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The 1988 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 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
match played on 11 December 1988 between Nacional of
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, winners of the 1988 Copa Libertadores, and PSV of
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, winners of the
1987–88 European Cup The 1987–88 European Cup was the 33rd season of the European Cup club football tournament. The competition was won for the first time by PSV Eindhoven, who defeated two-time winners Benfica in the final at Neckarstadion in Stuttgart. PSV becam ...
. The match was played at the neutral venue of the
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in
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in front of 62,000 fans. Santiago Ostolaza was named as
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.


Match details

Assistant Referees:
Kil Ki-Chul (
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)
Masahiro Sogawa (
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)


See also

*
1987–88 European Cup The 1987–88 European Cup was the 33rd season of the European Cup club football tournament. The competition was won for the first time by PSV Eindhoven, who defeated two-time winners Benfica in the final at Neckarstadion in Stuttgart. PSV becam ...
* 1988 Copa Libertadores * PSV Eindhoven in European football


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FIFA Article
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