1971 Copa Interamericana

1971 Copa Interamericana
EventCopa Interamericana
Cruz Azul Nacional
Mexico Uruguay
2 3
(on aggregate)
First leg
Cruz Azul Nacional
1 1
DateJuly 15, 1972
VenueEstadio Azteca, Mexico City
RefereeMarco A. Regalado (Guatemala)
Second leg
Nacional Cruz Azul
2 1
DateNovember 7, 1972
VenueEstadio Centenario, Montevideo
RefereeMario Canessa (Colombia)
← 1969
1973 →

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]

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

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

Venues

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

Match details

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First leg

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1971 Copa Interamericana
First leg
Cruz Azul Mexico1–1Uruguay Nacional
Héctor Pulido 1' Mamelli 29'
Referee: Marco A. Regalado (Guatemala)
Cruz Azul
Nacional

Second leg

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Second leg
Nacional Uruguay2–1Mexico Cruz Azul
Mamelli 35'
Castro 39'		 Bustos 22'
Referee: Mario Canessa (Colombia)
Nacional
Cruz Azul

References

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  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
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