International Season 1990/ 91, Part 13 (July 1991)

July

Argentina with its new star Gabriel Batistuta were victorious in Copa America.

USA won the Gold Cup on home soil with its new Manager Bora Milutinovic.

For more detail, see :

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2018/03/compendium-to-paulo-roberto-falcao-era_19.html

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2017/07/copa-america-part-4-1991.html

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2017/07/copa-america-1991-compendium-part-2.html

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2017/07/copa-america-1991-compendium-part-3.html

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2017/07/copa-america-1991-compendium-part-4.html

Date: July 1, 1991

Competition: Gold Cup-Group B

Venue: Pasadena, California-Rose Bowl, USA

Referee: Arlington Success (Antigua)

Attendance: 6,344

USA 3-Guatemala 0 (Bruce Murray 11, Brian Quinn 46, Eric Wynalda 52)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1991

(July 1, 1991, Gold Cup, USA 3-Guatemala 0)

Date: July 1, 1991

Competition: Gold Cup-Group B

Venue: Pasadena, California-Rose Bowl, USA

Referee: Arlington Success (Antigua)

Attendance: 6,344

Trinidad and Tobago 2-Costa Rica 1 (Leonson Lewis 38, Alvin Thomas 89 / Hernan Medford 6)

Date: July 2, 1991

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Chişinău -Stadionul Republican (Stadionul National)

Referee: A.Gorin (Moldova)

Attendance: 7,000

Moldova 2-Georgia 4 (Alexandru Spiridon 27, Gheorghe Harea 50 /  Temur Ketsbaia 5, Giorgi Daraselia 13, Mikheil Jishkariani 79; Mikheil Kavelashvili 88)

Date: July 3, 1991

Competition: Gold Cup-Group B

Venue: Los Angeles, Memorial Coliseum, USA

Referee: Jose Fuentes (Honduras)

Attendance: 36,703

Trinidad and Tobago 0-Guatemala 1 (Luis Espel 89)

Photo From: Soccer International, Volume 2, Issue 10, October 1991

(July 3, 1991, Gold Cup, Trinidad and Tobago 0-Guatemala 1)

Date: July 3, 1991

Competition: Gold Cup-Group A

Venue: Los Angeles, Memorial Coliseum, USA

Referee: José Carlos Ortiz (El Salvador)

Attendance: 36,703

Jamaica 2-Canada 3 (Hector Wright 42, Roderick Reid 63 / Dale Mitchell 34, Colin Miller 54, John Limniatis 60)

Photo From: Soccer International, Volume 2, Issue 10, October 1991

(July 3, 1991, Gold Cup, Jamaica 2-Canada 3)

Date: July 3, 1991

Competition: Gold Cup-Group A

Venue: Los Angeles, Memorial Coliseum, USA

Referee: Jay Majid (USA)

Attendance: 36,703

Mexico 1-Honduras 1 (Carlos Hermosillo 67 / Marco Anariba 10)

Date: July 3, 1991

Competition: Gold Cup-Group B

Venue: Pasadena, California-Rose Bowl, USA

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Attendance: 36,703

USA 3-Costa Rica 2 (Peter Vermes 6, Hugo Pérez 49 pen, Hector Marchena (Own Goal) 59 / Juan Carlos Arguedas 30, Claudio Jara 33)

Date: July 5, 1991

Competition: Gold Cup-Semifinals

Venue: Los Angeles, Memorial Coliseum, USA

Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)

Attendance: 41,103

Honduras 2-Costa Rica 0 (Eduardo Bennett 37, Eugenio Dolmo Flores 79)

Date: July 5, 1991

Competition: Gold Cup-Semifinals

Venue: Los Angeles, Memorial Coliseum, USA

Referee: José Carlos Ortiz (El Salvador)

Attendance: 41,103

USA 2-Mexico 0 (John Doyle 48, Peter Vermes 64)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1991

(July 5, 1991, Gold Cup, USA 2-Mexico 0)

Date: July 6, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group A

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile 

Attendance: 45,000 (42, 779 in other sources)

Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)

Chile 2-Venezuela 0 (Eduardo Vilches 22, Ivan Zamorano 34)

Photo From: El Grafico Number 3745, 1991

(July 6, 1991, Copa America, Chile 2-Venezuela 0)

Date: July 6, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group A

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile 

Attendance: 45,000 (42, 779 in other sources)

Referee: Juan Oscar Ortubé Vargas (Bolivia)

Paraguay 1-Peru 0 (Luis Monzón 21)

