*HOLLAND LEGEND* Johan Neeskens #13 New York Cosmos (NASL) Match Worn Shirt vs River Plate (Argentina) Match Worn Shirt played at New Jersey, July 30, 1980.

*Provenance: River Plate 1980 Legend*

Match Facts:

River versus New York Cosmos 1980
Winter of 1980, River was heading towards the three-time championship and on July 30, it faced the New York Cosmos at Giant's Stadium. At that time it no longer had Pelé, but it had stars like Beckenbauer, Rijsbergen, Neeskens, Chinaglia, Eskandarian (the Iranian who played in Argentina '78), the Paraguayans Julio Cesar Romero “Romerito” and a very young Roberto Cabañas. Angelito Labruna's team, for its part, traveled with all its current figures, taking to the field with Fillol (Landaburu) Comelles, Pavoni, Passarella, Tarantini (Héctor López), JJ López, Merlo (De Los Santos), Alonso, Pedro González (Ramón Díaz), Luque and Comisso.
For the occasion, the Aerolíneas Argentina Cup was put into play. The match in question ended 1-1 and the goals were scored by Negro López at 83, with a certain Bogicevic tying at 90.
A colorful detail was that when it was played on synthetic grass, some players used the footwear provided by Puma, others did not reach an economic agreement to wear them, and Beto Alonso played with some old and almost dilapidated Flecha, as we can see in the photo. The other image shows us the original Kaiser, making a personal mark on a no longer so fast Pedrito González.
A couple of years later the American team ended up disappearing and most of its stars retired. Something similar would happen to the millionaire in 1982/1983, without the plethora of figures who were part of this team.

Johannes Jacobus Neeskens (born 15 September 1951) is a Dutch football manager and former player. A midfielder, he was an important member of the Netherlands national team that finished as runners-up in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups and is considered one of the greatest midfielders of all time.In 2004, he was named one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony, while in 2017 he has been included in the FourFourTwo list of the 100 all-time greatest players, at the 64th position.


Shirt details: Ellese Trademark. Made in Italy. Cosmos Shield stitched, name and numbers in clothing material stitched. (See pictures for all details!!)