The
1982 Edition of the Intercontinental Cup was the third in its ‘permanent’ home
in Tokyo.
The
participating teams were England’s Aston Villa and Uruguay’s Peñarol Montevideo.
Aston
Villa had won the Champions Cup by defeating Bayern Munich (1-0) on May 26,
1982.
Peñarol Montevideo had won the Copa Libertadoes just weeks earlier. They had defeated
Chile’s Cobreloa on November 30th, 1982 (1-0) after a scoreless tie
at home on November 26th.
Aston
Villa were led upfront with giant striker Peter White. The others standouts of
the team were players such as Gordon Cowans, Tony Morley and Gary Shaw.
Peñarol were led by Fernando Morena, who had returned after a spell at
Valencia. The side contained other Internationals such as Nelson Guttierez and
Venancio Ramos. The only foreign player on the team was the Brazilian Jair Gonçalves Prates.
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 85, January 1983
(Team captains Dennis Mortimer and Walter
Olivera, December 12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0) |
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 85, January 1983
(Penarol squad entering the field, December 12,
1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0) |
In contrast to previous year’ European winners, Aston Villa
appeared to have been taking the game seriously. Aston Villa Manager Tony
Barton had ensured that his squad arrive in Japan with ample enough time to
train and get used to the conditions. The Team had two and half full days to
prepare to be in form for the match.
As far as his opponents, Barton was not very impressed. He stated
that he had seen a Peñarol match on video from the Copa Libertadores and had
not been very impressed.
For Peñarol, key player Ernesto Vargas would miss the match
through injury. His place would be taken by Walkir Silva.
Photo
From: Mondial, new series, issue 35, February 1983
(Peter White, December 12, 1982,
Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0) |
Photo
From: France Football, Issue 1915, December 21, 1982
(December 12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup,
Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0) |
Photo
From: Mondial, new series, issue 35, February 1983
(Walkir
Silva and Des Bremner, December 12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston
Villa 0)
|
Both teams appeared determined to win as they took the field.
The
encounter took place on December 12th at Tokyo.
In the beginning of the match, the English were better and had
chances but Peñarol goalkeeper Gustavo Fernandez was equal to the task.
Aston Vila were so dominant in the early going that Peñarol
created no chances in that spell.
Peñarol were excellent in defense throughout the match and cleared
their lines efficiently.
The closest Aston Villa came to scoring was when Cowans hit the
cross bar.
Yet, it was with their first clear chance that Peñarol took the
lead.
In the 27th minute, Jair Gonçalves Prates struck home a free kick that Aston Villa goalkeeper
Jimmy Rimmer could not hold onto as it went past him.
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 85, January 1983
(December
12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0)
|
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 85, January 1983
(December
12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0)
|
Afterwards, Aston Villa’s tactic was to try the aerial route to
Peter White, but Walter Oliver effectively marked him out of the game.
In addition, Tony Morley had a disappointing match and could not
conjure up anything for Villa.
Peñarol killed off the match in the 68th minute by
scoring the second goal.
Allan Evans and Walkir Silva raced for a loose ball in the Villa
penalty area. Evans got there first but his pass back to his goalkeeper Rimmer,
forced the latter to parry it away. His deflection was on the path of the
onrushing Walkir Silva who tapped it into the net.
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 85, January 1983
(Walkir
Silva’s second goal, December 12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston
Villa 0)
|
Photo
From: France Football, Issue 1915, December 21, 1982
(The
two goals, December 12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0)
|
Photo
From: World Soccer, January 1983
(December
12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0)
|
Photo
From: Mondial, new series, issue 35, February 1983
(Gary
Shaw and Miguel Bossio, December 12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol
2-Aston Villa 0)
|
Photo
From: Mondial, new series, issue 35, February 1983
(December
12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0)
|
Peñarol were not troubled and were able to control and dictate the
play with Jair.
In addition, Fernando Morena and Walkir Silva were too fast for
the Villa defenders and constantly drew out their markers.
Incidentally, a point of complaint from Aston Villa was the use of
the match ball, which was a ‘Triaton’ designed by ‘Le Coq Sportif’. They
claimed the ball was too lightweight and bouncy on such a hard pitch. It was a
strange complaint given that ‘Le Coq Sportif’ were the kit designers of Aston
Villa.
Peñarol won their first Intercontinental title since 1966 to
continue the South American dominance (third year in a row) since the contest
was held in Tokyo.
Peñarol’s Brazilian star Jair was named man of the match and took
home the prize (A Toyota).
Photo
From: France Football, Issue 1915, December 21, 1982
(Jair Goncalves, the player of the match,
December 12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0) |
Photo
From: Mondial, new series, issue 35, February 1983
(Gustavo Fernandez and Juan Morales, December
12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0) |
Photo
From: World Soccer, January 1983
(December 12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup,
Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0) |
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 85, January 1983
(December
12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0)
|
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 85, January 1983
(Penarol squad, December 12, 1982,
Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0) |
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 85, January 1983
(Aston
Villa squad, December 12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0)
|
December 12, 1982
Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo (Uruguay) 2- Aston Villa Football
Club-Birmingham (England) 0
Intercontinental
Cup (Toyota Cup)
Venue: Tokyo,
National Stadium
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Luis
Paulino Siles (Costa Rica)
Goalscorers: (Peñarol): Jair 27, Walkir
Silva 68
(Aston Vila): None
Lineups:
Peñarol:
1-Gustavo Fernández, 2-Walter Oliveira, 5-Miguel Bossio, 3-Nelson
Gutiérrez, 4-Victor Diogo, 6-Juan Vicente Morales, 7-Venancio Ramos, 8-Mario
Saralegui, 9-Fernando Morena, 10-Jair Gonçalves Prates
(Brazil), 11-Walkir Silva
Coach: Hugo Bagnulo
Other
Substitutes: Carlos
Arias, Miguel Falero, Nestor Montelongo, Ricardo Ortiz, Daniel Rodriguez
Team
Captain: Walter Oliveira
Shirt
Sponsor: None
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform
Colors: yellow and black vertical striped shirts, Black Shorts, Yellow Socks
Aston
Villa:
1-Jimmy Rimmer, 2-Mark Jones, 5-Ken McNaught (Scotland), 7-Des
Bremner (Scotland), 3-Gary Williams, 4-Allan Evans (Scotland), 6-Dennis
Mortimer, 10-Gordon Cowans, 8-Gary Shaw, 9-Peter Withe, 11-Tony Morley
Coach:
Tony Barton
Other
Substitutes: Nigel Spink, Colin Gibson, Pat Heard, Mark Walters
Team
Captain: Dennis Mortimer
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Le Coq Sportif
Shirt
Sponsor: None
Uniform
Colors: Claret with sky blue sleeved Shirts, White Shorts, Sky Blue Socks
Man
of Match: Jair Gonçalves Prates
(Peñarol Montevideo)
References:
Calcio
2000, Issue 27, February 2000
Onze,
Issue 85, January 1983
Mondial,
new series, issue 35, February 1983
World
Soccer, January 1983
France
Football, Issue 1914, December 14, 1982
France
Football, Issue 1915, December 21, 1982
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 85, January 1983
(Penarol
squad, December 12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0)
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 85, January 1983
(Aston
Villa squad, December 12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0)
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 85, January 1983
(Nelson Guttierez with the Intercontinental Cup,
December 12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0) |
Photo
From: World Soccer, January 1983
(Jair Goncalves, the player of the match,
December 12, 1982, Intercontinental Cup, Penarol 2-Aston Villa 0) |
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