICA (MEX) - CD MILLONARIOS
R: Rubén SELMAN (CHI)
Photo by William Fernando Martinez/AP
