1977 Intercontinental Cup

1977 Intercontinental Cup Boca v borussia lineup.jpg Boca Juniors, champions Intercontinental Cup Boca Juniors ARG 30px 5 BorussiaMönchengladbach FRG 30px 2 on aggregate First leg 2 2 21 March 1978 La Bombonera Buenos Aires Nikola Milanov Doudine (Bulgaria) 60,000 Second leg 3 0 1 August 1978 Wildparkstadion Karlsruhe Roque Cerullo (Uruguay) 38,000 1976 1979(not held in 1978) The 1977 Intercontinental Cup was an association football tie held over two legs in March and August 1978 between Boca Juniors, winners of the 1977 Copa Libertadores, and Borussia Mönchengladbach, runners-up of the 1976–77 European Cup. European Cup winners Liverpool declined to participate.Intercontinental Cup 1977 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at the RSSSF Background As Liverpool declined to participate, Borussia Mönchengladbach was the team appointed to play the series. Due to schedule problems, the Cup was not played until 1978, with the second leg having been held more than four months after the first game in Buenos Aires. Previously to those series, Borussia had won the Bundesliga three consecutive times (1974–77) with notable players such as Berti Vogts and Danish forward Allan Simonsen, awarded with Ballon d'Or in 1977. As part of the preparation for the series, Boca Juniors manager, Juan Carlos Lorenzo, sent a friend of his to Borussia's training camp (pretending to be a local journalist due to his knowledge of German language) to watch the team in action. The envoy then sent Lorenzo a detailed report about Borussia's players, their technical characteristics and skills on the field.El primer Boca campeón del mundo, Página/12, 1 Jul 2018 First leg 650 Boca vs borussia m 1978 04.jpg Boca vs borussia m 1978 06.jpg Boca vs borussia m 1978 03.jpg Some goals of the match, fltr: Ernesto Mastrángelo opens for the 1–0, Borussia taking advantage, and Jorge Ribolzi scoring for the 2–2 The first game was held in La Bombonera, with Boca Juniors taking advantage with a goal by Ernesto Mastrángelo, but Borussia scored two goals for a partial 2–1 win until Jorge Ribolzi scored for the 2–2 that would be the final result.Lo que pasó la primera vez... https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190300/https://www.ole.com.ar/boca-juniors/boca-intercontinental-lorenzo-borussia_0_1982201808.html 2018-08-01 by Ramiro Scandolo, Olé, 21 Mar 2018La inolvidable visita a la Bombonera https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155211/https://www.foxsports.com.ar/news/292897-la-inolvidable-visita-del-borussia-monchengladbach-a-la-bombonera 2018-08-01 , Fox Sports, 17 Feb 2017 Match details http://archive.org/details/DiarioCronicaBuenosAires19780322_1 ¡BOCA FRENO A LOS TANQUES! 1978-03-22 Diario Crónica 21 March 1978 Boca Juniors ARG 2–2 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61682/ FRG Borussia Mönchengladbach Mastrángelo 16 Ribolzi 51 Hannes 24 Bonhof 29 La Bombonera, Buenos Aires 60,000 Nikola Milanov Doudine (Bulgaria) _goldborder _boca78h _goldborder 000080 000080 000080 000080 ffcc00 Boca Juniors _borussiam78h _borussiam78h _borussiam78h _puma_flare_onwhite FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 075442 FFFFFF Borussia Mönchengladbach GK 12 ARG Osvaldo SantosDF 4 ARG Vicente PerníaDF 2 ARG Francisco SáDF 6 ARG Roberto MouzoDF 3 ARG Miguel Ángel BordónMF 8 ARG Jorge Benítez 46MF 5 ARG Rubén Suñé (c)MF 18ARG Mario ZanabriaFW 7 ARG Ernesto MastrángeloFW 21 ARG Daniel Severino Pavón 64FW 17ARG Carlos Horacio SalinasSubstitutes:MF 10ARG Jorge Ribolzi 46FW 22ARG Carlos Alberto Álvarez 64Manager:ARG Juan Carlos Lorenzo300px GK 1 FRG Wolfgang KleffDF 2FRG Berti Vogts (c)DF 3 FRG Wilfried HannesDF 4FRG Horst WohlersDF 5FRG Rainer BonhofMF 6 FRG Winfried SchäferFW 7FRG Karl Del'HayeMF 8FRG Herbert Wimmer 56FW 9DEN Carsten NielsenMF 10FRG Christian KulikFW 11FRG Ewald LienenSubstitutes:MF 12FRG Dietmar Danner 56Manager:FRG Udo Lattek Second leg 300 2 Boca vs borussia 