Soccer Nostalgia: Compendium to the 1995 CONMEBOL Copa America-Part 8 (Semifinals and Final)

1995 CONMEBOL Copa America Semifinals and Final Matches:

Semifinals:

Wednesday, July 19, 1995 (Montevideo, Uruguay 2-Colombia 0)

Thursday, July 20, 1995 (Maldonado, Brazil 1-USA 0)

Third Place:

Saturday, July 22, 1995 (Maldonado, Colombia 4-USA 1)

Final:

Sunday, July 23, 1995 (Montevideo, Uruguay 1-Brazil 1) (5-3 on pk shoot-out)

Date: July 19, 1995

Competition: 1995 CONMEBOL Copa America-Semifinals

Result: Uruguay 2-Colombia 0

Venue: Montevideo- Estadio Centenario, Uruguay

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Felix Benegas (Paraguay)

Linesmen: Ernesto Taibi (Argentina), Bommer Fierro (Ecuador)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Uruguay): Edgardo Adinolfi 51, Marcelo Otero 70

(Colombia): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (51^st minute, Uruguay): Francescoli’ss cross from the left side was struck in by Adinolfi.

2:0 (70^th minute, Uruguay): Poyet’s cross from the right side was shot in by Otero.

Lineups:

Uruguay:

1- Fernando Harry Alvez Mosquera (Club Atlético River Plate- Montevideo)

14- Gustavo Emilio Méndez Techera (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

3- Eber Alejandro Moas Silveira (Corporación Deportiva América de Cali / Colombia)

4- José Oscar Herrera Corominas (Cagliari Calcio / Italy)

18- Tabaré Abayubá Silva Aguilar (Defensor Sporting Club Montevideo)

21- Diego Martín Dorta Montes (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

5- Alvaro Gutiérrez Pelscher (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

6- Edgardo Alberto Adinolfi Duarte (Club Atlético River Plate- Montevideo) (19- Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo) 79)

11- Gustavo Augusto Poyet Domínguez (Real Zaragoza / Spain) (15- Marcelo Saralegui Arregin (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires / Argentina) 84)

10- Enzo Françescoli Uriarte (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires / Argentina) (17- Sergio Daniel Martínez Alzuri (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires / Argentina) 75)

7- Marcelo Alejandro Otero Larzábal (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

Coach: Hector Nuñez Bello

Booked: Marcelo Otero 5, Enzo Francescoli 44

Other Substitutes:

12-Jorge Claudio Arbiza Zanuttini (Club Olimpia Asuncion / Paraguay)

22- Oscar Julio Ferro Gandara (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

2- Oscar Aguirregaray Acosta (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

16- Luis Diego López Breijo (Club Atlético River Plate- Montevideo)

8- Pablo Javier Bengoechea Dutra (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

9- Daniel Fonseca Caris (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)

13- Ruben Fernando Da Silva Echeverrito (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires / Argentina)

20- Ruben Sosa Ardaiz (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

Team Captain: Enzo Françescoli Uriarte

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Ennerre

Uniform Colors: Sky Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Sky Blue Socks

Colombia:

1- Rene Higuita (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

13- Wilmer Cabrera (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

5- Jorge Bermudez (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

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

2- Jose Fernando Santa (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí) (18-James Cardona (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali) 73)

14- Leonel Alvarez (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

8- John Harold Lozano (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo / Brazil)

19- Freddy Rincon (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy)

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

9- Niber Arboleda (Asociacion Deportivo Cali) (17-Freddy Leon (Club Deportivo Los Millonarios- Santafé de Bogotá) 72)

11- Faustino Asprilla (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)

Coach : Hernan Dario Gomez

Booked: Leonel Alvarez 4, Niber Arboleda 45

Other Substitutes:

12- Miguel Angel Calero (Asociacion Deportivo Cali)

22- Oscar Eduardo Cordoba (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

4- Alex Fernandez (Corporacion Deportiva Independiente Medellín)

6- Hernan Gaviria (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

15- Bonner Ahmed Mosquera (Club Deportivo Los Millonarios- Santafé de Bogotá)

20- Luis Quinonez (Corporacion Deportiva Once Caldas-Manizales)

21- Francisco Geovanis Cassiani (Corporacion Popular Deportiva Junior- Barranquilla)

7-Miguel Guerrero (Assocoazione Sportiva Bari / Italy)

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

Team Captain: Carlos Valderrama

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

Date: July 20, 1995

Competition: 1995 CONMEBOL Copa America-Semifinals

Result: Brazil 1-USA 0

Venue: Maldonado, Campus Municipal, Uruguay

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Alfredo Rodas (Ecuador)

Linesmen: Yuri Pineda (Peru), Adrián Gómez (Venezuela)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Brazil): Aldair 13

(USA): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (13^th minute, Brazil): Juninho’s free kick from the left side was headed in by Aldair.

