Compendium to The Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast-Part 144-Matches of Argentina National Team under Cesar Luis Menotti during the year 1979

  

Argentina National Team matches under Cesar Luis Menotti during the year 1979

 

April 25, 1979, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2- Bulgaria 1 (René Orlando Houseman, 3, Daniel Alberto Passarella 60 pen / Hristo Bonev 10)

May 22, 1979, Berne, Switzerland, 75th Anniversary FIFA Cup, Argentina 0-Holland 0 (Argentina won 8-7 on Penalty Kick Shoot-out)

May 26, 1979, Roma, Italy 2-Argentina 2 (Franco Causio 25, Paolo Rossi 55 / Jose Daniel Valencia 7, Daniel Passarella 56 pen)

May 29, 1979, Dublin, UNICEF Benefit Match, Republic of Ireland 0-Argentina 0 (This match is considered Official by Argentina, but Unofficial by Ireland)

June 2, 1979, Glasgow, Scotland 1-Argentina 3 (Arthur Graham 85 / Leopoldo Luque 33, 61, Diego Maradona 70)

June 6, 1979, East Rutherford, New Jersey, New York Cosmos (USA) 0-Argentina 1 (Daniel Alberto Passarella 88)

June 25, 1979, Buenos Aires, ‘Celebration for the 1^st Anniversary of Argentina's first World Cup victory’, Argentina 1- FIFA World Stars 2 (Diego Maradona 28 / Own Goal (Luis Galvan) 68, Zico 73)

July 18, 1979, Copa America, La Paz, Bolivia 2-Argentina 1 (Jesus Reynaldo 29,66 / Carlos Angel López 5)

August 2, 1979, Copa America, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2-Argentina 1 (Artur Antunes Coimbra ‘Zico’ 2, Milton Queiroz da Paixão Tita 54 / Hugo Oscar Coscia 29)

August 8, 1979, Copa America, Buenos Aires, Argentina 3-Bolivia 0 (Daniel Alberto Passarella 1, Jorge Osvaldo Gáspari 15, Diego Maradona 65)

August 23, 1979, Copa America, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2-Brazil 2 (Daniel Alberto Passarella 38, Roberto Osvaldo Díaz 71 / ‘Sócrates’ Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira 17, 65 pen)

September 12, 1979, West Berlin, West Germany 2-Argentina 1 (Klaus Allofs 47, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 58 / Jose Antonio Castro 84)

September 16, 1979, Belgrade, Yugoslavia 4-Argentina 2 (Safet Susic 22,53,70, Blaz Sliskovic 86 / Daniel Passarella 82, Ramón Angel Diaz  89)

 

 

 

Date: April 25, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Result: Argentina 2-Bulgaria 1

Venue: Buenos Aires -Antonio Vespuci Alberti (El Monumental de Nuñes) (Club Atletico River Plate)

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Juan José Fortunato (Uruguay)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Argentina): René Orlando Houseman, 3, Daniel Alberto Passarella 60 pen

(Bulgaria): Hristo Bonev 10

Summary of goals:

1:0 (3^rd minute, Argentina): Jose Omar Reinaldi got past the goalkeeper, but his attempt was cleared off the line, Housemans knocked in the rebound.

1:1 (10^th minute, Bulgaria): -

2:1 (60^th minute, Argentina): Jose Omar Reinaldi was fouled in the box. Passarella scored from the ensuing penalty kick.

Lineups:

Argentina:

Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Jorge Mario Olguín (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

Jorge Alberto Garcia (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario)

Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Hugo Eduardo Villaverde (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

Diego Armando Maradona (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires)

Américo Ruben Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) (Jose Luis Gaitán (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario) 64)

Óscar Alberto Ortiz (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) (Hugo Osmar Perotti (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires) 66)

Jose Omar Reinaldi (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

René Orlando Houseman (Club Atletico Huracán - Buenos Aires)

 

Coach: César Luis Menotti

 

Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Note:

1-First and only cap for Jorge Alberto Garcia (1/0) (1979).

2-First cap for Hugo Eduardo Villaverde, Jose Luis Gaitán, Hugo Osmar Perotti, Jose Omar Reinaldi and Juan Alberto Barbas.

