1990 Copa Interamericana

1990 Copa Interamericana

Event	Copa Interamericana
Club Olimpia América 2 3
(América won 3–0 on points)
First leg
Club Olimpia América 1 1
Date	October 1, 1991
Venue	Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Referee	Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)
Attendance	15,000
Second leg
América Club Olimpia 2 1
Date	October 12, 1991
Venue	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee	Ronald Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)
Attendance	60,000
← 1989 1991 →

The 1990 Copa Interamericana was the 13th. edition of the Copa Interamericana. The final was contested by Mexican Club América (winner of 1990 CONCACAF Champions' Cup) and Paraguayan Club Olimpia (champion of 1990 Copa Libertadores). The final was played under a two-leg format in October 1991.^[1]

The first leg was held in Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción, where both teams tied 1–1. The second leg was played at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, where América beat Olimpia 2–1 therefore winning their second Interamericana trophy. During the match, América manager Carlos Miloc ran to the field to beat Olimpia player Fermín Balbuena, causing other Olimpia players going for Miloc, beating him.^[1] For those incidents, the match was interrupted for 15 minutes.^[2]

As a result of the riot, América fired Miloc, while CONCACAF penalised him with one-year suspension.^[1][3]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Previous app.
América	1990 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winner	1977
Olimpia	1990 Copa Libertadores winner	1979

Bold indicates winning years

Venues

Defensores del Chaco (left) and Estadio Azteca, venues for the series

Match details

First leg

1990 Copa Interamericana

October 1, 1991

First leg

Olimpia	1–1	América
González 30'	Report	Edu 9'

Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 15,500

Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)

Olimpia

América

GK 1 Jorge Battaglia DF Virginio Cáceres DF Mario Ramírez DF 5 Rogelio Delgado DF Silvio Suárez MF Fermín Balbuena MF Jorge Guasch MF Carlos Guirland FW Jorge Gómez  a' FW Carlos Torres  b' FW 11 Gabriel González Substitutes: MF Jorge L. Campos  a' FW Felipe Franco  b' Manager: Aníbal Ruiz

GK 12 Alejandro García DF Juan Hernández DF José E. Vaca DF José E. Rodón DF 6 Cesilio de los Santos MF Alejandro Domínguez MF Jesús E. Córdova MF 7 Gonzalo Farfán FW Antônio Carlos Santos FW 10 Edu Manga  a' FW Zague Substitutes: FW Arturo Cañas  a' Manager: Carlos Miloc

Second leg

October 12, 1991

Second leg

América	2–1	Olimpia
Toninho 7', 41'	Report	González 20'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)

América

Olimpia

GK 12 Alejandro García DF 2 Juan Hernández DF Alejandro Dominguez DF José Rodón DF 6 Cesilio de los Santos MF Jesús E. Córdova  26' MF 7 Gonzalo Farfán MF 13 Antônio Carlos Santos FW 10 Edu Manga FW 9 Toninho  64' FW 17 Zague Substitutes: DF José E. Vaca  26' FW Arturo Cañas  64' Manager: Carlos Miloc

GK 1 Jorge Battaglia DF Virginio Cáceres DF Mario Ramírez DF 5 Rogelio Delgado DF Silvio Suárez MF Fermín Balbuena MF Jorge Guasch MF Adolfo Jara Heyn MF Carlos Guirland  55' FW 11 Gabriel González FW Cristóbal Cubilla  46' Substitutes: MF 18 Julio César Romero  46' DF César Castro  55' Manager: Aníbal Ruiz

References