The 1920 Copa Aldao was the final match to decide the winner of the

Copa Aldao The Copa Ricardo Aldao ( English: ''Ricardo Aldao Cup''), popularly called Campeonato Rioplatense and Copa Río de La Plata, was an official AFA- AUF football club competition contested annually, albeit irregularly, between the league champions o ...

, the sixth edition of the international competition organised by the

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and

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Associations together. The final was contested by the same teams than the previous edition, Uruguayan

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and Argentine

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

.Copa Aldao overview
by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the

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In the match, played at

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on November 20, 1921, Nacional beat Boca Juniors 2–1, winning its third (and last) Copa Aldao trophy.El primer quinquenio
on Nacional website, 28 Oct 2017

Qualified teams

Venue

left, Sportivo Barracas, venue of the final

Match

All the goals came in the second half. It was Boca Juniors the team that opened the score with winger

Pedro Calomino Bleo Pedro Fournol, mostly known as Pedro Calomino (also nicknamed ''Calumín'') (13 March 1892 – 12 January 1950) was an Argentine footballer who played as right winger. Calomino spent nearly all of his career in Boca Juniors, having also pl ...

on 55 minutes. Nevertheless, with 15 minutes left, Nacional scored two goals that allowed the squad to win their third Aldao Cup trophy, thanks to

Ángel Romano Alfredo Ángel Romano (2 August 1893 – 22 August 1972) was a Uruguayan professional footballer. A striker, he played 70 games for his national team between 1911 and 1927, scoring 28 goals. He played in the Copa América nine times, winning t ...

and goalkeeper Andrés Mazali who, as a curious fact, played as

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in this match.

Details

References

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