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1989 Recopa Sudamericana

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1989 Recopa Sudamericana
EventRecopa Sudamericana
First leg
DateJanuary 31, 1989
VenueEstadio Centenario, Montevideo
RefereeRomualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
Attendance20,221
Second leg
DateFebruary 6, 1989
VenueEstadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires
RefereeGabriel González (Paraguay)
Attendance50,000
Inaugural edition
1990

The 1989 Recopa Sudamericana was the first Recopa Sudamericana, a football competition for South American clubs that won the previous year's two most important competitions in the continent: the Copa Libertadores and the Supercopa Sudamericana. The inaugural edition was disputed between Nacional, winners of the 1988 Copa Libertadores, and Racing, winners of the 1988 Supercopa Sudamericana. The first leg was played on January 31 in Montevideo, while the second leg was played in Buenos Aires on February 6.

Nacional won the final series 4-1 on points as Daniel Fonseca of Nacional scored the first goal of the competition as well as the only one in this final.[1][2]

Qualified teams

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Team Previous finals app.
Uruguay Nacional None
Argentina Racing None

Bold indicates winning years

Rules

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The Recopa Sudamericana was played over two legs; home and away. The team that qualified via the Copa Libertadores played the first leg at home. The team that accumulated the most points —two for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss— after the two legs was crowned the champion. In case of both teams tied on points after regulation of the second leg, the team with the best goal difference won. If the two teams have equal goal difference, a penalty shoot-out ensued according to the Laws of the Game.

Background

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Nacional qualified to the Recopa Sudamericana by winning the 1988 Copa Libertadores. It was their third Copa Libertadores title and first in eight years, which they achieved by defeating Argentinean club Newell's Old Boys 3–1 on aggregate. Racing Club earned the right to dispute the trophy after winning the 1988 Supercopa Sudamericana, beating Cruzeiro 3–1 on points. The victory was the club's first international title since winning the 1967 Copa Libertadores.

Prior to the 1989 Recopa, Nacional and Racing Club had previously met four times in South American competition. The first meeting between the two sides took place in the Group 2 of the 1962 Copa Libertadores; Nacional beat Racing Club 3-2 at home, and held La Academia at a 2-2 draw in Avellaneda. Five years later, the two clubs met again in the 1967 Copa Libertadores, this time in the finals. Both legs of the series finished 0-0, requiring a tie-breaking playoff to be played. Racing Club came out on top, winning 2-1.

Venues

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Estadio Centenario (left) and José Amalfitani, venues

The first leg was held in Estadio Centenario, built between 1929 and 1930 to host the 1930 FIFA World Cup, as well as to commemorate the centennial of Uruguay's first constitution. It is listed by FIFA as one of the football world's classic stadiums.[3] Until then, the venue had hosted the final for the Copa América in 1942 and 1995 as well as a final series match for the Copa Libertadores in 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, and 1988. Estadio Centenario had also hosted a playoff match for the Copa América in 1979 and several Copa Libertadores matches in 1968, 1973, and 1981.

The José Amalfitani Stadium, home of Vélez Sarsfield, was built in 1947 and later remodeled in preparation for the 1978 FIFA World Cup. It had a capacity for 49,540 spectators although it didn't provide seating for all of them like other Argentine stadiums.

Officials

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The referees for the 1989 Recopa Sudamericana were Romualdo Arppi Filho of Brazil and Gabriel González of Paraguay. Filho had been an international referee since 1960. He has refereed the 1986 FIFA World Cup final, the 1987 Copa América final, a final match of the 1973 Copa Libertadores, two finals for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1984 and 1985, and two Campeonato Paulista finals. González had been assigned very few important matches; his most significant work had been to referee a few games of the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Match details

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First leg

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First leg
Nacional Uruguay1–0Argentina Racing
Fonseca 71' Report
Nacional
Racing
GK 1 Uruguay Jorge Seré
DF 2 Uruguay Tony Gómez
DF 4 Uruguay Daniel Felipe Revelez
DW Uruguay Hugo de León
DF Uruguay José Pintos Saldanha
MF 6 Uruguay Santiago Ostolaza
MF 8 Uruguay Jorge Daniel Cardaccio
MF Uruguay Javier Cabrera downward-facing red arrow 67'
MF Uruguay William Castro
FW Uruguay Julio Zoppi downward-facing red arrow 83'
FW Uruguay Sergio Olivera
Substitutes:
FW Uruguay Daniel Fonseca upward-facing green arrow 67'
DF Uruguay Carlos Soca upward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
Uruguay Héctor Núñez
GK 12 Uruguay and Peru Julio Cesar Balerio
DF 4 Uruguay Carlos E. Vázquez
DF 2 Argentina Gustavo Costas
DF 6 Argentina Néstor Fabbri
MF 3 Argentina Carlos Olarán
MF 7 Argentina Jorge Acuña
MF 23 Argentina Hugo Lamadrid
MF 13 Argentina Mario Videla downward-facing red arrow 74'
FW 20 Argentina Norberto Ortega Sánchez downward-facing red arrow 78'
FW 18 Argentina Ramón Medina Bello
FW 11 Argentina Walter R. Fernández
Substitutes:
FW 9 Argentina José Raúl Iglesias upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 10 Argentina Miguel Colombatti upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Argentina Alfio Basile

Assistant referees:
Brazil Luis Carlos Félix
Brazil Carlos Sérgio Rosa Martins


Second leg

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A moment of the match: Jorge Seré stopping the penalty kick by Walter Fernández
Second leg
Racing Argentina0–0Uruguay Nacional
Report
Racing
Nacional
GK 12 Uruguay and Peru Julio Cesar Balerio
DF 4 Uruguay Carlos E. Vázquez
DF 2 Argentina Gustavo Costas
DF 6 Argentina Néstor Fabbri downward-facing red arrow 24'
MF 3 Argentina Carlos Olarán
MF 7 Argentina Jorge Acuña
MF 23 Argentina Hugo Lamadrid
MF 13 Argentina Mario Videla downward-facing red arrow 76'
FW 18 Argentina Ramón Medina Bello
FW 9 Argentina José Raúl Iglesias
FW 11 Argentina Walter R. Fernández
Substitutes:
DF 16 Argentina Cosme Zaccanti upward-facing green arrow 24'
MF 10 Argentina Miguel Colombatti upward-facing green arrow 76'
Manager:
Argentina Alfio Basile
GK 1 Uruguay Jorge Seré
DF 2 Uruguay Tony Gómez
DF 4 Uruguay Daniel Felipe Revelez
DF 3 Uruguay Hugo de León
DF Uruguay Carlos Soca
MF 6 Uruguay Santiago Ostolaza
MF 8 Uruguay Jorge Daniel Cardaccio
MF Uruguay Javier Cabrera
MF Uruguay William Castro
FW Uruguay Julio Zoppi downward-facing red arrow 60'
FW Uruguay Sergio Olivera downward-facing red arrow 80'
Substitutes:
FW 9 Uruguay Daniel Fonseca upward-facing green arrow 60'
DF Uruguay Enrique Saravia upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Uruguay Héctor Núñez

Assistant referees:
Paraguay Carlos Maciel
Paraguay Estanislao Barrientos

References

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  1. ^ Recopa 1988 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Nacional de 1989: cuando eran los reyes del mundo on El Observador, 3 May 2020
  3. ^ [1] on FIFA.com (archived, 19 Feb 2008)