Today marks 61 years since the first Intercontinental Cup

On the 4th of September 1960, Actual Madrid picked up their first Intercontinental Cup towards Peñarol de Montevideo. Within the very first version, our workforce beat the Copa Libertadores winners in a two-legged knock-out tie. The primary match occurred in Uruguay and completed 0-0.

The return was held on the Bernabéu, the place Actual Madrid ran riot in entrance of the house followers (5-1). Miguel Muñoz’s workforce set themselves on the way in which to victory early on, hitting three targets contained in the opening ten minutes. Puskas struck a brace and Di Stéfano turned one other of the Hungarian’s pictures into the web to take a commanding lead, earlier than Herrera and Gento made positive of the end result.

 

7-time world champions

61 years on, Actual Madrid boast extra world champion titles than every other membership on the planet, with a complete of seven Membership World Cup trophies – the primary three coming within the Intercontinental Cup format.

LINE-UPS:

5-Actual Madrid: Domínguez, Marquitos, Santamaría, Pachín, Vidal, Zárraga, Herrera, Del Sol, Di Stéfano, Puskas and Gento.

1-Peñarol: Maidana, Pino, William Martínez, Majewski, Salvador, Aguerre, Cubilla, Linazza, Hohberg, Spencer and Borges.

Objectives:

1-0 (min. 3): Puskas.

2-0 (min. 4): Di Stéfano.

3-0 (min. 9): Puskas.

4-0 (min. 44): Herrera.

5-0 (min. 51): Gento.

5-1 (min. 66): Spencer.

Referee: Ken Aston (England).