1978.jpg Mastrangelo gol borussia.jpg Salinas v borussia.jpg Veglio sin camiseta vs borussia.jpg Some moments of the match, fltr: Struggling for the ball, Ernesto Mastrángelo scoring the second goal, Carlos Salinas running with the ball, and Carlos Veglio without his shirt In October, Boca Juniors travelled to Germany to play the second leg, with the media being sceptical about a victory there. As Borussia's stadium was being refurbished, the match played at Wildparkstadion, which was remarkable for being the stadium with the best lighting throughout Germany by then. Coach Juan Carlos Lorenzo surprised everyone when he decided to replace Francisco Sá, an experienced but slow player (with 33 years old) by younger and faster José Luis Tesare. He also put three attacking players (resulting in a 4–3–3 formation), something infrequent by those times. The plan designed by Lorenzo was a real aim so Boca Juniors scored three goals for a 3–0 (Felman, Mastrángelo and Salinas) at the end of first half.A 40 años del día que Boca conquistó la cima del mundo por primera vez https://web.archive.org/web/20180925010059/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/2157995-a-40-anos-del-dia-que-boca-conquisto-la-cima-del-mundo-por-primera-vez 2018-09-25 by Pablo Lisotto, La Nación, 31 Aug 2018 Nevertheless, during the first 15 minutes of the match Borussia played much better than Boca Juniors but the German match could not score a goal in despite their dominance over their rival. One of the key players of the match was Darío Felman, who also scored a goal. Felman, on loan to Valencia CF by then, had not attend the first game in La Bombonera but Alberto J. Armando convinced him to play the second leg. Felman gave Ernesto Mastrángelo a precise pass to score the second goal of the match. At the end of the match, Borussia manager, Udo Lattek stated that "Boca Juniors was a more mature and intelligent team than us". Match details 1 August 1978 Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG 0–3 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61683/ ARG Boca Juniors Felman 2 Mastrángelo 33 Salinas 37 Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe 38,000 Roque Cerullo (Uruguay) _borussiam78h _borussiam78h _borussiam78h _puma_flare_onwhite FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 075442 FFFFFF Borussia Mönchengladbach _goldhorizontal 000099 000099 000099 000099 ffcc00 Boca Juniors GK FRG Wolfgang KneibDF FRG Berti Vogts (c)DF FRG Wilfried HannesDF FRG Horst Wohlers 46DF FRG Norbert RingelsMF FRG Hans-Günter BrunsFW DEN Allan SimonsenMF DEN Carsten NielsenFW FRG Helmut Lausen 72MF FRG Christian KulikFW FRG Rudi GoresSubstitutes:MF FRG Winfried Schäfer 46FW FRG Ewald Lienen 72Manager:FRG Udo Lattek300px GK 1 ARG Hugo GattiDF 4 ARG Vicente PerníaDF ARG José Luis TesareDF 3 ARG Miguel Ángel BordónDF ARG José María SuárezMF 17 ARG Carlos Horacio SalinasMF 5 ARG Rubén Suñé (c)MF 18 ARG Mario ZanabriaFW 7 ARG Ernesto MastrángeloFW 9 ARG José Luis Saldaño 46FW 11 ARG Darío FelmanSubstitutes:FW ARG Carlos Veglio 46Manager:ARG Juan Carlos Lorenzo Aftermath thumb|right|160px|Boca Juniors' captain, Rubén Suñé, raising the trophy. At his left, president of the club, Alberto J. Armando Boca Juniors's victory was acclaimed throughout Argentina, even by supporters of rival clubs. It was the first intercontinental title for the club and the third for a big five club of Argentina after the victories of Racing and Independiente in 1967 and 1973 respectively. After their return from Germany, Boca Juniors players went directly to the club so they had to play Newell's Old Boys in the Metropolitano tournament, which would be finally won by Quilmes. Nobody believed in us. I sent an assistant to spy on Borussia's preseason and that helped me draw conclusions. I knew they were going to be tough and that I had to put a fast team on the field Juan Carlos Lorenzo, after winning the Cup. 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