(Peru): None

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2362, July 16, 1991

(July 6, 1991, Copa America, Paraguay 1-Peru 0)

Date: July 7, 1991

Competition: Gold Cup-Third Place

Venue: Los Angeles, Memorial Coliseum, USA

Referee: Errol Forbes (Trinidad and Tobago)

Attendance: 39,873

Mexico 2-Costa Rica 0 (Gonzalo Farfán 9, Benjamín Galindo 89)

Photo From: Soccer International, Volume 2, Issue 10, October 1991

(July 7, 1991, Gold Cup, Mexico 2-Costa Rica 0)

Date: July 7, 1991

Competition: Gold Cup-Final

Venue: Los Angeles, Memorial Coliseum, USA

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Attendance: 39,873

USA 0-Honduras 0 (USA won 4-3 on penalty kick shoot-out)

Photo From: Soccer International, Volume 2, Issue 9, September 1991

(July 7, 1991, Gold Cup, USA 0- Honduras 0)

Photo From: Soccer International, Volume 2, Issue 9, September 1991

(July 7, 1991, Gold Cup, USA 0- Honduras 0)

Date: July 7, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group B

Venue: Valparaíso, Estadio Playa Ancha, Chile 

Attendance: 15,000 (10,662 in other sources)

Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar Valdez (Paraguay)

Colombia 1-Ecuador 0 (Anthony De Avila 25)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 36, January 1992

(July 7, 1991, Copa America, Colombia 1-Ecuador 0)

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

(Colombia squad, July 7, 1991, Copa America, Colombia 1-Ecuador 0)

Date: July 7, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group B

Venue: Valparaíso, Estadio Playa Ancha, Chile 

Attendance: 15,000 (10,662 in other sources)

Referee: Carlos A. Maciel (Paraguay)

Uruguay 1-Bolivia 1 (Ramon Castro 73 / Juan Berthy Suárez 16)

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 17, 1991

(July 7, 1991, Copa America, Uruguay 1-Bolivia 1)

Date: July 8, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group A

Venue: Concepción, Estadio Regional, Chile 

Attendance: 50,000 (18, 798 in other sources)

Referee: Ernesto Filippi Cavani (Uruguay)

Chile 4-Peru 2 (Hugo Rubio 16,  Jorge Contreras 51 pen, Ivan Zamorano 61, 74 / Flavio Maestri 59, Jose Del Solar 71)

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 24, 1991

(July 8, 1991, Copa America, Chile 4-Peru 2)

Date: July 8, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group A

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 50,000 (13, 965 in other sources)

Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)

Argentina 3-Venezuela 0 (Gabriel Batistuta 28, 50th pen, Claudio Caniggia 43)

Photo From: El Grafico Number 3744, 1991

(July 8, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Venezuela 0)

Photo From: Don Balon (Copa America 1991)

(Argentina squad, July 8, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Venezuela 0)

Date: July 9, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group B

Venue: Viña del Mar, Estádio Sausalito, Chile 

Attendance: 18,000 (5,547 in other sources)

Referee: Gastón E. Makus Castro (Chile)

Uruguay 1-Ecuador 1 (Peter Méndez 49 pen / Alex Aguinaga 44)

Photo From: Photo From: World Soccer, August 1991

(July 9, 1991, Copa America, Uruguay 1-Ecuador 1)

Date: July 9, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group B

Venue: Viña del Mar, Estádio Sausalito, Chile 

Attendance: 17,500 (5,547 in other sources)

Referee: José Francisco Ramirez Calle (Peru)

Brazil 2-Bolivia 1 (Neto 5 pen, Claudio Branco 47 / Erwin Sanchez 90 pen)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1991

(July 9, 1991, Copa America, Brazil 2-Bolivia 1)

Date: July 10, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group A

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile 

Attendance: 30,000 (68, 215 in other sources)

Referee: José Joquin Torres (Colombia)

Paraguay 5-Venezuela 0 (Gutavo Neffa 34, Carlos Guirland 38, Luis Monzón 75th, 87th pen, Vidal Sanabria 81st)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1991

(July 10, 1991, Copa America, Paraguay 5-Venezuela 0)

Date: July 10, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group A

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile 

Attendance: 75,000 (68, 215 in other sources)

Referee: José Roberto Ramiz Wright (Brazil)

Chile 0-Argentina 1 (Gabriel Batistuta 81)

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 24, 1991

(July 10, 1991, Copa America, Chile 0-Argentina 1)

Date: July 11, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group B

Venue: Viña del Mar, Estádio Sausalito, Chile 

Attendance: 15,000 (15,448 in other sources)

