1971 Copa Interamericana

The 1971 Copa Interamericana was the 2nd staging of the competition. The final took place between Nacional (Winners of 1971 Copa Libertadores) and Cruz Azul (Winners of the 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup) and was staged over two legs on 15 July and 7 November 1972.[1]

1971 Copa Interamericana

Event	Copa Interamericana
Cruz Azul Nacional 2 3
(on aggregate)
First leg
Cruz Azul Nacional 1 1
Date	July 15, 1972
Venue	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee	Marco A. Regalado (Guatemala)
Second leg
Nacional Cruz Azul 2 1
Date	November 7, 1972
Venue	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Referee	Mario Canessa (Colombia)

Since the winning of 1971 Copa Libertadores, some players of Nacional had been transferred, such as Atilio Ancheta, striker Luis Artime and Juan Mujica. Instead of acquiring new players from other clubs, National chose to promote players from the youth divisions to play the series v Cruz Azul. Some of them were Walter Mantegazza, Braulio Castro, Eduardo Gerolami, and Ruben Suárez.

On the other hand, the Mexican side had signed former Vélez Sarsfield goalkeeper, Argentine Miguel Marín, and Chilean back Alberto Quintano.[2]

Nacional won its third International championship of the season after obtaining the 1971 Libertadores and the 1971 Intercontinental Cup on June and December 1971 respectively.[3][4]