1988 Toyota Cup

1988 Toyota Cup Final

PSV v Nacional

Nacional of Uruguay won their second Toyota Cup with victory over PSV Eindhoven of Holland in front of 62,000 supporters in Tokyo on 11 December 1988. The match finished 1-1 in normal time before a Ronald Koeman penalty and a goal in the last minute of extra time from man of the match Santiago Ostalaza forced a penalty shoot-out. In a dramatic penalty kick shoot-out Lerby and Gerets passed up chances to win the Toyota Cup for PSV before a miss from Van Aerle with the 20th penalty of the shoot-out finally sealed PSV’s fate.

The official 1988 Toyota Cup programme shown below is 102 x colour A4 pages. Apart from the introductions, the programme is all in Japanese. The programme begins with details of referee Jesus Diaz Palacio of Colombia. It then gives full details and photos of PSV Eindhoven and Nacional and their players along with further information on star players including Ronald Koeman and Eric Gerets of PSV and Hugo de Leon and William Adrian Castro of Nacional amongst others. The programme also has articles on rival managers Guus Hiddink and Roberto Fleitas and articles on Eindhoven in Holland and Montevideo in Uruguay. The programme includes details and photos from the previous eight Toyota Cup Finals and an article on previous Intercontinental Cup Finals. The programme details how PSV and Nacional won the 1988 European Cup and 1987 Copa Libertadores respectively and finishes with an article on football tactics and an article on FIFA, UEFA and CONMEBOL.

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