Copa Libertadores First Round Estudiantes (La Plata) bye to the second round as holders. Group 1 [Argentina, Peru] Feb 13: Sporting Cristal - Universitario 0-0 Feb 19: Boca Juniors - Rosario Central 2-1 [Suné, Palacios; Mesiano] Feb 23: Sporting Cristal - Rosario Central 1-2 [Mifflin; Landucci, Gramajo] Feb 26: Universitario - Rosario Central 3-2 [Percy Rojas, Urrunaga, Ramírez; Villagra, Bóveda] Mar 1: Sporting Cristal - Boca Juniors 2-0 [Orbegoso, Rogel o/g] Mar 4: Universitario - Boca Juniors 0-0 Mar 16: Rosario Central - Universitario 2-2 [Poy, Carrascosa; Rojas, Chumpitaz] Mar 17: Boca Juniors - Sporting Cristal 2-2x [Coch, A.C.Rojas; Orbegoso, González] Mar 25: Rosario Central - Sporting Cristal 4-0 [Landucci, Mesiano, Zavagno, Bustos] Mar 25: Boca Juniors - Universitario n/p [awarded to Universitario] Mar 31: Universitario - Sporting Cristal 3-0 [Percy Rojas, Bailetti, Calatayud] Mar 31: Rosario Central - Boca Juniors n/p [awarded to Rosario Central] x Four minutes from time the referee sent all but two Boca players and all but one Cristal player off after a huge brawl. The game was called off. After this incident CSF determined that Boca lost their remaining matches, which were not played and awarded to Boca opponents (with 0-0 goals). 1.Universitario (Lima) 6 3 3 0 8- 4 9 2.Rosario Central 6 3 1 2 11- 8 7 3.Boca Juniors (Buenos Aires) 6 1 2 3 4- 5 4 4.Sporting Cristal (Lima) 6 1 2 3 5-11 4 Group 2 [Bolivia, Uruguay] Feb 14: Chaco Petrolero - The Strongest 1-2 [Meza; Díaz, Vargas] Mar 2: Nacional - Peñarol 2-1 [Artime, Mujica; Castronovo] Mar 6: Chaco Petrolero - Nacional 0-1 [Mameli] Mar 7: The Strongest - Peñarol 1-2 [Vargas; Castronovo(2)] Mar 13: Chaco Petrolero - Peñarol 1-1 [Flores; Castronovo] Mar 14: The Strongest - Nacional 1-1 [Bastida; Bareño] Mar 19: Peñarol - Chaco Petrolero 1-0 [Castronovo] Mar 20: Nacional - The Strongest 5-0 [Cubilla, Artime(3), Mujica] Mar 22: Peñarol - The Strongest 9-0 [Castronovo(5), Corbo(2), E.Onega, Acuña] Mar 23: Nacional - Chaco Petrolero 3-0 [Artime, Bareño, Masnik] Mar 28: The Strongest - Chaco Petrolero 1-3 [Pintos; Mezza, Matozza, A.Flores] Mar 30: Peñarol - Nacional 0-2 [Blanco, Maneiro] 1.Nacional (Montevideo) 6 5 1 0 14- 2 11 2.Peñarol (Montevideo) 6 3 1 2 14- 6 7 3.Chaco Petrolero (La Paz) 6 1 1 4 5- 9 3 4.The Strongest (La Paz) 6 1 1 4 5-21 3 Group 3 [Brazil, Venezuela] Jan 29: Palmeiras - Fluminense 0-2 [Flavio(2)] Jan 31: Deportivo Galicia - Deportivo Italia 3-3 [Iriarte, Pinto, Oviedo; Beto, Ministelo(2)] Feb 7: Deportivo Galicia - Palmeiras 2-3 [Oviedo, Pinto; César(2), Da Guía] Feb 10: Deportivo Italia - Palmeiras 0-3 [Edú, César(2)] Feb 14: Deportivo Galicia - Fluminense 1-3 [Pinto; Cafuringa, Lula, Socorro o/g] Feb 17: Deportivo Italia - Fluminense 0-6 [Samarone, Mickey(2), Lula(2), Cafuringa] Feb 25: Palmeiras - Deportivo Italia 1-0 [Pío] Feb 28: Fluminense - Deportivo Galicia 4-1 [Flavio(2), Samarone(2); Oliveira o/g] Mar 3: Palmeiras - Deportivo Galicia 3-0 [César, Fedato, Silva] Mar 3: Fluminense - Deportivo Italia 0-1 [Tenorio] Mar 10: Fluminense - Palmeiras 1-3 [Samarone; César, Silva, Pío] Mar 14: Deportivo Italia - Deportivo Galicia 3-2 [Alcyr, Negri, Useche; Pinto, Oviedo] 1.Palmeiras (São Paulo) 6 5 0 1 13- 5 10 2.Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro) 6 4 0 2 16- 6 8 3.Deportivo Italia (Caracas) 6 2 1 3 7-15 5 4.Deportivo Galicia (Caracas) 6 0 1 5 9-19 1 Group 4 [Chile, Paraguay] Feb 7: Cerro Porteño - Guaraní 1-1 [Arrúa; G.García] Feb 15: Cerro Porteño - Unión Española 2-1 [Escobar, Irala; Novo] Feb 18: Guaraní - Unión Española 1-1 [G.García; Novo] Feb 21: Cerro Porteño - Colo Colo 0-0 Feb 24: Guaraní - Colo Colo 2-0 [Valdez, G.García] Mar 5: Guaraní - Cerro Porteño 2-2 [Tabarelli, Yugovich; Escobar, Jara] Mar 6: Colo Colo - Unión Española 1-2 [García; Farías, Novo] Mar 13: Unión Española - Guaraní 2-1 [Arévalo, Yavar; Espinosa] Mar 17: Colo Colo - Guaraní 3-2 [Castañeda, García(2); Espinosa, Yugovich] Mar 20: Unión Española - Cerro Porteño 0-0 Mar 24: Colo Colo - Cerro Porteño 1-0 [Beiruth] Mar 31: Unión Española - Colo Colo 1-1 [Véliz; Messen] 1.Unión Española (Santiago) 6 2 3 1 7- 6 7 2.Cerro Porteño (Asunción) 6 1 4 1 5- 5 6 3.Colo Colo (Santiago) 6 2 2 2 6- 7 6 4.Guaraní (Asunción) 6 1 3 2 9- 9 5 Group 5 [Colombia, Ecuador] Feb 28: Atlético Junior - Deportivo Cali 2-1 [Peñaranda(2); Gallego] Feb 28: Barcelona - Emelec 0-1 [Caballeiro] Mar 3: Barcelona - Deportivo Cali 1-0 [Spencer] Mar 7: Emelec - Deportivo Cali 3-1 [Caballeiro(2), Liciardi; Gallego] Mar 7: Barcelona - Atlético Junior 3-1 [Madruñero, Alvarez, Spencer; Miranda] Mar 10: Emelec - Atlético Junior 1-1 [Lasso; Peñaranda] Mar 18: Atlético Junior - Barcelona 0-2 [Spencer(2)] Mar 18: Deportivo Cali - Emelec 1-0 [Bernao] Mar 21: Atlético Junior - Emelec 0-0 Mar 21: Deportivo Cali - Barcelona 3-1 [Moreno, Gallego, G.González; Madruñero] Mar 28: Deportivo Cali - Atlético Junior 2-0 [González, Da Graca] Mar 28: Emelec - Barcelona 1-1 [Caballeiro; Liciardi o/g] 1.Barcelona (Guayaquil) 6 3 1 2 8- 6 7 Emelec (Guayaquil) 6 2 3 1 6- 4 7 3.Deportivo Cali 6 3 0 3 8- 7 6 4.Atlético Junior (Barranquilla) 6 1 2 3 4- 9 4 First Place Playoff (in Guayaquil) Mar 31: Barcelona - Emelec 3-0 [P.Alvarez, Bazurko, Muñoz] Semi-Finals Group 1 Apr 14: Universitario - Palmeiras 1-2 [Bailetti; Pío, Silva] Apr 22: Universitario - Nacional 0-0 May 2: Palmeiras - Nacional 0-3 [Artime(2), Bareño] May 6: Palmeiras - Universitario 3-0 [César, González o/g, Dudú] May 11: Nacional - Universitario 3-0 [Artime, J.C.Morales(2)] May 