1974 Intercontinental Cup

1974 Intercontinental Cup
on aggregate
First leg
Date 12 March 1975
Venue La Doble Visera, Avellaneda
Second leg
Date 10 April 1975
Venue Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid

The 1974 Intercontinental Cup was a football tie held over two legs in March and April 1975 between Independiente, winners of the 1974 Copa Libertadores, and the runners up of the 1973–74 European Cup, Atlético Madrid (European Cup winners Bayern Munich declined to participate).

The first leg was held on 12 March 1975 at the Estadio Libertadores de América, then known as La Doble Visera, home of Independiente. The match finished up as a 1-0 victory for Independiente. The goals was scored by Agustín Alberto Balbuena in the 34th minute.

Estadio Vicente Calderón hosted the return leg on 10 April 1975. Atlético de Madrid won the second leg 2-0. The goals came from Javier Irureta in the 23rd minute, and Rubén Ayala in the 85th minute. Atlético won on aggregate 2-1.

To this date, Atletico Madrid is the only team that participated in the Intercontinental Cup as the runner-up of the European champions, and have managed to win it. (Panathinaikos lost in 1971, Juventus lost in 1973, Borussia Mönchengladbach lost in 1977, Malmö FF lost in 1979 and Milan lost in 1993).


First leg

Match details

12 March 1975
Independiente Argentina 1–0 Spain Atlético de Madrid
Balbuena  34' (Report)
La Doble Visera, Avellaneda
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Charles Corver Netherlands


Independiente
Atlético Madrid
GK 1 Argentina José Alberto Pérez
DF 2 Argentina Miguel Angel López
DF 3 Uruguay Ricardo Pavoni
DF 4 Argentina Eduardo Commisso
DF 5 Argentina Rubén Galván
MF 6 Argentina Francisco Pedro Manuel Sa
MF 7 Argentina Agustín Alberto Balbuena
MF 8 Argentina Aldo Fernando Rodríguez  57'
FW 9 Peru Percy Rojas
FW 10Argentina Ricardo Enrique Bochini
FW 11Argentina Ricardo Daniel Bertoni  83'
Substitutes:
DF 12Argentina Alejandro Semenewicz  57'
DF 13Argentina Luis Alberto Giribert  83'
Manager:
Argentina Roberto Ferreiro
GK 1 Spain Miguel Reina
DF 2 Spain Francisco Delgado Melo
DF 3 Argentina Ramón Heredia
DF 4 Paraguay Domingo Benegas
DF 5 Spain José Luis Capón
MF 6 Spain Eusebio Bejarano
MF 7 Spain Alberto Fernández Fernández  46'
MF 8 Spain Adelardo
FW 9 Spain Javier Irureta
FW 10Spain José Eulogio Gárate
FW 11Argentina Rubén Ayala
Substitutes:
MF 12Spain Heraldo Becerra  46'
Manager:
Spain Luis Aragonés

Second leg

Match details

10 April 1975
Atlético de Madrid Spain 2–0 Argentina Independiente
Javier Irureta  34'
Rubén Ayala  85'
(Report)
Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid
Attendance: 65,000 [1]
Referee: Carlos Robles Chile


Atlético Madrid
Independiente
GK 1 Spain José Pacheco Gómez
DF 2 Spain Francisco Delgado Melo
DF 3 Argentina Ramón Heredia
DF 4 Spain Francisco Aguilar
DF 5 Spain José Luis Capón
MF 6 Spain Eusebio Bejarano
MF 7 Spain Alberto Fernández Fernández  27'
MF 8 Spain Adelardo
FW 9 Spain Javier Irureta
FW 10Spain José Eulogio Gárate
FW 11Argentina Rubén Ayala
Substitutes:
MF 12Spain Ignacio Salcedo  27'
Manager:
Spain Luis Aragonés
GK 1 Argentina José Alberto Pérez
DF 2 Argentina Miguel Angel López
DF 3 Uruguay Ricardo Pavoni
DF 4 Argentina Eduardo Commisso
DF 5 Argentina Rubén Galván
MF 6 Argentina Osvaldo Miguel Carrica
MF 7 Argentina Agustín Alberto Balbuena
MF 8 Argentina Hugo José Saggiorato
FW 9 Peru Percy Rojas  62'
FW 10Argentina Ricardo Enrique Bochini
FW 11Argentina Ricardo Daniel Bertoni
Substitutes:
DF 12Argentina Aldo Fernando Rodríguez  62'
Manager:
Argentina Roberto Ferreiro

See also

References

  1. "Clarin.com". Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-27.

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