1914 Tie Cup final

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1914 Tie Cup Final
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River Plate, winners, posing with
their rivals Bristol
Event Tie Cup
DateDecember 20, 1914;108 years ago (1914-12-20)
Venue Ferro C. Oeste, Buenos Aires
Attendance15,000
1913
1915

The 1914 Tie Cup Final was the final match to decide the winner of the Tie Cup, the 4th. edition of the international competition organised by Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. As its previous editions, the final was contested by Argentine club River Plate (champion of 1914 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club) and Uruguayan club Bristol F.C. in replacement of Nacional (1914 Uruguayan Copa de Competencia champion), as runner-up.

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The match, held in Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, was won by River Plate 1–0 with goal by Juan Gianetto. [1] With this achievement, River Plate won its first international title. [2] [3]

Qualified teams

TeamQualificationPrevious app.
Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 1914 Copa Competencia Jockey Club champion(none)
Flag of Uruguay.svg Bristol 1914 Copa de Competencia (Uruguay) runner-up [note 1] (none)
Notes
  1. As champion, Nacional had earned right to play in the competition, but it declined.

Overview

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Scene of the match played at Ferro Carril Oeste

River Plate had earned to play the final after winning the 1914 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club (which was also its first official title in the top division of Argentine football) after beating Newell's Old Boys 4–0 in the final played at Estadio Racing Club in Avellaneda. [4]

On the other side, Club Nacional de Football had won the Uruguayan Copa de Competencia that allowed them to play the final v River Plate. Nevertheless, the club alleged some difficults to attend the competition so the AUF decided to invite Bristol Football Club to represent Uruguay in the final.

Bristol added some international players for the final, they were, Martín Aphesteguy, Jorge Pacheco and Pedro Zuazú, all of them called up for Uruguay in several occasions. On the other side, River Plate had had some of its players called up for Argentina, including goalkeeper Carlos Isola that had played some friendlies vs English side Exeter City. [5]

During the match, both teams had chances to score, but River Plate struck first when a defective defense by Uruguayan Manuel Marenco trying to intercept a pass from Rodolfo Fraga, allowed forward Luis Gianetto to score the only goal. In the second half, the referee annulled a goal to River Plate (offside). River Plate won its first international Cup. [6]

Match details

1914 Tie Cup
River Plate Flag of Argentina.svg 1–0 Flag of Uruguay.svg Bristol
Gianetto Soccerball shade.svg35' Report
Ferro C. Oeste , Buenos Aires
Attendance: 15,000
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River Plate
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Bristol

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