1971 Copa Interamericana

1971 Copa Interamericana

Event	Copa Interamericana
Cruz Azul Nacional 2 3
(on aggregate)
First leg
Cruz Azul Nacional 1 1
Date	July 15, 1972
Venue	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee	Marco A. Regalado (Guatemala)
Second leg
Nacional Cruz Azul 2 1
Date	November 7, 1972
Venue	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Referee	Mario 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

Team	Qualification	Previous final app.
Nacional	1971 Copa Libertadores champion	(none)
Cruz Azul	1971 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

July 15, 1972

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

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Second leg

November 7, 1972

Second leg

Nacional	2–1	Cruz Azul
Mamelli 35' Castro 39'		Bustos 22'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Referee: Mario Canessa (Colombia)

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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