1985 Intercontinental Cup

February 2020 1985 Intercontinental Cup Intercontinental 1985 program.jpg 200 Official programme Intercontinental Cup Juventus ITA 30px 2 Argentinos Juniors ARG 30px 2 After extra timeJuventus won 4–2 on penalties 8 December 1985 National Stadium Tokyo Michel Platini (Juventus) Volker Roth (West Germany) 62,000 1984 1986 The 1985 Intercontinental Cup was an Association football match played on 8 December 1985, between Juventus, winners of the 1984–85 European Cup, and Argentinos Juniors, winners of the 1985 Copa Libertadores. Recognised as the best edition in the history of the tournament for technical and agonistic level,es Aldo Proieto Juventus-Argentinos: Un partido inolvidable El Gráfico 3453 1985-12-10 the match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo. It was Juventus' second appearance into the competition, after replacing Ajax in 1973. Venue Tokyo Olympic Stadium Capacity: 48,000 200px Match Summary Despite Juventus arriving in Tokyo as the favorites to win the match,Argentinos Juniors vs. Juventus: la final Intercontinental que encendió al mundo by Sebastián Agustinelli at espn.com.ar, 8 Dec 2025 Argentinos Juniors' performance surpassed expectations,2015-12-08 30 años de una de las mejores finales de la Intercontinental: Juventus - Argentinos Jrs https://tn.com.ar/deportes/polideportivo/2015/12/08/30-anos-de-una-de-las-mejores-finales-de-la-intercontinental-juventus-argentinos-jrs/ 2026-06-26 Todo Noticias es efficacy and the play of 20-year old forward Claudio Borghi. After a balanced first half in which the Italian side seemed more comfortable, Argentinos Juniors took control early in the second. In the 55th minute, Carlos Ereros appeared on a typical diagonal run—one of his trademarks—after a pass from Mario Videla, and chipped the ball over Stefano Tacconi's head. Then, in the 63rd minute, Michel Platini leveled the score with a penalty after defender Jorge Olguín fouled Aldo Serena. But in the 75th minute, Claudio Borghi, one of the key players for the Argentinos Juniors side, played a through ball to José Antonio Castro, who curled a shot across goal and into the top corner to put his team in a 2–1 advantage. "When Borghi got the ball, I made a run and knew he was coming towards my side. I was able to connect perfectly, and the ball went in at the far post," Castro recounted. Finally, at 82 minutes, Danish forward Michael Laudrup put the finishing touch on a skillful attacking maneuver by Juventus and scored the 2–2. As after an extra time the score remained the same, a Penalty shoot-out was conducted to determine a winner. Sergio Batista and José Luis Pavoni failed for Argentinos Juniors while conversions by Sergio Brio, Antonio Cabrini, Serena, and Platini set the 4–2 on penalties that allowed Juventus to win their first Intercontinental trophy. 900 Arg juve 1985 borghi.jpg Intercontinental 1985 02.jpg Intercontinental 1985 01.jpg Intercontinental 1985 03.jpg Intercontinental 1985 04.jpg Some moments of the match, fltr: Claudio Borghi carrying the ball, Juventus attacking, the 2nd goal by Carlos Ereros, and Michel Platini marked by Emilio Commisso, and players of Juventus celebrating with the trophy Details 8 December 1985 12:00 UTC+9 1985 Intercontinental Cup Juventus ITA 2–2 (a.e.t.) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61691/ ARG Argentinos Juniors Platini 63 pen. Laudrup 82 Ereros 55 Castro 75 National Stadium, Tokyo 62,000 Volker Roth (West Germany) Brio Cabrini Serena Laudrup Platini 4–2 Olguín Batista López Pavoni _juve2 _juventus1985h _juve2 _juve6 _juve3 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Juventus _aaaj87h _aaaj85h _aaaj87h _aaaj85h _color_3_stripes_red DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 FFFFFF Argentinos Juniors GK 1 ITA Stefano TacconiRB 2 ITA Luciano FaveroCB 5 ITA Sergio BrioSW 6 ITA Gaetano Scirea (c) 64 LB 3 ITA Antonio CabriniDM 4SMR 1862 Massimo BoniniCM 7 ITA Massimo Mauro 67 78CM 8ITA Lionello ManfredoniaAM 10FRA Michel Platini 3CF 9ITA Aldo SerenaCF 11DEN Michael LaudrupSubstitutes:GK 12ITA Luciano BodiniDF 13ITA Stefano Pioli 64MF 14ITA Gabriele PinFW 15 ITA Marco PacioneFW 16ITA Massimo Briaschi 78Manager:ITA Giovanni Trapattoni GK 1 ARG Enrique VidalléRB 4 ARG Carmelo VillalbaCB 2 ARG José Luis PavoniCB 6ARG Jorge OlguínLB 3 ARG Adrián Domenech (c)RM 10ARG Emilio Commisso 82CM 5 ARG Sergio BatistaLM 8ARG Mario Videla 21RW 7 ARG José Antonio CastroCF 9ARG Claudio Borghi 47LW 11 ARG Carlos Ereros 117Substitutes:GK 