18: Nacional - Palmeiras 3-1 [Artime, J.C.Morales, Prieto; César] 1.Nacional (Montevideo) 4 3 1 0 9- 1 7 2.Palmeiras (São Paulo) 4 2 0 2 6- 7 4 3.Universitario (Lima) 4 0 1 3 1- 8 1 Group 2 Apr 18: Barcelona - Estudiantes 0-1 [Echecopar] Apr 25: Barcelona - Unión Española 1-0 [Spencer] Apr 29: Estudiantes - Barcelona 0-1 [Bazurko] May 5: Unión Española - Barcelona 3-1 [Farías, O.González(2); Paez] May 12: Unión Española - Estudiantes 0-1 [Berly o/g] May 19: Estudiantes - Unión Española 2-1 [Rudzki, Verón; Farías] 1.Estudiantes (La Plata) 4 3 0 1 4- 2 6 2.Barcelona (Guayaquil) 4 2 0 2 3- 4 4 3.Unión Española (Santiago) 4 1 0 3 4- 5 2 Final (May 26 & Jun 2) Estudiantes Arg Nacional Uru 1-0 0-1 Playoff (Jun 9) (in Lima) Nacional Uru Estudiantes Arg 2-0 1st leg. Estadio La Plata, La Plata, 26- 5-1971 Estudiantes - Nacional 1-0 60' Romeo 1-0 Estudiantes: Leone, Aguirre Suárez, Togneri, Malbernat, Pachamé, Medina, Romeo, Echecopar, Rudzki (Bedogni), Verde, Verón. Nacional: Manga, Blanco, Ancheta, Masnik, Mujica, Montero Castillo, Espárrago (Mamelli), Maneiro, Prieto (Bareno), Artime, Morales. Referee: Canessa (Chile) Attendance: 30,000 2nd leg. Centenario, Montevideo, 2- 6-1971 Nacional - Estudiantes 1-0 28' Masnik 1-0 Nacional: Manga, Ubiña, Ancheta, Masnik, Blanco, Montero Castillo, Espárrago, Maneiro, Cubilla (Prieto), Artime, Morales. Estudiantes: Leone, Malbernat, Aguirre Suárez, Togneri, Medina, Pachamé, Echecopar, Romeo, Verde, Rudzki (Bedogni), Verón. Referee: Favilli Neto (Brazil) Attendance: 70,000 Play-off. Estadio Nacional, Lima, 9- 6-1971 Nacional - Estudiantes 2-0
22' Espárrago 1-0 65' Artime 2-0 Nacional: Manga, Ubiña, Ancheta, Masnik, Blanco, Montero Castillo, Espárrago, Maneiro (Mujica), Cubilla, Artime, Morales (Mamelli). Estudiantes: Pezzano, Malbernat, Aguirre Suárez, Togneri, Medina, Pachamé, Romeo, Echecopar, Rudzki, Verde, Verón (Bedogni). Referee: Hormazabal (Chile) Attendance: 41,000
Luis Ubina received Libertadores Cup.
Estudiantes was unable to win 4th consecutive Libertadores Cup. They were still had the record – shared with Penarol – with 3 Cups, but their glorious days were over and had to wait until 2009 for not only another continental trophy, but just to reach a final.
Historic success for Nacional – so far they reached the final once, in 1969, and lost it to the same opponent. Taking revenge on Estudiantes was great, but their was more to their difficult victory in the third match on neutral field: finally they came out from Penarol's shadow and achieved international success. This squad deserved it – it was full of well known names not just in Uruguay, national team regulars, participants in 1966 and 1970 World Cup finals. Glory!










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