Copa Libertadores de América 1981


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First Round

Nacional (Montevideo) bye to the second round as holders.

Group 1 [Argentina, Colombia]
Mar 18: Rosario Central - River Plate           0-1
  [Alonso]
Mar 25: Atlético Junior - Deportivo Cali        1-0
  [Fornari]
Mar 31: Atlético Junior - River Plate           0-0
Mar 31: Deportivo Cali - Rosario Central        1-0
  [E.Alvarez]
Apr  3: Atlético Junior - Rosario Central       1-2
  [Bolaños; Marchetti, Bacas]
Apr  3: Deportivo Cali - River Plate            2-1
  [A.Benítez, W.Ortiz; Passarella]
Apr  9: Deportivo Cali - Atlético Junior        4-1
  [E.Alvarez, Ruiz Moreno, A.Benítez, Capiello; Fornari]
Apr 22: River Plate - Deportivo Cali            1-2
  [Kempes; Romero, W.Ortiz]
Apr 22: Rosario Central - Atlético Junior       5-0
  [Orte(2), Bacas, Marchetti, J.García]
Apr 24: River Plate - Atlético Junior           3-0
  [R.Díaz, Galván o/g, Lonardi]
Apr 24: Rosario Central - Deportivo Cali        2-1
  [Orte, Marchetti; Ruiz Moreno]
May 19: River Plate - Rosario Central           3-2
  [P.González, R.Díaz(2); Marchetti, Bauza]

 1.Deportivo Cali                  6  4  0  2 10- 6  8
 2.River Plate (Buenos Aires)      6  3  1  2  9- 6  7
 3.Rosario Central                 6  3  0  3 11- 7  6
 4.Atlético Junior (Barranquilla)  6  1  1  4  3-14  3

Group 2 [Chile, Peru]
Mar 18: Sporting Cristal - Atlético Torino      2-1
  [Carrizales o/g, Chumpitaz; Vitorena]
Mar 18: Universidad de Chile - Cobreloa         0-0
Mar 24: Sporting Cristal - Universidad de Chile 3-2
  [Uribe, Ramírez, Gutiérrez; Castec, Soria o/g]
Mar 24: Atlético Torino - Cobreloa              1-1
  [Guerrero; Nuñez]
Mar 27: Sporting Cristal - Cobreloa             0-0
Mar 27: Atlético Torino - Universidad de Chile  1-2
  [Vitorena; Ramos(2)]
Apr  7: Cobreloa - Universidad de Chile         1-0
  [Siviero]
Apr  7: Atlético Torino - Sporting Cristal      1-2
  [Chirinos; Uribe, Ramírez]
Apr 10: Cobreloa - Atlético Torino              6-1
  [R.Gómez(2), Merello, Nuñez, Siviero, Olivera; Montero]
Apr 10: Universidad de Chile - Sporting Cristal 1-1
  [Coch; Uribe]
Apr 14: Universidad de Chile - Atlético Torino  3-0
  [Castec(2), Quintano]
Apr 14: Cobreloa - Sporting Cristal             6-1
  [Siviero(2), Tabilo, R.Gómez, Merello, Muñoz; Ramírez]

 1.Cobreloa (Calama)               6  3  3  0 14- 3  9
 2.Sporting Cristal (Lima)         6  3  2  1  9-11  8
 3.Universidad de Chile (Santiago) 6  2  2  2  8- 6  6
 4.Atlético Torino (Talara)        6  0  1  5  5-16  1

Group 3 [Brazil, Paraguay]
Jul  3: Atlético Mineiro - Flamengo             2-2
  [Eder(2); Nunes, Marinho]
Jul  7: Cerro Porteño - Olimpia                 0-0
Jul 14: Flamengo - Cerro Porteño                5-2
  [Zico(2), Nunes(2), Baroninho; Dos Santos, Jiménez]
Jul 17: Olimpia - Atlético Mineiro              0-0
Jul 21: Cerro Porteño - Atlético Mineiro        0-1
  [Eder]
Jul 24: Flamengo - Olimpia                      1-1
  [Adilio; Solalinde]
Jul 28: Atlético Mineiro - Olimpia              1-0
  [Palinha]
Jul 31: Atlético Mineiro - Cerro Porteño        2-2
  [Reinaldo, Vaguinho; Orlando o/g, Osorio]
Aug  7: Flamengo - Atlético Mineiro             2-2
  [Nunes, Tita; Palinha, Reinaldo]
Aug  8: Olimpia - Cerro Porteño                 0-3
  [Franco(2), Jiménez]
Aug 11: Cerro Porteño - Flamengo                2-4
  [Acosta, Jiménez; Zico(3), Baroninho]
Aug 14: Olimpia - Flamengo                      0-0