Referee: Francisco Abreu Faría (Venezuela)

Colombia 0-Bolivia 0 (-)

Date: July 11, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group B

Venue: Viña del Mar, Estádio Sausalito, Chile 

Attendance: 15,000 (15,448 in other sources)

Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

Brazil 1-Uruguay 1 (João Paulo 39 / Peter Mendez 66)

Photo From: Don Balon (Copa America 1991)

(Mauro Silva, July 11, 1991, Copa America, Brazil 1-Uruguay 1)

Photo From: Don Balon (Copa America 1991)

(Brazil squad, July 11, 1991, Copa America, Brazil 1-Uruguay 1)

Date: July 12, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group A

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile 

Attendance: 5,000 (13, 876 in other sources)

Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)

Peru 5-Venezuela 1 (Eugenio La Rosa 9th, 55th, Cesar Eduardo Rodríguez21st, Jose Del Solar 58th , Jorge Hirano 62nd / Miguel Echenausi 14^th)

Date: July 12, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group A

Venue: Concepción, Estadio Regional, Chile           

Attendance: 40,000 (10,070 in other sources)

Referee: Ernesto Fillipi Cavani (Uruguay)

Argentina 4-Paraguay 1 (Gabriel Batistuta 40^th, Diego Simeone 61^st, Leonardo Astrada 70^th, Claudio Caniggia 81^st / Jose Cardozo 79)

Photo From: El Grafico Number 3745, 1991

(July 12, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 4-Paraguay 1)

Photo From: Historia de la Copa America

(Argentina squad, July 12, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 4-Paraguay 1)

Date: July 12, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 2

Venue: Cairo

Referee: -

Attendance: 50,000

Egypt 5-Chad 1 (H. Hassan 35, 58, Ramzy 57, 60, 80 / Touré 18)

Date: July 13, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 4

Venue: Ouagadougou

Referee: -

Attendance: 18,000

Burkina Faso 2-Ghana 1 (Ilboudo 21,  Gnimassou 87 /  Teteh 17)

Date: July 13, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group B

Venue: Viña del Mar, Estádio Sausalito, Chile 

Attendance: 19,000 (15,583 in other sources)

Referee: Gastón E. Makus Castro (Chile)

Ecuador 4-Bolivia 0 (Alex Aguinaga 32^nd,  Ney Raúl Avilés 42^nd, 73^rd, Erwin Ramírez 80^th pen (goalkeeper scored from the spot))

Date: July 13, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group B

Venue: Viña del Mar, Estádio Sausalito, Chile 

Attendance: 19,000 (15,583 in other sources)

Referee: Carlos A. Maciel (Paraguay)

Colombia 2-Brazil 0 (Anthony De Avilla 35th, Arnoldo Iguaran 66th)

Photo From: Triunfo No 268 29-07-1991

(July 13, 1991, Copa America, Colombia 2-Brazil 0)

Date: July 14, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Yaoundé

Referee: -

Attendance: 60,000

Cameroon 1-Sierra Leone 0 (Ekeke 80)

Date: July 14, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Conakry

Referee: -

Attendance: 38,000

Guinea 2-Mali 1 (Fodo Camara 17, Abubucar Tit Camara 70 / Kubilay 75)

Date: July 14, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 4

Venue: Lomé

Referee: -

Attendance: 20,000

Togo 2-Benin 0 (Amegnizin 57, Flawoo pen 70)

Date: July 14, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 5

Venue: Lusaka

Referee: -

Attendance: 50,000

Zambia 2-Madagascar 1 (Musonda 20, Bwalya 38 / Henry 49)

Date: July 14, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 6

Venue: Nairobi

Referee: -

Attendance: 20,000

Kenya 1-Mozambique 0 (Mwololo 32)

Date: July 14, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 7

Venue: Harare

Referee: -

Attendance: 60,000

Zimbabwe 2-Congo 2 (McKop 9, Ndlovu 78 / Makita 40, Ndombe 89)

Date: July 14, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 8

Venue: Libreville

Referee: -

Attendance: 30,000

Gabon 1-Tanzania 0 (Anotho 37)

Date: July 14, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 8

Venue: Kinshasa

Referee: -

Attendance: 70,000

Zaire 1-Uganda 0 (Balenga pen 75)

Date: July 14, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group A

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 80,000 (67, 902 in other sources)

Referee: Juan Oscar Ortubé Vargas (Bolivia)

Argentina 3-Peru 2 (Diego Latorre 3^rd, Nestor Craviotto 51^st, Claudio García 57^th / Alfonso Orlando Yáñez 35^th pen, Jorge Hirano 65)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 36, January 1992

