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
Cruz Azul Nacional
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 Camom (Chile)

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
Team Qualification Previous final app.
Nacional1971 Copa Libertadores champion(none)
Cruz Azul1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup champion(none)
  • Bold indicates winning years

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

Match details

First Leg
1971 Copa Interamericana
First leg
Cruz Azul 1–1 Nacional
Héctor Pulido  1' Mamelli  29'
Estadio Azteca, México City
Referee: Marco A. Regalado (Guatemala)
Cruz Azul
Nacional
GK Miguel Marín
DF Marco A. Ramírez
DF Javier Guzmán
DF Alberto Quintano
DF Javier Sánchez Galindo
MF Juan M. Alejandrez
MF Cesáreo Ramírez
MF Héctor Pulido
FW Fernando Bustos
FW Octavio Muciño
FW Horacio López Salgado
Substitutes:
MF Juan de Jesús Prado
Manager:
Raúl Cárdenas
GK Manga
DF Luis Ubiña
DF Ángel Brunell
DF Juan Masnik 51'
DF Luis Cánepa
MF Julio Montero Castillo
MF Walter Mantegazza
MF Víctor Espárrago
FW Luis Cubilla
FW Juan Carlos Mamelli
FW Washington Abad 69'
Substitutes:
DF Gerolami 51'
FW Ruben Suárez 69'
Manager:
Washington Etchamendi

Second Leg
Second leg
Nacional 2–1 Cruz Azul
Mamelli  35'
Castro  39'		 Bustos  22'
Referee: Mario Camom (Chile)
Nacional
Cruz Azul
GK Manga
DF Luis Ubiña
DF Ángel Brunell
DF Juan Masnik
DF Juan Carlos Blanco
MF Ildo Maneiro
MF Walter Mantegazza
MF Ruben Suárez
FW Luis B. Castro
FW Juan Carlos Mamelli
FW Julio César Morales
Manager:
Washington Etchamendi
GK Miguel Marín
DF Marco A. Ramírez
DF Javier Guzmán
DF Alberto Quintano
DF Javier Sánchez Galindo
MF Juan M. Alejandrez
MF Cesáreo Ramírez
MF Héctor Pulido
FW Fernando Bustos
FW Eladio Vera
FW Horacio López Salgado
Manager:
Raúl Cárdenas

References
  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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