 

Bulgaria:

Hristo Hristov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Pirin – Blagoevgrad)

Nikolai Grancharov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)   

Borislav Dimitrov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)  

Stefan Aladjov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia)    

Iordan Stoikov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)  

Krassimir Borisov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak – Sofia) (Traiko Sokolov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia) 67)      

Angel Kolev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia)  

Hristo Bonev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Plovdiv) (Atanas Mihailov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia) 46)    

Andrei Jeliazkov (Druzestvo za Fizikultura i Sport Slavia –Sofia) 

Metodi Stoianov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Pirin – Blagoevgrad) (Georgi Stefanov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia) 75)

Borislav Hadjiev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Pirin – Blagoevgrad)

 

Coach: Danko Roev

Team Captain: Hristo Bonev

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: - Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

Photo From: World Soccer, June 1979

(Argentina squad, April 25, 1979, Argentina 2-Bulgaria 1)

 

 

The selected squad for the European Tour:

Goalkeepers:

Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Hector Rodolfo Baley (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

 

Defenders:

Hugo Eduardo Villaverde (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

Jorge Mario Olguín (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

Alberto Cesar Tarantini (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba) (not on original list, was included after retuning to Argentine League)

Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Enzo Hector Trossero (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

Juan Ernesto Simon (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

Jorge Alberto Garcia (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario)

Victorio Orlando Ocaño (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

 

Midfielders:

Américo Ruben Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

Miguel Angel Oviedo (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

Diego Armando Maradona (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires)

Osvaldo Cesar Ardiles (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England) (not on original list, since he was with a foreign club)

Jose Daniel Valencia (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)               

Carlos Guillermo Fren (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

Juan Domingo Cabrera (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

 

Strikers:
René Orlando Houseman (Club Atletico Huracán - Buenos Aires)

Daniel Ricardo Bertoni (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain) (not on original list, since he was with a foreign club)

Leopoldo Jacinto Luque (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Óscar Alberto Ortiz (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Jose Omar Reinaldi (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

Hugo Osmar Perotti (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Norberto Daniel Outes (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

Felix Lorenzo Orte (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario)

 

 

Date: May 22, 1979

Competition: Friendly (75th Anniversary FIFA Cup)

Result: Argentina 0-Holland 0 (Argentina won 8-7 on Penalty Kick Shoot-out)

Venue: Berne- Wankdorf Stadion, Switzerland

Attendance: 10,375

Referee: Ramón Ivanoes Barreto Ruiz (Uruguay)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Argentina): None

(Holland): None

Summary of goals:

-

Sequence of penalty kicks:

Argentina: Olguín (missed), Maradona, Ardiles (missed), Gallego, Villaverde, Tarantini, Trossero, Passarella, Houseman, Barbas

Holland: Neeskens, Stevens, Jan H. Peters (missed), Krol, Poortvilet, Jan W. Peters (missed), Metgod, Rene van de Kerkhof (missed), Rep, Hovenkamp

Lineups:

Argentina:

1-Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

2-Hugo Eduardo Villaverde (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

4-Jorge Mario Olguín (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

3-Alberto Cesar Tarantini (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

6-Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

8-Osvaldo Cesar Ardiles (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

5-Américo Ruben Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

10-Diego Armando Maradona (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires)

7-Daniel Ricardo Bertoni (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain) (15-René Orlando Houseman (Club Atletico Huracán - Buenos Aires) 67)

9-Leoplodo Jacinto Luque (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) (14-Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) 61)

11-Óscar Alberto Ortiz (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) (18-Enzo Hector Trossero (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) 85)

 

Coach: César Luis Menotti

Booked: Daniel Alberto Passarella 42

 

Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Note:

1-On Televsion scrolls, the substitute Trossero was mistakingly referred as Miguel Oviedo

2- This match between the last World Cup’s finalists was to celebrate FIFA’s 75^th anniversary. The first time the opponents had met since the 1979 World Cup Final.

3- On Argentina’s lineup only Galvan and Kempes were missing from last year’s final.