Lineups:

Brazil:

1- Cláudio André Mergen ‘Taffarel’ (Clube Atlético Mineiro- Belo Horizonte)
2- Jorge de Amorim Campos ‘Jorginho’ (Kashima Antlers / Japan)
3-‘Aldair’ Nascimento dos Santos (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)
14- André Alves da Cruz (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy)
6- Roberto Carlos da Silva (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo)
16- Leandro Corona Avila (Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama - Rio de Janeiro) (17- Joubert Araújo Martins ‘Beto’ (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro) 30)
8- Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri ‘Dunga’ (Jubilo Iwata / Japan)
11- Crizam César de Oliveira Júnior ‘Zinho’ (Yokohama Flugels / Japan)
10- Osvaldo Giroldo Junior ‘Juninho Paulista’ (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)
7- Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)
21- Sávio Bortoloni Pimentel ‘Sávio’ (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro) (9- Túlio Humberto Pereira da Costa (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro) 71)

Coach: Jorge Mario Lobo Zagallo

Booked: Edmundo 61

Other Substitutes:

12- Danrlei de Deus Hinterholz (Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense)

22- Nelson de Jesus Silva ‘Dida’ (Cruzeiro Esporte Clube- Belo Horizonte)

4- Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus ‘Ronaldão’ (Shimizu S-Pulse / Japan)

13- Rodrigo José Queiroz Chagas (Esporte Clube Vitória-Salvador, Bahia)

5- Carlos César Sampaio Campos (Yokohama Flugels / Japan) (suspended)

15- Narciso dos Santos (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)

18- Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo (Kashima Antlers / Japan)
19- José Ivanaldo de Souza (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)

20- Luis Nazario De Lima ‘Ronaldo’ (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven / Holland)

Team Captain: Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri ‘Dunga’

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

USA:

1- Brad Friedel (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening / Denmark)

4- Michael Burns (Major League Soccer)

20- Paul Caliguri (Los Angeles Salsa (USISL)

22- Alexi Lalas (Padova Calcio / Italy)

5- Thomas Dooley (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V. / Germany)

6- John Harkes (Derby County Football Club / England)

13- Cobi Jones (Coventry City Football Club / England) (14- Frank Klopas (Gymnastikós Sillegós Apollon Athina-Smyrni / Greece) 69)

8- Earnie Stewart (Willem II Tilburg / Holland)

9- Tabaré ‘Tab’ Ramos (Sinergia Deportiva, SA de CV (Club Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León-Tigres) / Mexico)

7- Joseph Max-Moore (1.Fußball-Club 1903 Saarbrücken e.V. / Germany)

11- Eric Wynalda (Verein fur Leibesubungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft e.V. / Germany) (10- Michael Sorber (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas / Mexico) 78)

Coach: Steve Sampson

Other Substitutes:

12- Jürgen Sommer (Luton Town Football Club / England)

18- Kasey Keller (Milwall Football Club-London / England)

2- Michael Lapper (Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH / Germany)

3-Gregg Berhalter (Football Club Zwolle / Holland)

15- Brian Bliss (Fußball-Club Carl Zeiss Jena e.V. / Germany)

17- Marcelo Balboa (Club Deportiva Esmeralda León- León, Guanajuato / Mexico)

19- John Kerr Jr (Milwall Football Club-London / England)

21- Claudio Reyna (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V. / Germany) (July 20, 1973, Livingston, New Jersey)

16- Jovan Kirovski (Manchester United Football Club / England -reserves)

Team Captain: John Harkes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: White (with Red/Navy Blue Horizontal stripe) Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: AS Color

(July 20, 1995, Copa America, Brazil 1-USA 0)

Photo From: Seleccao Brasileira -90 Anos 1914-2004, Authors Antonio Carlos Napoleao, Roberto Assaf

(Brazil squad, July 20, 1995, Copa America, Brazil 1-USA 0)

Date: July 22, 1995

Competition: 1995 CONMEBOL Copa America-Third Place

Result: Colombia 4-USA 1

Venue: Maldonado, Campus Municipal, Uruguay

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Salvador Imperatore (Chile)

Linesmen: Ernesto Taibi (Argentina), Yuri Pineda (Peru)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Colombia): Luis Quinonez 30, Carlos Valderrama 38, Faustino Asprilla 50, Freddy Rincon 76

(USA): Joe Max-Moore 52pen

Summary of goals:

1:0 (30^th minute, Colombia): From the right side, Asprilla passed to Quinonez who slotted past Keller.

