1946 Copa Escobar-Gerona

1946 Copa Escobar-Gerona

A Boca Juniors team of 1946
Peñarol Boca Juniors 0 4
(On points, goals scored did not count)
First leg
Peñarol Boca Juniors 2 3
Date	22 December 1946
Venue	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Referee	Bianchi
Second leg
Boca Juniors Peñarol 6 3
Date	28 December 1946
Venue	San Lorenzo, Buenos Aires
Referee	Valentini
← 1945

The 1946 Copa Escobar-Gerona , also named Copa de Confraternidad Rioplatense, was the 4th (and last) edition of this cup competition organised jointly by the Argentine and Uruguayan football associations. ^[1] The 1946 edition of the cup was the only edition out of the four editions in which the title was awarded to one club, rather than the two of the previous year or the none of 1941 and 1942.

Overview

Boca Juniors (Primera División Argentina runner-up) faced Peñarol (Uruguayan Primera División runner-up) in a two-legged series at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay and San Lorenzo Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Boca Juniors won both matches, winning 3–2 in Montevideo and 6–3 in Buenos Aires. ^{[2] [3]}

Boca Juniors forward Pío Corcuera was the top scorer of the series, with 4 goals.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Previous app.
Boca Juniors	1946 Primera División runner-up	1945
Peñarol	1946 Primera División runner-up	1941, 1942

Note

• Bold indicates winning years

Venues

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

Match details

First leg

1946 Copa Escobar-Gerona

22 December 1946

First leg

Peñarol	2–3	Boca Juniors
Vidal 25', 66'	Report	Corcuera 51', 55' Boyé 88'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Referee: Galileo Bianchi

Peñarol

Boca Juniors

GK Flavio Pereyra Nattero DF Mario Lorenzo DF Sixto Possamai MF José Pedro Colturi  70' MF Obdulio Varela MF Luis Prais FW Julio César Britos FW Raúl Antonio Schiaffino  65' FW Óscar Chirimini FW Juan Alberto Schiaffino FW Ernesto Vidal Substitutes: DF Juan Carlos González  70' Rodolfo Piñeyro  65' Manager: Aníbal Tejada

GK Claudio Vacca DF José Marante DF Rodolfo Dezorzi MF Carlos Sosa MF Ernesto Lazzatti MF Natalio Pescia FW Mario Boyé FW Pío Corcuera FW Jaime Sarlanga FW José Antonio Vázquez  45' FW Gregorio Pin Substitutes: FW Juan Carlos Lorenzo  45' Manager: Mario Fortunato

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Second leg

28 December 1946

Second leg

Boca Juniors	6–3	Peñarol
Boyé 15' Corcuera 18', 45' Pin 52', 71' Lorenzo 55'	Report	Vidal 48', 82' J. Schiaffino 73'

San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires

Referee: J. Álvarez

Boca Juniors

Peñarol

GK Claudio Vacca  69' DF José Marante DF Rodolfo Dezorzi MF Carlos Sosa MF Ernesto Lazzatti MF Natalio Pescia FW Mario Boyé FW Pío Corcuera  45' FW Jaime Sarlanga FW José Antonio Vázquez FW Gregorio Pin Substitutes: FW Juan Carlos Lorenzo  45' GK Nobel Biglieri  69' Manager: Mario Fortunato

GK Flavio Pereyra Nattero DF Mario Lorenzo DF Sixto Possamai MF Juan Carlos González MF Obdulio Varela MF Luis Prais  38' FW Julio César Britos  45' FW Raúl Antonio Schiaffino FW Óscar Chirimini  65' FW Juan Alberto Schiaffino FW Ernesto Vidal Substitutes: FW José Etchegoyen  38' FW Domingo Gelpi  45' Rodolfo Piñeyro  65' Manager: Aníbal Tejada

References

1. Copa de Confraternidad Escobar-Gerona by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
2. Copa Escobar-Gerona, match details by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
3. Copa Confraternidad 1946 on Historia de Boca