1970 Copa Argentina Final

1970 Copa Argentina Finals

Atlanta Stadium, venue of the series
Event	1970 Copa Argentina
San Lorenzo Vélez Sársfield – –
First leg
San Lorenzo Vélez Sársfield 2 2
Date	March 3, 1971
Venue	Atlanta Stadium, Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires
Referee	Juan F. Álvarez
Second leg
Vélez Sársfield San Lorenzo – –
Date	(Not played)
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The 1970 Copa Argentina Finals were the final two-legged tie that decided the champion of the 1970 Copa Argentina. The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between San Lorenzo and Vélez Sársfield. The first leg was played in Atlanta Stadium of Villa Crespo, finishing in a 2-2 tie.

The second leg was never played so the tournament was unfinished and neither San Lorenzo nor Velez Sarsfield were declared champion.^[1] The champion was supposed to qualify to Copa Ganadores de Copa but this never happened^[2]

Qualified teams[]

Team	Previous finals app.
San Lorenzo	None
Vélez Sársfield	None

Road to the final[]

San Lorenzo			Round	Vélez Sársfield
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Unión (SF) (won 3–2 on aggregate)	Away	2–2	Round of 32	Argentinos del Norte (tied 2–2 on aggregate, won on penalties)	Away	0–1
	Home	1–0			Home	2–1 (4–3 p)
Colón (won 4–1 on aggregate)	Away	0-0	Round of 16	Instituto (won 2-0 on aggregate)	Away	0-0
	Home	4-1			Home	2-0
Rosario Central (won 4–2 on aggregate)	Away	1-2	Quarterfinals	Chacarita Juniors (won 3-1 on aggregate)	Away	1-0
	Home	3-0			Home	2-1
All Boys (Santa Rosa) (won 4–2 on aggregate)	Away	1-1	Semifinals	Racing (won 6-4 on aggregate)	Away	3-2
	Home	3-1			Home	3-2

Match details[]

First leg[]

1970 Copa Argentina Finals

March 3, 1971

First leg

San Lorenzo	2–2	Vélez Sársfield
Ayala 1' Gónzalez 6'	Report	Benitto 50' Mecca 52'

Atlanta Stadium, Buenos Aires

Referee: Juan Álvarez

San Lorenzo

Vélez Sarsfield

GK Luis Kadijevich DF Sergio Villar DF Ricardo Rezza DF Ramon Heredia DF Antonio Rosl MF Roberto Telch MF Miguel Ángel Tojo MF Carlos Veglio FW Pedro Alexis Gónzalez FW Rubén Ayala FW Rodolfo Fischer Manager: Rogelio Domínguez

GK Carlos Caballero DF Heriberto Correa DF Miguel Ferrari DF Eduardo Zóttola DF Roberto Avanzi MF Jorge Rodríguez MF Miguel Reguera MF Héctor Lamberti FW Miguel Ángel Cotton FW Miguel Ángel Benitto FW Adolfo Mecca Manager: Alfredo Bermúdez

Second leg[]

Second leg

San Lorenzo	(cancelled)	Vélez Sársfield

As the second leg was never played, no team was awarded the title.

References[]