Pequeña Copa del Mundo 1953

[all matches in estadio Olimpico Universitario, Caracas]

Participants:    
CD Millonarios (Colombia)
FK Rapid Wien (Austria)
RCD Espanyol (Spain)
CA River Plate (Argentina)

[Feb 11]
RCD Espanyol   0-6 CD Millonarios

[Feb 13]
FK Rapid Wien  1-2 CD Millonarios 

[Feb 15]
River Plate    1-5 CD Millonarios
  [0-1 Di Stéfano 12´, 1-1 E.Prado 19´, 1-2 Villaverde 34´,
   1-3 Antonio Báez 36´, 1-4 Villalba 52´, 1-5 Di Stéfano 79´].
River Plate: Carrizo (Fumero); Pérez (Trillini), Soria; Yácono (Gallo), Venini (Solá), 
             Ferrari (Tesouro); Vernazza, E.Prado, W.Gómez (Gambardella), A.Labruna (A.Evaristo), Zárate.
Millonarios: J.Cozzi; R.Pini, F.Zuluaga; R.Martínez, Rossi, Benegas (Stemberg); J.Villalba 
             (A.Cazaubón), Villaverde (J.Avila), Di Stéfano, A, Báez, Mourín.
ref: Benito Jackson (Venezuela); att: 35,000]

[Feb 17]
CD Millonarios 1-1 River Plate
  [1-0 Villaverde 12´; 1-1 Vernazza 42´]
Millonarios: Cozzi; Pini, Zuluaga; Martínez, Rossi, Benegas; Cazaubón, 
             Villaverde, Di Stéfano, A.Báez, Mourín (Fernández);
River Plate: Carrizo (Fumero); Pérez (Trillini), Soria; N.Yácono, Venini, 
             Ferrari (Tesouro); S.Vernazza, E.Prado, W.Gómez, Labruna, Zárate;
ref: Osorio (Venezuela); att: 35,000]

[Feb 19]
Millonarios    4-0 Rapid Wien
  [1-0 Di Stefano 6´, 2-0 Villaverde 15´, 3-0 Happel (og) 20´,
   4-0  Di Stéfano 35´].
Millonarios: Cozzi; Pini, Zuluaga, Martinez, Benegas, Rossi, Villalba
             (Cazaubon), Villaverde (Avila), Di Stefano, Baez, Mourin (Aragón).
Rapid Wien:  Musil; Gerhart, Happel, Golobic, Dienst, Kafka, R.Korner, 
             Prost, Riegler, Hanappi, A.Korner;
ref: Benito Jackson (Venezuela); att: 32,000;
NB: last match of Alfredo Di Stéfano for Millonarios]

[Feb 21]
Millonarios    4-0 RCD Espanyol

Millonarios won tournament:

 1.Millonarios        6  5  1  0 22- 3 11

Topscorer: Alfredo Di Stéfano


Overview File

1952

1953 (2nd tournament)

With thanks to Carles Lozano, Frank Ballesteros, Guillermo Ruiz Bonilla and Javier García

Prepared and maintained by Andrés Acosta and Oscar Andrés Pérez Rodríguez for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Andrés Acosta (heyderblue@hotmail.com) and Oscar Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (millonario1946@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 9 Jul 2009

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