1998 Toyota Cup

1998 Toyota Cup Final

Real Madrid v Vasco de Gama

An own goal from Nasa and a goal with seven minutes of normal time remaining from man of the match Raul secured a 2-1 victory for Real Madrid of Spain against Vasco de Gama of Brazil, in the nineteenth Toyota Cup Final contested in Tokyo in front of over 51,000 supporters on 1 December 1998.

The official 1998 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 Maria Sanchez Yanten from Chile. The programme gives full details and photos of Real Madrid and Vasco de Gama and their players along with further information and full page photos of star players including Roberto Carlos and Davor Suker of Real Madrid and Luizao and Donizete of Vasco de Gama amongst others. The programme also has articles on rival managers Guus Hiddink of Real Madrid and Antonio Lopes of Vasco de Gama and an article on the teams home cities of Madrid and Rio de Janeiro. The programme includes details and photos from the previous eighteen Toyota Cup Finals and an article on previous Intercontinental Cup Finals. The programme details how Real Madrid and Vasco de Gama won the 1998 UEFA Champions League and 1998 Copa Libertadores respectively and finishes with an article on World Football.

Programme