Soccer Nostalgia: Copa America 1993 Compendium-Part 8 (Semifinals and Final)

Copa America 1993 Matches:

Semifinals:

June 30, 1993 (Quito, Ecuador 0-Mexico 2)

July 1, 1993 (Guayaquil, Argentina 0-Colombia 0) (6-5 penalty kick shoot-out)

Third Place:

July 3, 1993 (Portoviejo, Ecuador 0-Colombia 1)

Final:

July 4, 1993 (Guayaquil, Argentina 2-Mexico 1)

Date: June 30, 1993

Competition: Copa America-Semifinals

Result: Ecuador 0-Mexico 2

Venue: Quito -Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Ecuador

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)

Linesmen: Francisco E. Heller (Chile), Alvaro de Jesus Arboleda (Venezuela)

Goalscorers:

(Ecuador): None

(Mexico): Hugo Sanchez 24, Ramon Ramirez 55

Summary of goals:

0:1 (24^thminute, Mexico): Alberto Garcia Aspe’s corner from the right side, eventually reached Hugo Sanchez who headed in.

0:2 (55^thminute, Mexico): Ramon Ramirez on the left side chipped over Jacinto Espinoza.

Lineups:

Ecuador:

1- Jacinto Espinoza (Delfín Sporting Club -Manta)

7- Carlos Muñoz (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil)

22- Raul Noriega (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil)

6- Luis Capurro (Club Cerro Porteño- Asunción / Paraguay)

20- Ivan Hurtado (Club Sport Emelec- Guayaquil)

11- Angel Fernandez (Club Sport Emelec- Guayaquil) (15- Jose Gavica (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil) 65^th)

8- Nixon Carcelen (Sociedad Deportivo Quito)

10- Alex Aguinaga (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) / Mexico)

5- Hector Carabali (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil)

14- Ney Raúl Avilés (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil) (16- Kléber Chalá (Club Deportivo El Nacional- Quito) 55th)

9- Eduardo Hurtado (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago / Chile)

Coach: Dušan Drašković (Yugoslavia)

Booked: Carlos Munoz 43, Ivan Hurtado 67

Other Substitutes:

12-Víctor Mendoza (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil)

4-Byron Tenorio (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil)

13-Máximo Tenorio (Club Sport Emelec- Guayaquil)

Team Captain: Luis Capurro

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Reebok

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

Mexico:

1-Jorge Campos (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas)

5-Ramon Ramírez (Club Santos Laguna S. A. de C. V. (Guerreros) - Torreón, Coahuila)

2-Claudio Suárez (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas)

3-Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas)

21- Raul Gutiérrez (Club de Fútbol Atlante S. A. de C. V. (Potros)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

7-David Patiño (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas) (15-Luis Flores (Club de Fútbol Atlas (Zorros), Atletico Club - Guadalajara) 65^th)

4-Ignacio Ambriz (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

8-Alberto García Aspe (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

17-Benjamin Galindo (El Deportivo Guadalajara S. A. de C. V.- Chivas Rayadas) (6-Miguel Herrera (Club de Fútbol Atlante S. A. de C. V. (Potros)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) 57^th)

9-Hugo Sánchez (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

11-Luis Alberto Alves ‘Zague’ (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

Coach: Miguel Mejia Baron

Booked: Benjamin Galindo 4, Raul Guttierez 18, Luis Alberto Alves ‘Zague’ 45, Hugo Sanchez 48, Juan Ramirez 58

Other Substitutes:

12-Alejandro García (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

20-Abraham Nava (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas)

10-Luis García (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain)

Team Captain: Hugo Sanchez

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2465, July 6, 1993

(June 30, 1993, Copa America, Ecuador 0-Mexico 2)

Photo From: Historia de la Copa America

(June 30, 1993, Copa America, Ecuador 0-Mexico 2)

Photo From: Soccer International, Volume 4, Issue 4, September 1993

(June 30, 1993, Copa America, Ecuador 0-Mexico 2)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Mexico squad, June 30, 1993, Copa America, Ecuador 0-Mexico 2)

Date: July 1, 1993

Competition: Copa America-Semifinals

Result: Argentina 0-Colombia 0 (6-5 on a penalty kick shoot-out)

Venue: Guayaquil - Estadio Isidro Romero Carbo ‘Monumental’, Ecuador

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jorge Nieves Parra (Uruguay)

Linesmen: Carlos Adon Velazquez (Uruguay), Paulo Jorge Alves (Brazil)

Goalscorers:

(Argentina): None

(Colombia): None

Sequence of penalty kicks:

Colombia: Rincon (1-0), Asprilla (2-1), Mendoza (3-2), Wilson Perez (4-3), Valderrama (5-4), Aristizabal (missed) (5-5)

