1957 Copa Aldao

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| title = 1957 Copa Aldao

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| image = River equipo copa aldao 1959.jpg

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| event = Copa Aldao

| caption = The River Plate team that won the first leg

| team1 = Nacional

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| team2 = River Plate

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| details = Second leg never played, no title awarded

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| date1 = April 11, 1959

| stadium1 = Estadio Centenario

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The 1957 Copa Aldao was the final match to decide the winner of the Copa Aldao, the 18th edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together.[http://revistauncanio.com.ar/picado/se-mira-y-no-se-toca/ Se mira y no se toca] by Damián Didonato on Un Caño The final (held ten years after than its previous edition) was contested by Uruguayan club Nacional and Argentine side River Plate.[https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/aldao.html Copa Aldao overview] by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF[https://argentina.as.com/argentina/2020/12/10/futbol/1607622666_615698.html El historial entre River y Nacional] by Nicolás Mirelman on As, 10 Dec 2020

In the first match, played at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, River Plate won 2–1 but the second leg, to be held in Buenos Aires, was never played. As the associations did not decide about the issue, no title was awarded."Copas Interligas 1947" by José Carluccio, 14 July 2009[https://www.clarin.com/futbol/trece_decadas-1916-1927-1937-1959-copas_oficiales-aldao-barnade_0_HyjYvVYD7x.html Las copas de River y el valor de la letra oficial] by Oscar Barnade on Clarín, 18 Aug 2015

Qualified teams

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width= 120px| Team

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{{flagicon|ARG}} River Plate1957 Argentine Primera División champion1936, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1947
{{flagicon|URU}} Nacional1957 Uruguayan Primera División champion1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947

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Venue

Match details

= First leg =

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|date = April 11, 1959

|event = 1957 Copa Aldao

|round = First leg

|team1 = Nacional {{flagicon|URU}}

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/aldaodet.html Report]

|team2 = {{flagicon|ARG}} River Plate

|goals1 = Salva {{goal|43}}

|goals2 = Urriolabeytía {{goal|2}}
De Bourgoing {{goal|70}}

|referee=

|stadium = Estadio Centenario

|location = Montevideo

|attendance =

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| title = Nacional

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GK{{flagicon|URU}} Roberto E. Sosa
DF{{flagicon|URU}} Horacio Troche
DF{{flagicon|URU}} K. Bagdasarián
MF{{flagicon|URU}} Salaberriborda
MF{{flagicon|URU}} Rubén González
MF{{flagicon|URU}} Eduardo Grolla
FW{{flagicon|URU}} Héctor Salva
FW{{flagicon|URU}} Rogelio Núñez
FW{{flagicon|URU}} Paola
FW{{flagicon|URU}} Héctor Núñez
FW{{flagicon|URU}} Juan A. Romero Isasi
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4| {{flagicon|URU}} Ondino Viera

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GK{{flagicon|ARG}} Amadeo Carrizo
DF{{flagicon|ARG}} Alfredo Pérez
DF{{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Vairo
MF{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan C. Malazzo
MF{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan E. Urriolabeitía
MF{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan C. Schneider
FW{{flagicon|ARG}} Héctor De Bourgoing
FW{{flagicon|ARG}} Norberto Menéndez
FW{{flagicon|ARG}} Ermindo Onega
FW{{flagicon|ARG}} Ángel Labruna
FW{{flagicon|ARG}} Roberto Zárate
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4| {{flagicon|ARG}} José María Minella

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= Second leg =

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|team1 = River Plate {{flagicon|ARG}}

|score = (not played)

|report = [https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/aldaodet.html Report]

|team2 = {{flagicon|URU}} Nacional

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|stadium = –

|location = Buenos Aires

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As the second leg was never held, no champion was proclaimed.

References