2:0 (38^th minute, Colombia): From the right side, Quinonez passed to Valderrama who shot past Keller.

3:0 (50^th minute, Colombia): Higuita’s free kick struck the post and Asprilla scored from the rebound.

3:1 (52^nd minute, USA): Mendoza fouled Kerr in the box. Joe Max-Moore scored from the ensuing penalty kick.

4:1 (76^th minute, Colombia): Rincon was sent through, his first shot hit the post and he scored from the rebound.

Lineups:

Colombia:

1- Rene Higuita (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

13- Wilmer Cabrera (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

5- Jorge Bermudez (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

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

18- James Cardona (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

8- John Harold Lozano (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo / Brazil)

14- Leonel Alvarez (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

19- Freddy Rincon (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy)

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

20- Luis Quinonez (Corporacion Deportiva Once Caldas-Manizales)

11- Faustino Asprilla (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)

Coach: Hernan Dario Gomez

Booked: James Cardona 17, Leonel Alvarez 58, Faustino Asprilla 60

Other Substitutes:

12- Miguel Angel Calero (Asociacion Deportivo Cali)

22- Oscar Eduardo Cordoba (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

2- Jose Fernando Santa (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

4- Alex Fernandez (Corporacion Deportiva Independiente Medellín)

6- Hernan Gaviria (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

15- Bonner Ahmed Mosquera (Club Deportivo Los Millonarios- Santafé de Bogotá)

21- Francisco Geovanis Cassiani (Corporacion Popular Deportiva Junior- Barranquilla)

7-Miguel Guerrero (Assocoazione Sportiva Bari / Italy)

9- Niber Arboleda (Asociacion Deportivo Cali)

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

17-Freddy Leon (Club Deportivo Los Millonarios- Santafé de Bogotá)

Team Captain: Carlos Valderrama

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

USA:

18- Kasey Keller (Milwall Football Club-London / England)

4- Michael Burns (Major League Soccer) (13- Cobi Jones (Coventry City Football Club / England) 63)

20- Paul Caliguri (Los Angeles Salsa (USISL)

22- Alexi Lalas (Padova Calcio / Italy)

2- Michael Lapper (Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH / Germany)

21- Claudio Reyna (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V. / Germany)

14- Frank Klopas (Gymnastikós Sillegós Apollon Athina-Smyrni / Greece)

8- Earnie Stewart (Willem II Tilburg / Holland)

10- Michael Sorber (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas / Mexico) (9- Tabaré ‘Tab’ Ramos (Sinergia Deportiva, SA de CV (Club Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León-Tigres) / Mexico) 37)

7- Joseph Max-Moore (1.Fußball-Club 1903 Saarbrücken e.V. / Germany)

16-Jovan Kirovski (Manchester United Football Club / England -reserves) (19- John Kerr (Milwall Football Club-London / England) 46)

Coach: Steve Sampson

Booked: Mike Lapper 28, Kasey Keller 49, Earnie Stewart

Other Substitutes:

1- Brad Friedel (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening / Denmark)

12- Jürgen Sommer (Luton Town Football Club / England)

3-Gregg Berhalter (Football Club Zwolle / Holland)

15- Brian Bliss (Fußball-Club Carl Zeiss Jena e.V. / Germany)

17- Marcelo Balboa (Club Deportiva Esmeralda León- León, Guanajuato / Mexico)

5- Thomas Dooley (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V. / Germany) (December 5, 1961, Bechhofen, West Germany)

6- John Harkes (Derby County Football Club / England)

11- Eric Wynalda (Verein fur Leibesubungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft e.V. / Germany)

Team Captain: Paul Caliguri

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: White (with Red/Navy Blue Horizontal stripe) Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Note: In another Source: 15-Jovan Kirovski

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 21, July 1999

(July 22, 1995, Copa America, Colombia 4-USA 1)

Photo From: Don Balon, Chile Edition, Issue no 186, January 9-15, 1996

(July 22, 1995, Copa America, Colombia 4-USA 1)

Date: July 23, 1995

Competition: 1995 CONMEBOL Copa America-Semifinals

Result: Uruguay 1-Brazil 1

Venue: Montevideo- Estadio Centenario, Uruguay

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Linesmen: Bommer Fierro (Ecuador), Adrián Gómez (Venezuela)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Uruguay): Pablo Bengoechea 51

(Brazil): Tulio 30

Summary of goals:

0:1 (30^th minute, Brazil): From the left side, Edmundo passed across the goal for Tulio to score with his chest.