4-For more detail, see:

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2015/08/teams-on-tour-part-two.html

5-Final cap for Óscar Alberto Ortiz (23/2) (1975-1979).

 

Holland:

1-Willem Petrus ‘Pim’ Doesburg (Sparta Rotterdam)

2-Wilhelmus Marinus Antonius ‘Wim’ Jansen (Feyenoord Rotterdam) (14-Johannes Antonius Bernardus ‘John’ Metgod (AZ (Alkmaar Zaanstreek) '67 -Alkmaar) 80)

5-Rudolf Jozef ‘Ruud’ Krol (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

3-Hubertus Jozef Margaretha ‘Huub’ Stevens (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)  

4-Hugo Harmanus Hovenkamp (AZ (Alkmaar Zaanstreek) '67 -Alkmaar)

7- Johannes Wilhelmus ‘Jan’ Peters (AZ (Alkmaar Zaanstreek) '67 -Alkmaar)

9-Johannes Jacobus ‘Johan’ Neeskens (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

6-Jan Poortvilet (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)   

8-Nicolaas ‘Johnny’ Rep (Sporting Etoile Club de Bastia / France)

10-Cornelis 'Kees' Kist (AZ (Alkmaar Zaanstreek) '67 -Alkmaar) (15-Johannes Henricus ‘Jan’ Peters (Feyenoord Rotterdam) 57)

11-Simon Melkianus Tahamata (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam) (12-Reinier Lambertus ‘René’ van de Kerkhof (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven) 62)

 

Coach: Jan Zwartkruis

Other Substitutes:

Johannes Franciscus ‘Hans’ van Breukelen (Football Club Utrecht)

Wilhelmus Antonius ‘Willy’ van de Kerkhof (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)  

 

Team Captain: Rudolf Jozef ‘Ruud’ Krol

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Orange Shirts, White Shorts, Orange Socks

Note:

1- Ruud Krol earned his 65^th appaerance and is now the new recordman of appearances for Holland.

Photo From: Mondial, old series, issue 33, August 1979

(Diego Maradona and Ruud Krol, May 22, 1979, Holland 0-Argentina 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 42, June 1979

(Argentina Squad, Top, left to right: Oscar Ortiz, Diego Maradona, Osvaldo Ardiles, Hugo Villaverde, Alberto Tarantini, Jorge Olguin, Leopoldo Luque, Ubaldo Fillol, Daniel Bertoni, Americo Gallego, Daniel Passarella, May 22, 1979, Holland 0-Argentina 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 42, June 1979

(May 22, 1979, Holland 0-Argentina 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 42, June 1979

(May 22, 1979, Holland 0-Argentina 0)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 22 (239), May 30-June 5, 1979

(May 22, 1979, Holland 0-Argentina 0)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 22 (239), May 30-June 5, 1979

(May 22, 1979, Holland 0-Argentina 0)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989

 

(Holland Squad, May 22, 1979, Holland 0-Argentina 0)

 

Date: May 26, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Result: Italy 2-Argentina 2

Venue: Roma –Lo Stadio Olimpico

Attendance: 59,834

Referee: Luis Antonio Porem (Portugal)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Franco Causio 25, Paolo Rossi 55

(Argentina): Jose Daniel Valencia 7, Daniel Passarella 56 pen

Summary of goals:

0:1 (7^th minute, Argentina): Passarella won the ball in middle of the field and sent Valencia clear, who despite pressure from Scirea, took a shot that hit Zoff but trickled into the net despite Collovati’s desperate attempt to clear.

1:1 (25^th minute, Italy): A throw- in on the left side from Cabrini was sent towards Causio who flicked it over Villaverde and volleyed it from the edge of box and looped it over Fillol.

2:1 (55^th minute, Italy): Antognoni won a ball in midfield from Passarella and immediately sent Rossi clear on the left side, Rossi stopped and turned around, which unbalanced Villaverde who fell, and shot over Fillol into the top right corner.

2:2 (56^th minute, Argentina): Scirea pushed Maradona in the box.. Passarella scored from the ensuing penalty kick.

