Roca Cup
The Copa Roca is a first time in 1914 between Argentina and Brazil be registered football competition. 2011, the competition was after decades of interruption under the name Superclássico the Americas, Spanish superclásico de las Américas, alternatively Copa Dr. Nicolas Leoz, revived. Brazil now has to win the comparative nine times, while Argentina the trophy three times could work for them. In 1971 from the duel draw and both shared the success.
History
The competition was founded in 1913 by the then Argentine Ambassador to Brazil and former President Julio Argentino Roca in life, who also gave him the name. The cup should be held alternately in Brazil and Argentina.
Julio Argentino Roca donated the Argentine Football Association Federación Argentina de Football ( FAF), the trophy, and it was agreed that the competition should be played in three consecutive years. The country with two wins should keep the trophy. Brazil won the first edition with a 1-0 win on 27 September 1914 in Buenos Aires. 1915, however, the FAF merged with the AAF, the Asociación Argentina de Football together, and the planned following games were not played.
The next Copa Roca took place only in 1922. Brazil won this time 2-1 on 22 October 1922 in São Paulo, and was therefore able to keep the trophy despite the 2-0 victory for Argentina in December 1923.
1938, determined both football associations to organize the competition again. The modified rules saw before a tournament in which the winner should be determined in two games. If tied to wins, or two draws, a play was intended. On January 15, 1939 Argentina won the first meeting in Rio de Janeiro 5-1. The following game was very turbulent and many incidents. After the referee had awarded a penalty with the score at 2-2 Brazil left the Argentine team to protest the playing field. The Brazilian team scored then after the Argentines had already left the field, nor the third goal and thus won the game 3-2.
The playoff was supposed to take place in January 1939 has been postponed to February 1940 due to the incident. On February 18, 1940, the two teams split in São Paulo with 2:2, and so still had to be played a fourth game. Argentina won this on February 25, 1940 3-0 and was winner of the tournament.
The planned for 1940 in Argentina tournament took place immediately afterwards. The first game on March 5 in Buenos Aires, the Argentine national team won 6-1. The following encounter was Brazil 3-2 to decide for themselves, before Argentina could win with a 5-1 victory to win the tournament on March 17.
Brazil won all of the following tournaments, with the exception of 1971. After a 1-1 on 28 July and on 31 July a 2-2 split this year Brazil and Argentina the title. A footnote earned the first game of 1957 at the Maracanã stadium in Rio: here the young Pele made his debut in the national team of Brazil.
2011, the legendary tournament after 35 years of interruption under the name Superclássico was das Américas (Spanish superclásico de las Américas ), alternatively known as Copa Dr. Nicolas Leoz, reprinted. The players in the leagues of Argentina and Brazil need to be active, because the games are not on days that take place are reserved by FIFA for international matches. For the first time the games were no longer held in the classical cities. In the two games in Córdoba and Belém Brazil won the first comparison under the new nomenclature.