1971 Copa Interamericana

1971 Copa Interamericana Copa Interamericana Cruz Azul MEX 30px 2 Nacional URU 30px 3 (on aggregate) First leg 1 1 July 15, 1972 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Marco A. Regalado (Guatemala) Second leg 1 2 November 7, 1972 Estadio Centenario Montevideo 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 1972.1971 Copa Interamericana by Erik Francisco Lugo on the RSSSF 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, Nacional 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.Interamericana 1972 on CNdeF 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.La 1a. Copa Interamericana on AUF (archived, 23 Sep 2015)El Club Nacional celebra 115 años on Conmebol, 14 May 2014 Qualified teams Team Qualification Previous final app. URU Nacional 1971 Copa Libertadores champion (none) MEX Cruz Azul 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup champion (none) Bold indicates winning years Venues left horizontal 450 Club América vs Cruz Azul, Clausura 2013 Copa MX semi finals, 3 April 2013.jpg Estadio Centenario.JPG Estadio Azteca (left) and Estadio Centenario, venues for the series Match details First leg July 15, 1972 1971 Copa Interamericana First leg Cruz Azul MEX 1–1 URU Nacional Héctor Pulido 1 Mamelli 29 Estadio Azteca, México City Marco A. Regalado (Guatemala) _whiteborder _whitecollar _whiteborder _bluesides _2_white_stripes 0000CC 0000CC 0000CC FFFFFF 0000CC Cruz Azul _Nacional 1st 71 _Nacional 1st 71 _Nacional 1st 71 _whitesides ffffff ffffff ffffff 000099 ffffff Nacional GK ARG Miguel MarínDF MEX Marco A. Ramírez DF MEX Javier GuzmánDF CHI Alberto Quintano DF MEX Javier Sánchez Galindo MF MEX Juan M. Alejandrez MF MEX Cesáreo RamírezMF MEX Héctor Pulido FW MEX Fernando BustosFW MEX Octavio Muciño FW MEX Horacio López Salgado Substitutes:MF MEX Juan de Jesús Prado Manager:MEX Raúl Cárdenas GK BRA Manga DF URU Luis Ubiña DF URU Ángel Brunell DF URU Juan Masnik 51 DF URU Luis Cánepa MF URU Julio Montero Castillo MF URU Walter Mantegazza MF URU Víctor Espárrago FW URU Luis CubillaFW ARG Juan Carlos MamelliFW URU Washington Abad 69Substitutes:DF URU Gerolami 51FW URU Ruben Suárez 69Manager:URU Washington Etchamendi Second leg November 7, 1972 Second leg Nacional URU 2–1 MEX Cruz Azul Mamelli 35 Castro 39 Bustos 22 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Mario Canessa (Colombia) _Nacional 1st 71 _Nacional 1st 71 _Nacional 1st 71 _whitesides ffffff ffffff ffffff 000099 ffffff Nacional _whiteborder _whitecollar _whiteborder _bluesides _2_white_stripes 0000CC 0000CC 0000CC FFFFFF 0000CC Cruz Azul GK BRA MangaDF URU Luis Ubiña DF URU Ángel BrunellDF URU Juan Masnik DF URU Juan Carlos Blanco MF URU Ildo Maneiro MF URU Walter MantegazzaMF URU Ruben Suárez FW URU Luis B. CastroFW ARG Juan Carlos Mamelli FW URU Julio César Morales Manager:URU Washington Etchamendi GK ARG Miguel MarínDF MEX Marco A. RamírezDF MEX Javier GuzmánDF CHI Alberto Quintano DF MEX Javier Sánchez Galindo MF MEX Juan M. Alejandrez MF MEX Cesáreo RamírezMF MEX Héctor Pulido FW MEX Fernando BustosFW MEX Eladio Vera FW MEX Horacio López Salgado Manager:MEX Raúl Cárdenas References 1971 Copa Interamericana 1971 Copa Interamericana 1971 Category:Football competitions in Montevideo Category:Football competitions in Mexico City Category:Football club competitions in Mexico Category:1970s in Mexico City Category:20th century in Montevideo Category:1972 in Uruguayan football Category:1972–73 in Mexican football 1971 Category:Football matches in Mexico Category:Football matches in Uruguay Category:July 1972 sports events in North America Category:November 1972 sports events in South America