Event | Intercontinental Cup | ||||||
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After extra time Juventus won 4–2 on penalties | |||||||
Date | 8 December 1985 | ||||||
Venue | National Stadium, Tokyo | ||||||
Man of the Match | Michel Platini (Juventus) | ||||||
Referee | Volker Roth (West Germany) | ||||||
Attendance | 62,000 | ||||||
The 1985 Intercontinental Cup was an Association football match played on 8 December 1985, between Juventus, winners of the 1984–85 European Cup, and Argentinos Juniors, winners of the 1985 Copa Libertadores. Recognised as the best edition in the history of the tournament for technical and agonistic level,[1] the match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo. It was Juventus' second appearance into the competition, after replacing Ajax in 1973.