1996 Intercontinental Cup

1996 Intercontinental Cup
Match programme cover
Date26 November 1996
VenueNational Stadium, Tokyo
Man of the MatchAlessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
RefereeMárcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Attendance48,305
1995
1997

The 1996 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match played on 26 November 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 București.

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]

Venue

The National Stadium in Tokyo hosted the match

Match details

Juventus Italy1–0Argentina River Plate
Del Piero 81' Report
Juventus
River Plate
GK 1 Italy Angelo Peruzzi
RB 3 Italy Moreno Torricelli Yellow card 82'
CB 2 Italy Ciro Ferrara
CB 4 Uruguay Paolo Montero Yellow card 51'
LB 5 Italy Sergio Porrini Yellow card 67'
DM 14 France Didier Deschamps
RM 7 Italy Angelo Di Livio (c)
LM 18 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Jugović Yellow card 50'
AM 21 France Zinedine Zidane Yellow card 84' downward-facing red arrow 89'
CF 9 Croatia Alen Bokšić
CF 10 Italy Alessandro Del Piero
Substitutes:
GK 12 Italy Michelangelo Rampulla
DF 13 Italy Mark Iuliano
MF 19 Italy Attilio Lombardo
MF 20 Italy Alessio Tacchinardi upward-facing green arrow 89'
MF 26 Italy Raffaele Ametrano
FW 11 Italy Michele Padovano
FW 15 Italy Christian Vieri
Manager:
Italy Marcello Lippi
GK 1 Argentina Roberto Bonano
RB 4 Argentina Hernán Díaz
CB 2 Paraguay Celso Ayala
CB 6 Argentina Eduardo Berizzo
LB 3 Argentina Juan Pablo Sorín
DM 5 Argentina Leonardo Astrada Yellow card 38'
RM 8 Argentina Roberto Monserrat
CM 10 Argentina Ariel Ortega
CM 9 Uruguay Enzo Francescoli (c)
LM 11 Argentina Sergio Berti downward-facing red arrow 74'
CF 7 Argentina Julio Cruz downward-facing red arrow 83'
Substitutes:
GK Argentina Germán Burgos
DF Argentina Guillermo Rivarola
MF Argentina Marcelo Escudero
MF Argentina Marcelo Gallardo
MF 14 Argentina Leonel Gancedo upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW Argentina Ramón Medina Bello
FW 16 Chile Marcelo Salas upward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
Argentina Ramón Díaz

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

Match Ball

See also

References

  1. ^ "Toyota Cup - Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.