Date: 06-06-1970
Stage: first round
Place: PUEBLA
Running time: 104 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish(new)/english
My rating: **
Notes: Riva,Mazzola,Boninsegna, Cubilla,Mazurkiewicz
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 6 June 1970, 16:00
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
Attendance: 30,000
Meteo: Warm, partly cloudy, 24°C
ITALY
Enrico Albertosi
Tarcisio Burgnich
Giacinto Facchetti (c)
Pierluigi Cera
Roberto Rosato
Mario Bertini
Angelo Domenghini
Alessandro Mazzola
Roberto Boninsegna
Giancarlo De Sisti
Luigi Riva
Coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi (ITA)
46′ ↓Angelo Domenghini ↑Giuseppe Furino
URUGUAY
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
Luis Ubiña (c)
Juan Mujica
Julio Montero Castillo
Atilio Ancheta
Roberto Matosas
Luis Cubilla
Víctor Espárrago
Ildo Maneiro
Julio César Cortés
Rubén Bareño
Coach: Juan Hohberg (URU)
15′ Julio César Cortés
71′ ↓Rubén Bareño ↑Pedro Zubia
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (GDR)
Goals:
None
Match overview
Italy and Uruguay played to a goalless draw in their Group 2 encounter at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla. Both teams displayed cautious tactics in the warm conditions, with neither side able to break the deadlock. Italy made one substitution when Giuseppe Furino replaced Angelo Domenghini at halftime, while Uruguay brought on Pedro Zubia for Rubén Bareño in the 71st minute. The result left both teams with realistic hopes of advancing from the group stage.
Trivia
This match was part of Group 2, which was considered one of the most competitive groups of the tournament featuring Italy, Uruguay, Sweden, and Israel. The draw maintained the competitive balance in the group, with both teams still in contention for qualification to the quarter-finals. Italy’s defensive approach would prove successful throughout the tournament as they reached the final.