Argentina: Gorosito (1-1), Batistuta (2-2), Simeone (3-3), Rodríguez (4-4), Acosta (5-5), Borelli (5-6)

Lineups:

Argentina:

1- Sergio Javier Goycochea (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

4- Fabián Armando Basualdo (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

6- Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (Club Deportivo America-Mexico City / Mexico) (13- Fernando Gabriel Caceres (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) 46^th)

15- Jorge Horacio Borelli (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

3- Ricardo Daniel Altamirano (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

17- Gustavo Miguel Zapata (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) (20- Leonardo Adrián Rodríguez (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio / Italy) 69^th)

10- Diego Pablo Simeone (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)

5- Fernando Carlos Redondo Neri (Club Deportivo Tenerife / Spain)

11- Nestor Raul Gorosito (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

9- Gabriel Omar Batistuta (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firezne / Italy)

18- Alberto Federico Acosta (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Coach: Alfio Ruben Basile

Booked: Gabriel Batistuta 21

Other Substitutes:

12-Luis Alberto Islas (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

22- Alejandro Victor Mancuso (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

7- Ramon Ismael Medina Bello (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Team Captain: Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue/White Vertical striped Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks

Note: Sergio Javier Goycochea captain in the second half.

Colombia:

1- Oscar Córdoba (Corporacion Deportiva Once Phillips-Manizales)

4- Luis Fernando Herrera (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

3- Alexis Mendoza (Corporacion Popular Deportiva Junior- Barranquilla)

15- Luis Carlos Perea (Corporacion Deportiva Independiente Medellín)

20- Wilson Perez (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

6- Gabriel Jaime Gómez (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

19- Freddy Rincón (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

14- Leonel Álvarez (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

10- Carlos Valderrama (Corporacion Popular Deportiva Junior- Barranquilla)

9- Víctor Hugo Aristizábal (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

17- Faustino Asprilla (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)

Coach: Francisco Maturana

Booked: Wilson Perez 17, Gabriel Gomez 38, Victor Aristizabal 40, Faustino Asprilla 50

Sent off: Luis Perea 65 (foul on Batistuta)

Other Substitutes:

12-Faryd Camilo Mondragón Alí (Asociacion Deportivo Cali)

8-Alexis García (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

5-Hermán Gaviria (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

16-Harold Lozano (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali) (March

11-Adolfo Valencia (Independiente Santa Fe Corporacion Deportiva- Santafé de Bogotá)

Team Captain: Carlos Valderrama

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 60, January 1994

(July 1, 1993, Copa America, Argentina 0-Colombia 0)

Photo From: Soccer International, Volume 4, Issue 4, September 1993

(July 1, 1993, Copa America, Argentina 0-Colombia 0)

Photo From: El Grafico Number 3848, 1993

(July 1, 1993, Copa America, Argentina 0-Colombia 0)

Photo From: Historia de la Copa America

(Argentina squad, July 1, 1993, Copa America, Argentina 0-Colombia 0)

Photo From: Libero, Issue 11, 1993 (IFFHS)

(Colombia squad, July 1, 1993, Copa America, Argentina 0-Colombia 0)

Date: July 3, 1993

Competition: Copa America-Third Place

Result: Ecuador 0-Colombia 1

Venue: Portoviejo, Estadio Reales Tamarindos, Ecuador

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Alvaro de Jesus Arboleda Marin (Venezuela)

Linesmen: Adrian Jose Gomez (Venezuela), Carlos Adon velazquez (Uruguay)

Goalscorers:

(Ecuador): None

(Colombia): Adolfo Valencia 84

Summary of goals:

0:1 (84^thminute, Colombia): Rincon at the center released Herrera on the right side, who crossed across for Valencia to score.

Lineups:

Ecuador:

1- Jacinto Espinoza (Delfín Sporting Club -Manta)

7- Carlos Muñoz (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil)

22- Raul Noriega (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil)

6- Luis Capurro (Club Cerro Porteño- Asunción / Paraguay)

2- Jimmy Montanero (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil)

11- Angel Fernandez (Club Sport Emelec- Guayaquil) (4- Byron Tenorio (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil) 65^th)

8- Nixon Carcelen (Sociedad Deportivo Quito)

10- Alex Aguinaga (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) / Mexico)

5- Hector Carabali (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil)

14- Ney Raúl Avilés (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil)

9- Eduardo Hurtado (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago / Chile) (16- Kléber Chalá (Club Deportivo El Nacional- Quito) 62^nd)

Coach: Dušan Drašković (Yugoslavia)

Booked: Ney Raul Aviles 16, Jimmy Montanero 67

Other Substitutes:

12-Víctor Mendoza (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil)

13-Máximo Tenorio (Club Sport Emelec- Guayaquil)

