1941 Copa Adrián Escobar final

1941 Copa Adrián C. Escobar Final

A River Plate team of 1941
Event	Copa Adrián C. Escobar
River Plate Huracán 1 0
Date	November 2, 1941
Venue	River Plate
Referee	Rafael Carou
Attendance	66,000

The 1941 Copa Adrián C. Escober Final was the final that decided the winner of the 2nd. edition of Copa Adrián C. Escobar, an Argentine domestic cup organised by the Argentine Football Association. The match was contested by River Plate and Huracán, both being finalists for the first time.

The final was held in River Plate Stadium on November 2, 1941. With an attendance of 66,000, River Plate beat Huracán 1–0 winning their first Copa Escobar trophy.^[1][2]

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals app.
River Plate	(none)
Huracán	(none)

Overview

This edition was contested by the seven best placed teams of the 1942 Primera División season. River Plate, as champion, advanced directly to semifinals. The matches only lasted 40 minutes (two halves of 20' each), with some teams playing two games in a day.^[3] All the matches were held in River Plate Stadium.^[4]

In the tournament, Huracán beat Independiente 1–0 in quarterfinals, and Newell's Old Boys 2–1 in semifinals. River Plate beat San Lorenzo de Almagro in semifinals 2–1 to advance to the final, which they subsequently won.^[1]

Road to the final

Note: all the matches were played at River Plate Stadium

Estadio Monumental, venue

River Plate			Round	Huracán
Opponent	Result		Group stage	Opponent	Result
– [n 1]			Quarter final	Independiente	1–0
San Lorenzo	2–1		Semifinal	Newell's Old Boys	2–1

Notes

1. As Primera División current champion, River Plate entered directly to semifinal.

Match details

1941 Copa Adrián C. Escobar Final

November 2, 1941

Final

River Plate	1–0	Huracán
D'Alessandro	Report

River Plate, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 66,000

Referee: Rafael Carou

River Plate

Huracán

GK Julio Barrios DF Ricardo Vaghi DF Avelino Cadilla MF Norberto Yácono MF Bruno Rodolfi MF José Ramos FW Juan Carlos Muñoz FW José María Moreno FW Roberto D'Alessandro FW Ángel Labruna FW Carlos Peucelle Manager: Renato Cesarini

GK Ramón A. Ledesma DF Carlos Marinelli DF Jorge Alberti MF Carlos Martínez MF Manuel Giúdice MF Jorge Titonell FW Delfín Unzué FW Norberto Méndez FW Roberto Sbarra FW Juan Novo FW Oscar Corzo Manager: Pablo Bartolucci

References

1. Argentina – Copa Adrián Escobar 1941 by Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF
2. "Copa Adrián C. Escobar 1941" by José Carluccio, 24 Mar 2009
3. Las insólitas situaciones que ocurrieron on Clarín, 29 Dec 2020
4. "Copa Adrián Escobar 1941" on Estadísticas River Plate (blogsite)