1996 Intercontinental Cup
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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1996 Intercontinental Cup
| image = ToyotaCup1996.JPG
| image_size = 200
| caption = Match programme cover
| event =
| team1 = Juventus
| team1association = {{flagicon|ITA|size=30px}}
| team1score = 1
| team2 = River Plate
| team2association = {{flagicon|ARG|size=30px}}
| team2score = 0
| details =
| date = 26 November 1996
| stadium = National Stadium
| city = Tokyo
| man_of_the_match1a = Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
| referee = Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
| attendance = 48,305
| weather =
| previous = 1995
| next = 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyotamvp.html
|title=Toyota Cup - Most Valuable Player of the Match Award
|access-date=5 May 2009
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414090937/http://rsssf.com/tablest/toyotamvp.html
|archive-date=14 April 2009
|url-status=live }}
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Venue
File:Yamazaki-nabisco-Cup final 2004.jpg in Tokyo hosted the match]]
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Match details
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|date=26 November 1996
|time=19:15 UTC+9
|team1=Juventus {{flagicon|ITA}}
|score = 1–0
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61699/
|team2={{flagicon|ARG}} River Plate
|goals1=Del Piero {{goal|81}}
|goals2=
|stadium=National Stadium, Tokyo
|attendance=48,305
|referee=Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil) }}
| width=92% | |
| {{Football kit
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| width="100%"
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| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Angelo Peruzzi | ||
| RB | 3 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Moreno Torricelli | {{yel|82}} | |
| CB | 2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Ciro Ferrara | ||
| CB | 4 | {{flagicon|URU}} Paolo Montero | {{yel|51}} | |
| LB | 5 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Sergio Porrini | {{yel|67}} | |
| DM | 14 | {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Didier Deschamps | ||
| RM | 7 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Angelo Di Livio (c) | ||
| LM | 18 | {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Vladimir Jugović | {{yel|50}} | |
| AM | 21 | {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Zinedine Zidane | {{yel|84}} | {{suboff|89}} |
| CF | 9 | {{flagicon|CRO}} Alen Bokšić | ||
| CF | 10 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Del Piero | ||
| colspan=3|Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 12 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Michelangelo Rampulla | ||
| DF | 13 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Mark Iuliano | ||
| MF | 20 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Alessio Tacchinardi | {{subon|89}} | |
| MF | 19 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Attilio Lombardo | ||
| MF | 26 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Ametrano | ||
| FW | 11 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Michele Padovano | ||
| FW | 15 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Christian Vieri | ||
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan=4|{{flagicon|ITA}} Marcello Lippi |
|valign="top"|300px
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| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|colspan="4"| | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Roberto Bonano | ||
| RB | 4 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Hernán Díaz | ||
| CB | 2 | {{flagicon|PAR|1990}} Celso Ayala | ||
| CB | 6 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Eduardo Berizzo | ||
| LB | 3 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Pablo Sorín | ||
| DM | 5 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Leonardo Astrada | {{yel|38}} | |
| RM | 8 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Roberto Monserrat | ||
| CM | 10 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Ariel Ortega | ||
| CM | 9 | {{flagicon|URU}} Enzo Francescoli (c) | ||
| LM | 11 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Sergio Berti | {{suboff|74}} | |
| CF | 7 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Julio Cruz | {{suboff|83}} | |
| colspan=3|Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 12 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Germán Burgos | ||
| DF | 13 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Guillermo Rivarola | ||
| MF | 18 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Leonel Gancedo | {{subon|74}} | |
| MF | 19 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Marcelo Escudero | ||
| MF | 20 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Marcelo Gallardo | ||
| FW | 21 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Ramón Medina Bello | ||
| FW | 16 | {{flagicon|CHI}} Marcelo Salas | {{subon|83}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan=4|{{flagicon|ARG}} Ramón Díaz |
|}
| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
| Man of the Match:
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Match Ball
- The Ball of the match was the Adidas Questra, originally designed to be the official match ball of the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Intercontinental Cup (football)}}
{{Juventus F.C. matches}}
{{River Plate matches}}
Category:Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)
Category:Intercontinental Cup (football) matches hosted by Japan
Category:Sports competitions in Tokyo