First leg
Tuesday, March 28, 1978, 21:30h
Estadio Boca Juniors (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires; att: 25,000.
CA BOCA JUNIORS (ARG) 3-0 CF AMÉRICA (MEX) (1:0)
[Carlos Horacio Salinas 42’, 53’, Ernesto Enrique Mastrángelo 55’]
BOC: Hugo Orlando Gatti, Francisco Pedro Manuel Sá, Miguel Ángel Bordón, Vicente Alberto Pernía, Rubén José Suñé, Roberto Mouzo,
Ernesto Enrique Mastrángelo, Jorge Daniel Ribolzi, José Luis Saldaño (Carlos Veglio 46’), Mario Nicasio Zanabria,
Carlos Horacio Salinas.
Coach: Juan Carlos Lorenzo.
AME: Francisco Castrejón, René Trujillo, Javier Sánchez Galindo, Alfredo Tena, Jesús Martínez, Antonio De La Torre,
Cesáreo Victorino, Hugo Enrique Kiese, Cristóbal Ortega, Ítalo Estupiñán, Agustín Manzo (Luiz da Costa "Luisinho" 46’).
Coach: Raúl Cárdenas (MEX).
Referee: Ramón Barreto (URU)
A1: Romualdo Arpi Filho (BRA)
A2: Juan Silvagno (CHI)
Second leg
Wednesday, April 12, 1978, 20:45h
Estadio Azteca, México DF; att: 30,000.
CF AMÉRICA (MEX) 1-0 CA BOCA JUNIORS (ARG) (0:0)
[Hugo Enrique Kiesse 75’]
AME: Francisco Castrejón, René Trujillo, Javier Sánchez Galindo, Eduardo Rergis, Jesús Martínez, Antonio De La Torre, Javier García
(Agustín Manzo 65’), Hugo Enrique Kiese, Carlos Reinoso, José de Jesús Aceves, Luiz da Costa "Luisinho" (Ítalo Estupiñán 65’).
Coach: Raúl Cárdenas.
BOC: Hugo Orlando Gatti, Vicente Alberto Pernía, Francisco Pedro Manuel Sá, Roberto Mouzo, Miguel Ángel Bordón, Jorge Daniel Ribolzi,
Rubén José Suñé, Mario Nicasio Zanabria (Daniel Pavón 79’), Carlos Horacio Salinas, Ernesto Enrique Mastrángelo, Carlos Veglio
(Carlos Roberto Salguero 79’).
Coach: Juan Carlos Lorenzo (ARG).
Referee: Luis Paulino Siles (CRC)
A1: Mauricio Morazán (SLV)
A2: Marco Antonio Gracia Regalado (GUA)
Playoff
Friday, April 14, 1978, 20:45h
Estadio Azteca, México DF; att: 50,000.
CF AMÉRICA (MEX) 2-1 CA BOCA JUNIORS (ARG) (1:1) (1:1) [AET]
[José de Jesús Aceves 35’, Carlos Reinoso 119’; Daniel Pavón 5’]
AME: Francisco Castrejón, René Trujillo, Javier Sánchez Galindo, Eduardo Rergis, Jesús Martínez, Antonio De La Torre, Javier García,
Hugo Enrique Kiese, Carlos Reinoso, José de Jesús Aceves (Ítalo Estupiñán 67’), Luiz da Costa "Luisinho" (Alfredo Tena 60’).
Coach: Raúl Cárdenas.
BOC: Hugo Orlando Gatti, Vicente Alberto Pernía, Francisco Pedro Manuel Sá, Roberto Mouzo, Miguel Ángel Bordón, Jorge Daniel Ribolzi,
Rubén José Suñé, Mario Nicasio Zanabria (Carlos Esqueo 67’), Daniel Pavón (Carlos Roberto Salguero 89’), Carlos Horacio Salinas,
Ernesto Enrique Mastrángelo.
Coach: Juan Carlos Lorenzo.
Sent off: Eduardo Rergis (AME) 58'; Carlos Salinas (BOC) 43'.
Referee: Gino D'Hipólito (USA)
A1: Luis Paulino Siles (CRC)
A2: Marco Antonio Gracia Regalado (GUA)
Source: La Nación (newspaper)
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