1:1 (51^st minute, Uruguay): Pablo Bengoechea scored from a free kick.

Penalty shoot-out sequence:

(Uruguay): Francescoli (1-0), Bengoechea (2-1), Herrera (3-2), Gutiérrez (4-2), Martínez (5-3)

(Brazil): Roberto Carlos (1-1), Zinho (2-2), Tulio (saved) (3-2), Dunga (4-3)

Lineups:

Uruguay:

1- Fernando Harry Alvez Mosquera (Club Atlético River Plate- Montevideo)

14- Gustavo Emilio Méndez Techera (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

3- Eber Alejandro Moas Silveira (Corporación Deportiva América de Cali / Colombia)

4- José Oscar Herrera Corominas (Cagliari Calcio / Italy)

18- Tabaré Abayubá Silva Aguilar (Defensor Sporting Club Montevideo) (6- Edgardo Alberto Adinolfi Duarte (Club Atlético River Plate- Montevideo) 35)

21- Diego Martín Dorta Montes (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo) (8- Pablo Javier Bengoechea Dutra (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo) 46)

11- Gustavo Augusto Poyet Domínguez (Real Zaragoza / Spain)

5- Alvaro Gutiérrez Pelscher (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

10- Enzo Françescoli Uriarte (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires / Argentina)

7- Marcelo Alejandro Otero Larzábal (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

9- Daniel Fonseca Caris (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy) (17- Sergio Daniel Martínez Alzuri (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires / Argentina) 46)

Coach: Hector Nuñez Bello

Booked: Jose Herrera 5, Gustavo Poyet 60, Gustavo Méndez 85

Other Substitutes:

12-Jorge Claudio Arbiza Zanuttini (Club Olimpia Asuncion / Paraguay)

22- Oscar Julio Ferro Gandara (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

2- Oscar Aguirregaray Acosta (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

16- Luis Diego López Breijo (Club Atlético River Plate- Montevideo)

15- Marcelo Saralegui Arregin (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires / Argentina)

19- Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

13- Ruben Fernando Da Silva Echeverrito (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires / Argentina)

20- Ruben Sosa Ardaiz (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

Team Captain: Enzo Françescoli Uriarte

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Ennerre

Uniform Colors: Sky Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Sky Blue Socks

Brazil:

1- Cláudio André Mergen ‘Taffarel’ (Clube Atlético Mineiro- Belo Horizonte)
2- Jorge de Amorim Campos ‘Jorginho’ (Kashima Antlers / Japan)
3-‘Aldair’ Nascimento dos Santos (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)
14- André Alves da Cruz (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy)
6- Roberto Carlos da Silva (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo)
5- Carlos César Sampaio Campos (Yokohama Flugels / Japan)
8- Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri ‘Dunga’ (Jubilo Iwata / Japan)
11- Crizam César de Oliveira Júnior ‘Zinho’ (Yokohama Flugels / Japan)
10- Osvaldo Giroldo Junior ‘Juninho Paulista’ (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo) (17- Joubert Araújo Martins ‘Beto’ (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro) 69)
7- Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)
9- Túlio Humberto Pereira da Costa (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)

Coach: Jorge Mario Lobo Zagallo

Booked: Roberto Carlos 5, Zinho 33, Juninho 66, Carlos Dunga 88

Other Substitutes:

12- Danrlei de Deus Hinterholz (Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense)

22- Nelson de Jesus Silva ‘Dida’ (Cruzeiro Esporte Clube- Belo Horizonte)

4- Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus ‘Ronaldão’ (Shimizu S-Pulse / Japan)

13- Rodrigo José Queiroz Chagas (Esporte Clube Vitória-Salvador, Bahia)

15- Narciso dos Santos (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)

16- Leandro Corona Avila (Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama - Rio de Janeiro)

18- Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo (Kashima Antlers / Japan)
19- José Ivanaldo de Souza (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)

21- Sávio Bortoloni Pimentel (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)

20- Luis Nazario De Lima ‘Ronaldo’ (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven / Holland)

Team Captain: Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri ‘Dunga’

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Top Goalscorer:

Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) 4

Luis Garcia (Mexico) 4

Tulio (Brazil) 4