1996 Intercontinental Cup

1996 Intercontinental Cup
Date 26 November 1996
Venue National Stadium, Tokyo
Man of the Match Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
Referee Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Attendance 48,305

The 1996 Intercontinental Cup was a football match played on November 26, 1996, between Juventus, winners of the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League, and River Plate, winners of the 1996 Copa Libertadores. The match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo. It was Juventus' third appearance into the competition, after the defeat in 1973 and the victory in 1985 against Argentinos Juniors, whereas it was River Plate's second appearance after the victory in 1986 against Steaua Bucharest.
Alessandro Del Piero was named as man of the match and got the only goal of the game when he shot right footed to the top of the net in the 81st minute.[1]

Match details

Juventus Italy 1–0 Argentina River Plate
Del Piero  81' Report
Attendance: 48,305
Juventus
River Plate
GK1Italy Angelo Peruzzi
RB3Italy Moreno TorricelliYellow card 82'
CB2Italy Ciro Ferrara
CB4Uruguay Paolo MonteroYellow card 51'
LB5Italy Sergio PorriniYellow card 67'
CM7Italy Angelo Di Livio
CM14France Didier Deschamps
CM18Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir JugovićYellow card 50'
AM21France Zinédine ZidaneYellow card 84' 89'
CF10Italy Alessandro Del Piero
CF9Croatia Alen Bokšić
Substitutes:
GK12Italy Michelangelo Rampulla
DF13Italy Mark Iuliano
MF19Italy Attilio Lombardo
MF20Italy Alessio Tacchinardi 89'
MF26Italy Raffaele Ametrano
FW11Italy Michele Padovano
FW15Italy Christian Vieri
Manager:
Italy Marcello Lippi
GK1Argentina Roberto Bonano
RB4Argentina Hernán Díaz
CB2Paraguay Celso Ayala
CB6Argentina Eduardo Berizzo
LB3Argentina Juan Pablo Sorín
CM8Argentina Roberto Monserrat
CM5Argentina Leonardo AstradaYellow card 38'
CM11Argentina Sergio Berti 74'
AM9Uruguay Enzo Francescoli
CF10Argentina Ariel Ortega
CF7Argentina Julio Cruz 83'
Substitutes:
GK12 Argentina Germán Burgos
DF13 Argentina Guillermo Rivarola
MF 14Argentina Marcelo Escudero
MF 15Argentina Marcelo Gallardo
MF16 Argentina Leonel Gancedo 74'
FW17 Argentina Ramón Medina Bello
FW 18Chile Marcelo Salas 83'
Manager:
Argentina Ramón Díaz

Man of the Match:
Italy Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)

See also

References

  1. "Toyota Cup - Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
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