 1.Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro)       6  2  4  0 14- 9  8
   Atlético Mineiro (Belo Horiz.)  6  2  4  0  8- 6  8
 3.Cerro Porteño (Asunción)        6  1  2  3  9-12  4
 4.Olimpia (Asunción)              6  0  4  2  1- 5  4

First Place Playoff (Goiânia)
Aug 21: Flamengo - Atlético Mineiro             0-0
  Match abandoned after 35 minutes (Atlético had 6 players left after
  5 sendings-off) and awarded to Flamengo

Group 4 [Bolivia, Ecuador]
Mar 29: Jorge Wilstermann - The Strongest       3-2
  [Villalón, Aveiro, Taborga; Oropeza, Peña]
Mar 29: Barcelona - Técnico Universitario       2-1
  [Nieves(2); Burbano]
Apr  4: Técnico Universitario - J. Wilstermann  1-2
  [Burbano; Olmedo, Taborga]
Apr  5: Barcelona - The Strongest               2-1
  [Epannor, Escurinho; Peña]
Apr  8: Técnico Universitario - The Strongest   2-3
  [Jiménez, Revello; Pekerman, Acosta, Angulo]
Apr  8: Barcelona - Jorge Wilstermann           3-0
  [Epannor(2), Nieves]
Apr 12: J. Wilstermann - Técnico Universitario  3-1
  [Jairzinho, Olmedo, Taborga; Burbano]
Apr 12: The Strongest - Barcelona               1-0
  [Del Llano]
Apr 19: Jorge Wilstermann - Barcelona           1-0
  [Jairzinho]
Apr 19: The Strongest - Técnico Universitario   4-2
  [Oropeza(2), Camargo, Peña; Burbano, Revello]
Apr 26: The Strongest - Jorge Wilstermann       2-0
  [Angulo, Acosta]
Apr 26: Técnico Universitario - Barcelona       4-1
  [Revello, Angulo, Rasso, Mera; Perlaza]

 1.Jorge Wilstermann (Cochabamba)  6  4  0  2  9- 9  8
   The Strongest (La Paz)          6  4  0  2 13- 9  8  
 3.Barcelona (Guayaquil)           6  3  0  3  8- 8  6
 4.Técnico Universitario (Ambato)  6  1  0  5 11-15  2

First Place Playoff (Santa Cruz)
May  8: Jorge Wilstermann - The Strongest       4-1   
  [Jairzinho(2), Taborga, Salguero; Gilberto]  

Group 5 [Uruguay, Venezuela]
Mar 25: Peñarol - Bella Vista                   3-1
  [Abalde, Vargas, R.Paz; Rosendo]
Apr  5: Estudiantes - Portuguesa                1-1
  [Scarpeccio; Nuñez]
Apr 22: Portuguesa - Peñarol                    0-1
  [Salas o/g]
Apr 22: Estudiantes - Bella Vista               1-4
  [Napilotti; Nadal(2), Bueno, Alonso]
Apr 26: Portuguesa - Bella Vista                0-4
  [Alonso(2), Nadal, Rosendo]
Apr 26: Estudiantes - Peñarol                   0-2
  [V.Ramos, Falero]
May  3: Portuguesa - Estudiantes                0-0
May  6: Bella Vista - Peñarol                   0-0
May 13: Peñarol - Portuguesa                    3-0
  [Bueno(2), Nadal]
May 13: Bella Vista - Estudiantes               3-1
  [Arias(2), R.Paz; J.García]
May 17: Bella Vista - Portuguesa                4-0
  [Alonso(2), Nadal, Rosendo]
May 18: Peñarol - Estudiantes                   4-2
  [Abalde, Vargas, R.Paz, Falero; Flores, J.García]