12 PAR 1954 César Roberto MendozaDF 13 ARG Jorge PellegriniMF 14 ARG Juan José López 117DF 15 ARG Miguel Ángel LemmeMF 16 USA Renato Corsi 88 82Manager:ARG José Yudica Man of the Match: Michel Platini (Juventus) Aftermath thumb|Michel Platini being awarded man of the match The final is regarded as the best Intercontinental Cup ever played, due to the technical virtues of both teams.en Seguir 2017-11-16 Se jugó la mejor final Intercontinental de todas: Argentinos Juniors-Juventus https://www.infobae.com/2012/12/07/685476-se-jugo-la-mejor-final-intercontinental-todas-argentinos-juniors-juventus/ 2026-06-26 infobae es The Argentinos Juniors performance received critical acclaim from both, the press and their rivals. Thirty years after the final, Borghi himself admitted that Argentinos Juniors lost the final because its players relayed excessively in their conditions.Claudio Borghi: "Argentinos perdió la final con Juventus por confiar en su jerarquía", ESPN, 8 Dec 2015 We had a very important rival, in times where there were not so many videos to analyze the rival as today. We stayed in the same hotel than Juventus and therefore we met their players all the time. It was a very nice experience Claudio Borghi, remembering the final during a radio interview in 2015 ESPN Dino Zoff, a true legend of Italian football, said that never in history had a rival team played Juventus that way in a final José A. Castro Aquella inolvidable final entre Argentinos Juniors y Juventus at pagina12.com.ar. 12 Dec 2020 After their triumph in the competition, Juventus became the first football team ever—remained the only one until 2022—to have won all official continental competitions and the world title.In addition, Juventus F.C. were the first club in association football history to have won all possible confederation competitions (e.g. the international tournaments organised by UEFA) and remain tied with Tunisia's Étoile Sportive du Sahel as the only in the world to achieve this. Cf. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/news/kind=32/newsid=447085.html Legend: List of UEFA club competitions Union des Associations Européennes de Football 2006-08-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100131103346/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/news/kind%3D32/newsid%3D447085.html 2010-01-31 https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=44277/index.html ES du Sahel: Étoile Sahel, an African institution Fédération Internationale de Football Association 2009-08-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130314004749/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club%3D44277/index.html 2013-03-14 es http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.es/preview/2003/05/15/pagina-55/34004153/pdf.html La primera final italiana La Vanguardia PDF 55 2003-05-15 2009-11-15https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=107/edition=4735/news/newsid=101662.html We are the champions Fédération Internationale de Football Association 2005-12-01 2009-10-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110430044235/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D107/edition%3D4735/news/newsid%3D101662.html 2011-04-30 Also, Italian defenders Gaetano Scirea and Antonio Cabrini became the first European footballers to have won all international club competitions and Giovanni Trapattoni, the first European manager in association football history to do so.it http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,0016/articleid,1010_02_1985_0313_0016_19082649/ Il presidente Tessone ce l'ha con l'arbitro La Stampa 1985-12-09 16 2010-12-16 French midfielder Michel Platini was awarded as man of the match.https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyotamvp.html Toyota Cup - Most Valuable Player of the Match Award 2009-04-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20090414090937/http://rsssf.com/tablest/toyotamvp.html 14 April 2009 live See also 1984–85 European Cup 1985 Copa Libertadores Juventus F.C. in European football References Intercontinental Cup Intercontinental Cup Intercontinental Cup Category:Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004) Intercontinental Cup 1985 Intercontinental Cup 1985 Category:Intercontinental Cup (football) matches hosted by Japan i i Category:Football competitions in Tokyo Category:December 1985 sports events in Asia Category:1985 in Tokyo Category:Argentina–Italy sports relations Category:1985 in association football Intercontinental