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Dino Zoff (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 

2-Claudio Gentile (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

3-Antonio Cabrini (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 

4-Gabriele Oriali (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)     

5-Fulvio Collovati (Associazione Calcio Milan)

6-Gaetano Scirea (Juventus Football Club-Torino)   

7-Franco Causio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

8-Marco Tardelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 

9-Paolo Rossi (Societa Sportiva Lanerossi-Vicenza)  

10-Giancarlo Antognoni (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

11-Roberto Bettega (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

 

Coach: Enzo Bearzot

Other Substitutes:

12-Paolo Conti (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

13-Aldo Maldera (Associazione Calcio Milan)        

14-Romeo Benetti (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

15-Renato Zaccarelli (Torino Calcio 1906)

16-Francesco Graziani (Torino Calcio 1906)

17-Bruno Giordano (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)  

 

Team Captain: Dino Zoff

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

 

Argentina:

1-Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

4-Jorge Mario Olguín (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

3-Alberto Cesar Tarantini (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

5-Américo Ruben Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

2-Hugo Eduardo Villaverde (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

6-Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

7-René Orlando Houseman (Club Atletico Huracán - Buenos Aires)

8-Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) (17-Miguel Angel Oviedo (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba) 68)

9-Leoplodo Jacinto Luque (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)     

10-Diego Armando Maradona (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires)

11-Jose Daniel Valencia (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)               

 

Coach: César Luis Menotti

Other Substitutes:

12-Hector Rodolfo Baley (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

13-Hugo Osmar Perotti (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

14-Norberto Daniel Outes (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

15-Enzo Hector Trossero (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

16-Jose Omar Reinaldi (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

 

Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Photo From: Onze, Issue 43, July 1979

(May 26, 1979, Italy 2-Argentina 2)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 43, July 1979

(May 26, 1979, Italy 2-Argentina 2)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 22 (239), May 30-June 5, 1979

(May 26, 1979, Italy 2-Argentina 2)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 22 (239), May 30-June 5, 1979

(May 26, 1979, Italy 2-Argentina 2)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 22 (239), May 30-June 5, 1979

(May 26, 1979, Italy 2-Argentina 2)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 22 (239), May 30-June 5, 1979

(both squads, May 26, 1979, Italy 2-Argentina 2)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 53, May 1980

(Argentina Squad, Top, left to right: Daniel Passarella, René Houseman, Jorge Olguín, Hugo Villaverde, Alberto Tarantini, Ubaldo Fillol , Bottom, left to right: Américo Gallego, Juan Barbas, Leopoldo Luque, Diego Maradona, Jose Valencia, May 26, 1979, Italy 2-Argentina 2)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, Supplement 2

(Italy Squad, May 26, 1979, Italy 2-Argentina 2)

Date: May 29, 1979

Competition: Unofficial Friendly (UNICEF Benefit Match)

Result: Republic of Ireland 0-Argentina 0

Venue: Dublin -Lansdowne Road 

Attendance: 10,375

Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Republic of Ireland): None

(Argentina): None

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Republic of Ireland:

Gerald Joseph ‘Gerry’ Peyton (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Eamonn Gregg (Bohemians Football Club-Dublin)

Patrick Martin ‘Paddy’ Mulligan (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)   

David Anthony O'Leary (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Michael Paul ‘Mick’ Martin (Newcastle United Football Club / England)   

John Michael Giles (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

William ‘Liam’ Brady (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Anthony Patrick Grealish (Leyton Orient Football Club-London / England)

Francis Anthony ‘Frank’ Stapleton (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Daniel Joseph ‘Don’ Givens (Birmingham City Football Club / England) (Paul Gerard McGee (Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club-London / England) 65)

Michael Anthony ‘Mickey’ Walsh (Queen's Park Rangers Football Club-London / England) (Brendan Richard O'Callaghan (Stoke City Football Club / England) 81)

 

Coach: John Michael Giles

 

Team Captain: John Michael Giles

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

 

Argentina:

Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Jorge Mario Olguín (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

Alberto Cesar Tarantini (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba) (Américo Ruben Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario) 36)  

Enzo Hector Trossero (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

Hugo Eduardo Villaverde (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

Jose Daniel Valencia (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)               

Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

Miguel Angel Oviedo (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

René Orlando Houseman (Club Atletico Huracán - Buenos Aires)

Hugo Osmar Perotti (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires) (Diego Armando Maradona (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires) 46)         

Jose Omar Reinaldi (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba) (Norberto Daniel Outes (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) 46)

 

Coach: César Luis Menotti

Booked: Alberto Cesar Tarantini, Enzo Hector Trossero

 

Team Captain: Jorge Mario Olguín

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Note:

1- This match is considered Official by Argentina, but Unofficial by Ireland.

