The 1990 Intercontinental Cup was an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

match played on 9 December 1990 between

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of Italy, winners of the

1989–90 European Cup The 1989–90 European Cup was the 35th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament, the European Cup. The final was played at the Praterstadion in Vienna on 23 May 1990. The final was contested by Italian defending champions Milan and ...

, and Olimpia of Paraguay, winners of the

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. The match was played at the neutral venue of the National Stadium in

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in front of 60,228 fans.

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was named as

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Chen Shengcai (

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)

Shizuo Takada is a former Japanese football referee. He refereed a first round match between Spain and Algeria in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also officiated a first round match between Yugoslavia and UAE in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. ReferencesProfile External ...

(

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)

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