Intercontinental Cup 1968

[Note: From this edition on, the goal difference in the two-legged final will decide the winner (instead of the number of points, as before). In case of a tie in the goal difference, a tie-break will be played at a neutral venue (for the 1968 edition, the chosen city was Amsterdam).]

FIRST LEG

STADIUM: Camilo Cichero / La Bombonera (Buenos Aires)

DATE: 25-09-1968 (21:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 66.000

REFEREE: Hugo Sosa Miranda (PAR)

GOALS: 1-0 (Conigliaro 27')

[Incidents: Although the referee officially credited Conigliaro with the Argentinian goal, it was in fact Togneri who headed home a corner kick from Ribaudo. Stiles was sent off (min. 79).]

Estudiantes de La Plata - Manchester United FC 1 - 0

Estudiantes de La Plata (coach: Osvaldo Zubeldía) Alberto Poletti ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ramón Aguirre Suárez Hugo Medina Óscar Malbernat (c) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carlos Pachamé Raúl Madero ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Felipe Ribaudo Carlos Bilardo Marcos Conigliaro Néstor Togneri Juan Ramón Verón

Manchester United FC (coach: Matt Busby) Alex Stepney ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Foulkes Tony Dunne Paddy Crerand ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nobby Stiles Francis Burns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Willie Morgan Denis Law Bobby Charlton (c) David Sadler George Best

SECOND LEG

STADIUM: Old Trafford (Manchester)

DATE: 16-10-1968 (19:45 h)

ATTENDANCE: 63.428

REFEREE: Konstantin Zečević (YUG)

GOALS: 0-1 (Verón 6'); 1-1 (Morgan 90')

[Incidents: Law was injured in minute 34, and four minutes later he was forced to leave the game, being finally substituted by Sartori in minute 44. Best and Medina were both sent off (min. 89) after a mutual brawl. Kidd scored a winning goal for Manchester United in injury time (which should have taken the final into a tie-break to be played in Amsterdam), but the referee disallowed it claiming that he had whistled the end of the game before the action, and therefore the Argentinian goalkeeper and defenders didn't move to try to prevent this goal.]

Manchester United FC - Estudiantes de La Plata 1 - 1

Manchester United FC (coach: Matt Busby) Alex Stepney ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Dunne Bill Foulkes Shay Brennan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paddy Crerand David Sadler ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Willie Morgan Brian Kidd Bobby Charlton (c) Denis Law (Carlo Sartori 44') George Best

Estudiantes de La Plata (coach: Osvaldo Zubeldía) Alberto Poletti ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Óscar Malbernat (c) Ramón Aguirre Suárez Raúl Madero ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugo Medina Carlos Bilardo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Néstor Togneri Carlos Pachamé Felipe Ribaudo (Juan Miguel Echecopar 70') Marcos Conigliaro Juan Ramón Verón

ROSTERS (Full team squads corresponding to the entire season within which the Intercontinental Cup final is played)
Club Estudiantes de La Plata	Manchester United FC
Goalkeepers Alberto José Poletti (20-07-1946) Héctor Rodolfo Baley (16-11-1950) Gabriel Mario Flores (14-01-1948) Defenders Óscar Miguel Malbernat (2-02-1944) Ramón Alberto Aguirre Suárez (18-10-1944) José Hugo Medina (14-07-1945) Raúl Horacio Madero (21-05-1939) Eduardo Luján Manera (22-08-1944) Rodolfo Antonio Fucceneco (26-09-1945) Rubén Óscar Pagnanini (31-01-1949) Henry Juan Barale (16-11-1941) Horacio Enrique Rodríguez (xxx) Midfielders Néstor Hugo Togneri (27-11-1942) Carlos Óscar Pachamé (25-02-1944) Carlos Salvador Bilardo (16-03-1939) Juan Miguel Echecopar (16-10-1946) Hugo Spadaro (17-09-1943) Humberto Zuccarelli (18-03-1948) Ernesto Juan Álvarez (1-10-1948) Eduardo Norberto Cremasco (xx-xx-1946) Forwards Felipe Ribaudo (1-09-1940) Marcos Norberto Conigliaro (9-12-1942) Juan Ramón Verón (17-03-1944) Eduardo Raúl Flores (21-04-1944) Juan Alberto Taverna (13-04-1948) Rodolfo Alfredo Orife (12-11-1947) Luis Carlos Zibecchi (3-11-1944) Luis Fernando Lavezzi (27-04-1945) Rubén Delfor Bedogni (30-12-1944) Camilo Abelardo Aguilar (xxx) Roberto Mario Fiquepron (xxx) COACH: Osvaldo Juan Zubeldía (24-06-1927)	Goalkeepers Alex Stepney (18-09-1942) Jimmy Rimmer (10-02-1948) Patrick Connaughton (23-09-1949) Defenders Seamus “Shay” Brennan (6-05-1937) Tony Dunne (24-07-1941) Francis Burns (17-10-1948) Frank Kopel (28-03-1949) John Fitzpatrick (18-08-1946) Midfielders Patrick “Paddy” Crerand (19-02-1939) Bill Foulkes (5-01-1932) Norbert “Nobby” Stiles (18-05-1942) Brian Kidd (29-05-1949) David Sadler (5-02-1946) Willie Morgan (2-10-1944) Carlo Sartori (10-02-1948) Forwards George Best (22-05-1946) Bobby Charlton (11-10-1937) John Aston (28-06-1947) Alan Gowling (16-03-1949) Denis Law (24-02-1940) Jimmy Ryan (12-05-1945) Don Givens (9-08-1949) COACH: Matt Busby (26-05-1909)

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