2-Final cap for Hugo Osmar Perotti (2/0) (1979).

3-Final cap for Jose Omar Reinaldi (2/0) (1979).

4-Final cap for Miguel Angel Oviedo (10/0) (1975-1979).

5-First cap for Norberto Daniel Outes.

 

 

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3113 (June 5, 1979)

(Jose Reinaldi, May 29, Republic of Ireland 0-Argentina 0)

 

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3113 (June 5, 1979)

(Eamonn Gregg, Liam Brady and Jose Valencia, May 29, Republic of Ireland 0-Argentina 0)

 

 

 

 

Date: June 2, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Result: Scotland 1-Argentina 3

Venue: Glasgow -Hampden Park

Attendance: 61,918

Referee: Patrick Partridge (England)

Linesmen: T. Farley and E.R.M. Smith (both England)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Scotland): Arthur Graham 85

(Argentina): Leopoldo Luque 33, 61, Diego Maradona 70

Summary of goals:

0:1 (33^rd minute, Argentina): Maradona from the middle of field moved past a number of Scottish defenders and passed to Luque for the first goal.

0:2 (61^st minute, Argentina): Luque was sent clear from a pass in the middle and had to go around Rough to slot home.

0:3 (70^th minute, Argentina): Diego Maradona received a ball on the left side edge of the box and lobbed it over Wood.

1:3 (85^th minute, Scotland): -

Lineups:

Scotland:

1-Alan Roderick Rough (Partick Thistle Football Club-Glasgow) (12-George Wood (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 46)

2-George Elder Burley (Ipswich Town Football Club / England)

3-Alexander ‘Iain’ Fordyce Munro (Saint-Mirren Football Club-Paisley)

4-David Narey (Dundee United Football Club)

5-Paul Anthony Hegarty (Dundee United Football Club)

6-Alan David Hansen (Liverpool Football Club / England)

7-Francis Peter McGarvey (Liverpool Football Club / England)

8-John Wark (Ipswich Town Football Club / England)

9-Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish (Liverpool Football Club / England)

10-Richard ‘Asa’ Hartford (Manchester City Football Club / England) (13-Francis Tierney Gray (Leeds United Association Football Club / England) 69)

11-Arthur Graham (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

 

Coach: Jock Stein

 

Team Captain: Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Navy Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Argentina:

1-Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

4-Jorge Mario Olguín (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

2-Hugo Eduardo Villaverde (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) (14-Enzo Hector Trossero (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) 21)

6-Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

3-Alberto Cesar Tarantini (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

5-Américo Ruben Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

8-Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

10-Diego Armando Maradona (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires)

7-René Orlando Houseman (Club Atletico Huracán - Buenos Aires) (Norberto Daniel Outes (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) 54)

9-Leoplodo Jacinto Luque (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

11-Jose Daniel Valencia (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)               

 

Coach: César Luis Menotti

 

Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Note:

1-Diego Maradona scored his first ever goal for Argentina.

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3113 (June 5, 1979)

(June 2, 1979, Scotland 1-Argentina 3)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3113 (June 5, 1979)

(June 2, 1979, Scotland 1-Argentina 3)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3113 (June 5, 1979)

(June 2, 1979, Scotland 1-Argentina 3)

Photo From: World Soccer, November 1996

(June 2, 1979, Scotland 1-Argentina 3)

Photo From: Mondial, old series, issue 34, September 1979

(June 2, 1979, Scotland 1-Argentina 3)