15-José Gavica (Barcelona Sporting Club- Guayaquil)

Team Captain: Luis Capurro

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Reebok

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

Colombia:

1- Oscar Córdoba (Corporacion Deportiva Once Phillips-Manizales)

4- Luis Fernando Herrera (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

3- Alexis Mendoza (Corporacion Popular Deportiva Junior- Barranquilla)

2- Oscar Cortés (Club Deportivo Los Millonarios- Santafé de Bogotá)

20- Wilson Perez (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

6- Gabriel Jaime Gómez (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

19- Freddy Rincón (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

17- Faustino Asprilla (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)

14- Leonel Álvarez (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali) (8- Alexis García (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí) 73^rd)

10- Carlos Valderrama (Corporacion Popular Deportiva Junior- Barranquilla)

9- Víctor Hugo Aristizábal (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí) (11- Adolfo Valencia (Independiente Santa Fe Corporacion Deportiva- Santafé de Bogotá) 46^th)

Coach: Francisco Maturana

Booked: Gabriel Gomez 29, Alexis Garcia 73, Oscar Cortes 82

Other Substitutes:

12-Faryd Camilo Mondragón Alí (Asociacion Deportivo Cali)

5-Hermán Gaviria (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

16-Harold Lozano (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali) (March

Team Captain: Carlos Valderrama

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, Yellow Socks

Date: July 4, 1993

Competition: Copa America-Final

Result: Argentina 2-Mexico 1

Venue: Guayaquil - Estadio Isidro Romero Carbo ‘Monumental’, Ecuador

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Linesmen: Paulo Jorge Alves (Brazil), Venancio Zarate (Paraguay)

Goalscorers:

(Argentina): Gabriel Omar Batistuta 63, 74

(Mexico): Benjamin Galindo 67 pen

Summary of goals:

1:0 (63^rdminute, Argentina): Argentina defense tackled a ball in their own half and it went upfield. It reached Batsituta who went in and scored.

1:1 (67^thminute, Mexico): Alves was fouled by Sergio Goycoechea in the box. Benjamin Galindo scored from the ensuing penalty kick.

2:1 (74^thminute, Argentina): A throw-in from the right side reached Batistuta, who went around defender and scored.

Lineups:

Argentina:

1- Sergio Javier Goycochea (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

4- Fabián Armando Basualdo (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

6- Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (Club Deportivo America-Mexico City / Mexico) (13- Fernando Gabriel Caceres (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) 40^th)

15- Jorge Horacio Borelli (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

3- Ricardo Daniel Altamirano (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

17- Gustavo Miguel Zapata (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

10-

Diego Pablo Simeone (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)

5- Fernando Carlos Redondo Neri (Club Deportivo Tenerife / Spain)

11- Nestor Raul Gorosito (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires) (20- Leonardo Adrián Rodríguez (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio / Italy) 69^th)

9- Gabriel Omar Batistuta (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firezne / Italy)

18- Alberto Federico Acosta (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Coach: Alfio Ruben Basile

Booked: Fabian Basualdo, Nestor Gorosito, Alberto Acosta, Gabriel Batistuta, Leonardo Rodriguez

Other Substitutes:

12-Luis Alberto Islas (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

8- José Horacio Basualdo (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires)

7- Ramon Ismael Medina Bello (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Team Captain: Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue/White Vertical striped Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks

Note: Sergio Javier Goycochea captain after the 40^th minute.

Mexico:

1-Jorge Campos (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas)

5-Ramon Ramírez (Club Santos Laguna S. A. de C. V. (Guerreros) - Torreón, Coahuila)

2-Claudio Suárez (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas)

3-Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas)

21- Raul Gutiérrez (Club de Fútbol Atlante S. A. de C. V. (Potros)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) (15-Luis Flores (Club de Fútbol Atlas (Zorros), Atletico Club - Guadalajara) 79^th)

7-David Patiño (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas) (10-Luis García (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain) 46^th)

4-Ignacio Ambriz (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

8-Alberto García Aspe (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

17-Benjamin Galindo (El Deportivo Guadalajara S. A. de C. V.- Chivas Rayadas)

9-Hugo Sánchez (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

11-Luis Alberto Alves ‘Zague’ (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

Coach: Miguel Mejia Baron

Booked: Claudio Suarez, Alberto Garcia Aspe, Hugo Sanchez

Other Substitutes:

12-Alejandro García (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

20-Abraham Nava (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas)

6-Miguel Herrera (Club de Fútbol Atlante S. A. de C. V. (Potros)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

Team Captain: Hugo Sánchez

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Top Goalscorer:

1-Jose Dolguetta (Venezuela) 4 goals

2-Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina), Ney Aviles (Ecuador), Eduardo Hurtado (Ecuador), Jose Del Solar (Peru) 3 goals