1985 Toyota Cup

1985 Toyota Cup Final

Juventus v Argentinos Juniors

Juventus of Italy became the first European Team to win the Toyota Cup with victory over Argentinos Juniors of Argentina in front of 62,000 supporters in Tokyo on 8 December 1985. Juventus came from behind twice in normal time with a penalty from man of the match Michel Platini and a late goal from Michael Laudrup, to force extra time. With no more goals in extra time the match was decided by penalty kicks. Michel Platini had been unlucky to have a spectacular individual goal disallowed in normal time as another Juventus player was adjudged to have been in an offside position, albeit not interfering with play, so it was perhaps justice that saw Platini score the winning penalty kick in a 4-2 shoot-out win.

With their triumph in the competition, Juventus became the first team ever to have won all official continental competitions and the club world title. Also, Italian defenders Gaetano Scirea and Antonio Cabrini became the first European footballers to have won all international club competitions and Giovanni Trapattoni, the first European manager to do so.

The official programme for the game shown below is 92 x colour A4 pages. Apart from the introductions, the programme is in Japanese. The programme includes full details and photos of Juventus and Argentinos Juniors and their players along with further information on star players including Michel Platini and Antonio Cabrini of Juventus and Claudio Daniel Borghi and Jorge Mario Olguin of Argentinos Juniors amongst others. There is then an article devoted to Michel Platini. The programme also has articles on rival managers Giovanni Trapattoni and Jose Yudica and an article on the countries of Italy and Argentina. The programme includes details and photos from the previous five Toyota Cup Finals and an article on previous Intercontinental Cup Finals. The programme details how Juventus and Argentinos Juniors won the 1985 European Cup and 1985 Copa Libertadores respectively and finishes with an article on the rules of football and an article on the FIFA, UEFA and CONMEBOL.

The two pennants I have for this game are really nice and probably the rarest items of memorabilia I have in my collection for this game.

Programme

Official Toyota Cup Pennants