(Antonio Mohamed, July 14, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Peru 2)

Date: July 14, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group A

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 80,000 (67, 902 in other sources)

Referee: José Roberto Ramiz Wright (Brazil)

Chile 4-Paraguay 0 (Hugo Rubio 12^th, Ivan Zamorano 15^th, Fabian Estay 63^rd, Jaime Vera 68^th)

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 24, 1991

(July 14, 1991, Copa America, Chile 4-Paraguay 0)

Date: July 15, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 4

Venue: Luanda

Referee: -

Attendance: 20,000

Angola 1-Swaziland 1 (Felito pen 40 Dance Matse 48)

Date: July 15, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group B

Venue: Viña del Mar, Estádio Sausalito, Chile 

Attendance: 30,000 (15, 721 in other sources)

Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

Uruguay 1-Colombia 0 (Peter Mendez 19)

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 24, 1991

(July 15, 1991, Copa America, Uruguay 1-Colombia 0)

Photo From: Libero, issue 9, 1993 (IFFHS)

(Colombia squad, July 15, 1991, Copa America, Uruguay 1-Colombia 0)

Date: July 15, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Group B

Venue: Viña del Mar, Estádio Sausalito, Chile 

Attendance: 19,000 (15, 721 in other sources)

Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar Valdez (Paraguay)

Brazil 3-Ecuador 1 (Mazinho II 8^th, Márcio Santos 54^th, Luís Henrique 89^th / Carlos Muñoz 12)

 

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 24, 1991

(July 15, 1991, Copa America, Brazil 3-Ecuador 1)

Date: July 15, 1991

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Torshavn-Gundadalur

Referee: Bo Karlson (Sweden)

Attendance: 4,500

Faroe Islands 1-Turkey 1 (Toddi Johnsson 50 / Hami Mandıralı 75)

Date: July 17, 1991

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Attendance: 5,000

Iceland 5-Turkey 1 (Arnar Gretarsson 2, Arnor Gudjohnsen 24, 34, 44 64 / Ünal Karaman 14)

Date: July 17, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Final Round

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 65,000 (44,005 in other sources)

Referee: Carlos A. Maciel (Paraguay)

Argentina 3-Brazil 2 (Dario Franco 1st, 40th, Gabriel Batistuta 46th / Claudio Branco 6th, João Paulo 53rd)

Photo From: World Soccer, July 1993 

(July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Libero, issue 9, 1993 (IFFHS)

(Brazil and Argentina squads, July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

 Date: July 17, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Final Round

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 65,000 (44,005 in other sources)

Referee: Ernesto Cavani Filippi (Uruguay)

Chile 1-Colombia 1 (Ivan Zamorano 74  / Arnoldo Iguarán 37)

Photo From: Don Balon (Copa America 1991)

(Carlos Valderrama and Jaime Pizarro, July 17, 1991, Copa America, Chile 1-Colombia 1)

Photo From: Libero, issue 9, 1993 (IFFHS)

(Chile squad, July 17, 1991, Copa America, Chile 1-Colombia 1)

Date: July 19, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Final Round

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 65,000 (37, 612 in other sources)

Referee: Ernesto Fillipi Cavani (Uruguay)

Chile 0-Argentina 0 (-)

Photo From: Historia de la Copa America

(July 19, 1991, Copa America, Chile 0-Argentina 0)

Date: July 19, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Final Round

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 65,000 (37, 612 in other sources)

Referee: Juan Francisco Ramirez (Peru)

Brazil 2-Colombia 0 (Renato Gaúcho 29^th , Branco 61^st pen) 

Photo From: World Soccer, October 1991

(Ricardo Rocha, July 19, 1991, Copa America, Brazil 2-Colombia 0)

Date: July 21, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Final Round

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 50,000 (45,104 in other sources)

Referee: Juan Oscar Ortube Vargas (Bolivia)

Chile 0-Brazil 2 (Mazinho II 8, Luís Henrique 56)

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 31, 1991

(July 21, 1991, Copa America, Chile 0-Brazil 2)

Date: July 21, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Final Round

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 50,000 (45,104 in other sources)

Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar Valdez (Paraguay)

Argentina 2-Colombia 1 (Diego Simeone 11th, Gabriel Batistuta 19th / Anthony De Avila 70th)

Photo From: El Grafico Number 3746, 1991

(July 21, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 2-Colombia 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 31, August 1991

(Argentina squad, July 21, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 2-Colombia 1)