1945 Copa Escobar-Gerona

1945 Copa Escobar-Gerona

Boca Juniors Nacional 2 2
Tied on points 2–2, title awarded to both teams
First leg
Boca Juniors Nacional 1 2
Date	5 December 1945
Venue	San Lorenzo, Buenos Aires
Referee	Forte
Second leg
Nacional Boca Juniors 2 3
Date	22 December 1945
Venue	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Man of the Match	Jaime Sarlanga
Referee	Valentini

The 1945 Copa Escobar-Gerona, also named Copa de Confraternidad Rioplatense, was the 2nd. edition of this cup competition organised jointly by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations.

Boca Juniors (Primera División Argentina runner-up) faced Club Nacional de Football (Primera División Uruguay runner-up) in a two-legged series at San Lorenzo Stadium in Buenos Aires and Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. In the first match, Nacional won 2–1, while Boca Juniors was the winner of the second match, 3–2. After both teams tied on points and no third match was scheduled to define the series, they were declared champions and therefore the title was shared.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Previous app.
Boca Juniors	1945 Primera División runner-up	(none)
Nacional	1945 Primera División runner-up	(none)

Note

• Bold indicates winning years

Venues

San Lorenzo Stadium (left) and Estadio Centenario, venues for the matches

Match details

First leg

5 December 1945

Boca Juniors	1–2	Nacional
Corcuera 18'	Report	Medina 16' A. García 60'

San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires

Referee: Forte

Boca Juniors

Nacional

GK Obdulio Diano DF Víctor Valussi DF Rodolfo Dezorzi  70' MF Carlos Sosa MF Ernesto Lazzatti MF Natalio Pescia FW Mario Boyé FW Pío Corcuera  45' FW Jaime Sarlanga FW Enrique Martegani FW Mariano Sánchez Substitutes: DF Luis Laidlaw  70' FW Lucero Fedencrini  45' Manager: Alfredo Garasini

GK Aníbal Paz DF Raúl Pini DF Eusebio Tejera MF General Viana MF Eugenio Galvalisi MF Dándolo Rodríguez FW Luis Ernesto Castro  70' FW José M. Medina  65' FW Atilio García FW Roberto Porta FW Bibiano Zapirain Substitutes: Juan A. Bugallo  70' Aníbal Ciocca  65' Manager: Héctor Castro

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Second leg

22 December 1945

Nacional	2–3	Boca Juniors
Volpi 35' Medina 55'	Report	Sarlanga 2', 12', 60'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Referee: Valentini

Nacional

Boca Juniors

GK Aníbal Paz DF Raúl Pini DF Eusebio Tejera MF General Viana MF Eugenio Galvalisi MF Dándolo Rodríguez FW Juan A. Bugallo FW José M. Medina FW Atilio García FW Roberto Porta FW Luis Volpi Manager: Héctor Castro

GK Obdulio Diano DF José Marante DF Rodolfo Dezorzi  55' MF Alberto Pascal MF Ernesto Lazzatti MF Natalio Pescia FW Mario Boyé FW Pío Corcuera  80' FW Jaime Sarlanga FW Severino Varela FW Juan C. Rodríguez  80' Substitutes: DF Víctor Valussi  55' FW Juan Carlos Lorenzo  80' FW Lucero Fedencrini  80' Manager: Alfredo Garasini