1997 Toyota Cup

1997 Toyota Cup Final

Borussia Dortmund v Cruzeiro

Goals from Michael Zorc and Heiko Herrlich secured a 2-0 victory for Borussia Dortmund of Germany against Cruzeiro of Brazil, in the eighteenth Toyota Cup Final contested in Tokyo in front of nearly 47,000 supporters on 2 December 1997. Andreas Moller of Borussia Dortmund was named as Man of the Match.

The official 1997 Toyota Cup Final programme has 92 x colour A4 pages (with 26 pages of adverts). Apart from the introductions, the programme is all in Japanese. The programme begins with introductions from FIFA, UEFA, CONMEBOL, the JFA and TOYOTA. The programme then has a page to enter the line-ups together with a small feature on match referee Jose Maria Garcia-Aranda from Spain. The programme gives full details and photos of Borussia Dortmund and Cruzeiro and their players along with further information and full page photos of star players including Andreas Moller and Stefan Reuter of Borussia Dortmund and Bebeto and Marcelo of Cruzeiro amongst others. The programme also has articles on rival managers Nevio Scala of Dortmund and Nelsinho Baptista of Cruzeiro and an article on the teams home cities of Dortmund and Belo Horizonte. The programme includes details and photos from the previous seventeen Toyota Cup Finals and an article on previous Intercontinental Cup Finals. The programme details how Borussia Dortmund and Cruzeiro won the 1997 UEFA Champions League and 1997 Copa Libertadores respectively and finishes with an article on World Football.

Programme

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