 1.Peñarol (Montevideo)            6  5  1  0 13- 3 11
 2.Bella Vista (Montevideo)        6  4  1  1 16- 5  9
 3.Estudiantes (Mérida)            6  0  2  4  5-14  2
 4.Portuguesa (Acarigua)           6  0  2  4  1-13  2

Semi-Finals

Group 1
Oct  2: Deportivo Cali - Flamengo               0-1
  [Nunes]
Oct 13: Jorge Wilstermann - Flamengo            1-2
  [Melgar; Nunes, Tita]
Oct 16: Deportivo Cali - Jorge Wilstermann      1-0
  [Agudelo]
Oct 23: Flamengo - Deportivo Cali               3-0
  [Zico(2), Chiquinho]
Oct 27: Jorge Wilstermann - Deportivo Cali      1-1
  [Taborga; Angulo]
Oct 30: Flamengo - Jorge Wilstermann            4-1
  [Nunes, Adilio, Anselmo, Chiquinho; Taborga]

 1.Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro)       4  4  0  0 10- 2  8
 2.Deportivo Cali                  4  1  1  2  2- 5  3
 3.Jorge Wilstermann (Cochabamba)  4  0  1  3  3- 8  1

Group 2
Sep 30: Peñarol - Nacional                      1-1
  [Vargas; De la Peña]
Oct  8: Nacional - Cobreloa                     1-2
  [J.Morales; Puebla, Olivera]
Oct 13: Peñarol - Cobreloa                      0-1
  [W.Olivera]
Oct 21: Nacional - Peñarol                      1-1
  [Espárrago; Marcenaro]
Oct 28: Cobreloa - Peñarol                      4-2
  [R.Gómez(2), Merello, Muñoz; Paz, Vargas]
Nov  4: Cobreloa - Nacional                     2-2
  [Muñoz, Luzardo o/g; Cabrera, Luzardo]

 1.Cobreloa (Calama)               4  3  1  0  9- 5  7
 2.Nacional (Montevideo)           4  0  3  1  5- 6  3
 3.Peñarol (Montevideo)            4  0  2  2  4- 7  2

Final (Nov 13 & 20)
Flamengo                 Bra  Cobreloa                 Chi   2-1  0-1x
x 2nd leg in Santiago

Playoff (Nov 23) (in Montevideo)
Flamengo                 Bra  Cobreloa                 Chi   2-0

1st leg. Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, 13-11-1981

Flamengo - Cobreloa 2-1
12' Zico          1-0
30' Zico          2-0
65' Merello       2-1

Flamengo: Raúl, Leandro, Figueiredo, Mozer, Júnior, Andrade, Zico, Adilio, Lico
          (Baroninho), Nunes, Tita.
Cobreloa: Wirth, Rojas, Soto, Tabilo, Escobar, Alarcón, Jiménez, Merello, Múñoz
          (R. Gómez), Siviero, Puebla.

Referee: Espósito (Argentina)
Attendance: 93,985

2nd leg. Estadio Nacional, Santiago, 20-11-1981

Cobreloa - Flamengo 1-0
79' Merello       1-0

Cobreloa: Wirth, Jiménez, Tabilo, Soto, Escobar, Merello, Alarcón, R. Gómez
          (Múñoz), Puebla, Siviero, W. Olivera.
Flamengo: Raúl, Leandro, Figueiredo, Mozer, Júnior, Andrade, Adilio, Zico, Lico
          (Baroninho), Nunes (Nei Dias), Tita.

Referee: Barreto (Uruguay)
Attendance: 61,721

Play-off. Centenario, Montevideo, 23-11-1981

Flamengo - Cobreloa 2-0
18' Zico          1-0
79' Zico          2-0

Flamengo: Raúl, Nei Dias, Marinho, Mozer, Júnior, Leandro, Andrade, Zico, Tita, 
          Nunes (Anselmo), Adilio.
Cobreloa: Wirth, Tabilo, Páez (Múñoz), Soto, Escobar, Jiménez, Merello, Alarcón,
          Puebla, Siviero, W. Olivera.

Referee: Cerullo (Uruguay)
Attendance: 30,200



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