1971 Copa Interamericana

The 1971 Copa Interamericana was the 2nd staging of the competition. The final took place between Nacional (Winners of 1971 Copa Libertadores) and Cruz Azul (Winners of the 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup) and was staged over two legs on 15 July and 7 November 1972.[1]

1971 Copa Interamericana
EventCopa Interamericana
(on aggregate)
First leg
DateJuly 15, 1972
VenueEstadio Azteca, Mexico City
RefereeMarco A. Regalado (Guatemala)
Second leg
DateNovember 7, 1972
VenueEstadio Centenario, Montevideo
RefereeMario Canessa (Colombia)
1969
1973

Since the winning of 1971 Copa Libertadores, some players of Nacional had been transferred, such as Atilio Ancheta, striker Luis Artime and Juan Mujica. Instead of acquiring new players from other clubs, National chose to promote players from the youth divisions to play the series v Cruz Azul. Some of them were Walter Mantegazza, Braulio Castro, Eduardo Gerolami, and Ruben Suárez.

On the other hand, the Mexican side had signed former Vélez Sarsfield goalkeeper, Argentine Miguel Marín, and Chilean back Alberto Quintano.[2]

Nacional won its third International championship of the season after obtaining the 1971 Libertadores and the 1971 Intercontinental Cup on June and December 1971 respectively.[3][4]

Qualified teams

edit
Team Qualification Previous final app.
  Nacional 1971 Copa Libertadores champion (none)
  Cruz Azul 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup champion (none)
  • Bold indicates winning years

Venues

edit
Estadio Azteca (left) and Estadio Centenario, venues for the series

Match details

edit

First leg

edit
First leg
Cruz Azul  1–1  Nacional
Héctor Pulido   1' Mamelli   29'
Referee: Marco A. Regalado (Guatemala)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cruz Azul
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nacional

Second leg

edit
Second leg
Nacional  2–1  Cruz Azul
Mamelli   35'
Castro   39'
Bustos   22'
Referee: Mario Canessa (Colombia)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nacional
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cruz Azul

References

edit
  1. ^ 1971 Copa Interamericana by Erik Francisco Lugo on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Interamericana 1972 on CNdeF
  3. ^ La 1a. Copa Interamericana on AUF (archived, 23 Sep 2015)
  4. ^ El Club Nacional celebra 115 años on Conmebol, 14 May 2014