1996 Intercontinental Cup

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.

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

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 1–0 River Plate
Del Piero  81' Report
Juventus
River Plate
GK1 Angelo Peruzzi
RB3 Moreno Torricelli 82'
CB2 Ciro Ferrara
CB4 Paolo Montero 51'
LB5 Sergio Porrini 67'
CM7 Angelo Di Livio
CM14 Didier Deschamps
CM18 Vladimir Jugović 50'
AM21 Zinedine Zidane 84' 89'
CF10 Alessandro Del Piero
CF9 Alen Bokšić
Substitutes:
GK12 Michelangelo Rampulla
DF13 Mark Iuliano
MF19 Attilio Lombardo
MF20 Alessio Tacchinardi 89'
MF26 Raffaele Ametrano
FW11 Michele Padovano
FW15 Christian Vieri
Manager:
Marcello Lippi
GK1 Roberto Bonano
RB4 Hernán Díaz
CB2 Celso Ayala
CB6 Eduardo Berizzo
LB3 Juan Pablo Sorín
CM8 Roberto Monserrat
CM5 Leonardo Astrada 38'
CM11 Sergio Berti 74'
AM9 Enzo Francescoli
RW10 Ariel Ortega
CF7 Julio Cruz 83'
Substitutes:
GK Germán Burgos
DF Guillermo Rivarola
MF Marcelo Escudero
MF Marcelo Gallardo
MF14 Leonel Gancedo 74'
FW Ramón Medina Bello
FW 16 Marcelo Salas 83'
Manager:
Ramón Díaz

Man of the Match:
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.
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