Photo From: World Soccer, May 1980

(Argentina Squad, Top, left to right: Daniel Passarella, René Houseman, Jorge Olguín, Hugo Villaverde, Alberto Tarantini, Ubaldo Fillol , Bottom, left to right: Américo Gallego, Juan Barbas, Leopoldo Luque, Diego Maradona, Jose Valencia, June 2, 1979, Scotland 1-Argentina 3)

 

 

Date: June 6, 1979

Competition: Unofficial Friendly

Result: New York Cosmos (USA) 0-Argentina 1 

Venue: East Rutherford, New Jersey- Meadowlands Arena, Giants Stadium

Attendance: 70,134

Referee: Gino D’Ippolito (USA)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(New York Cosmos): None

(Argentina): Daniel Alberto Passarella 88

Summary of goals:

0:1 (88^th minute, Argentina): José Valencia’s free kick from the left was headed in by Passarella.

Lineups:

New York Cosmos:

1-Jack Brand (Canada)

3-Francisco Marinho (Brazil) (18-Boris Bandov 80)

12-Bobby Smith

15-Wim Rijsbergen (Holland)

5-Carlos Alberto (Brazil)

25-Santiago Formoso

17-Rick Davis

16-Toni Carbognani (Argentina)

9-Giorgio Chinaglia (Italy)

7-Dennis Tueart (England) (21-Garry Etherington 61) (26-Ron Atanasio 80)

29-Mark Liveric

 

Coach: Ray Klivecka

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Argentina:

1-Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

4-Jorge Mario Olguín (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

16-Miguel Angel Oviedo (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

6-Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

3-Alberto Cesar Tarantini (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

8-Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

5-Américo Ruben Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

10-Diego Armando Maradona (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires)
7-René Orlando Houseman (Club Atletico Huracán - Buenos Aires)

9-Leoplodo Jacinto Luque (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) (15-Norberto Daniel Outes (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) 61)

11-Jose Daniel Valencia (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)               

 

Coach: César Luis Menotti

 

Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3114 (June 12, 1979)

(June 6, 1979, NY Cosmos 0-Argentina 1)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3115

(June 6, 1979, NY Cosmos 0-Argentina 1)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3137 (1979)

(June 6, 1979, NY Cosmos 0-Argentina 1)

 

Date: June 25, 1979

Competition: Friendly (‘Celebration for the 1^st Anniversary of Argentina's first World Cup victory’)

Result: Argentina 1- FIFA World Stars 2

Venue: Buenos Aires -Antonio Vespuci Alberti (El Monumental de Nuñes) (Club Atletico River Plate)

Attendance: 82,000

Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

Linesmen: Andres Ithurralde and Jorge Eduardo Romero (both Argentina)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Argentina): Diego Maradona 28

(FIFA World Stars): Own Goal (Luis Galvan) 68, Zico 73

Summary of goals:

1:0 (28^th minute, Argentina): Passarella from the center passed to Valencia who sent a cross on the right side for Maradona, who curled the ball past Emerson Leão in the top left corner.

1:1 (68^th minute, FIFA World Stars): Causio sent Zico clear on the right side, who then crossed the ball across intended for Rossi. Luis Galvan, under pressure from Rossi, scored into his own net.

1:2 (73^rd minute, FIFA World Stars): Zico won a ball near the edge of Argentina box and laid it for Causio, who crossed it across on the right side for Toninho, who crossed it across and Zico struck into the empty net.

Lineups:

Argentina:

1-Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

4-Jorge Mario Olguín (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

2-Luis Adolfo Galván (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

6-Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

3-Alberto Cesar Tarantini (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)
8-Osvaldo Cesar Ardiles (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

5-Américo Ruben Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

10-Diego Armando Maradona (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires)
7-René Orlando Houseman (Club Atletico Huracán - Buenos Aires)

9-Leoplodo Jacinto Luque (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) (17-Norberto Daniel Outes (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) 46)

11-Jose Daniel Valencia (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)               

 

Coach: César Luis Menotti

Other Substitutes:

12- Hector Rodolfo Baley (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

13- Enzo Hector Trossero (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

14- Miguel Angel Oviedo (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

15- Carlos Guillermo Fren (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda

16- Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

18- Hugo Osmar Perotti (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

 

Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Note:

1-Final cap for René Orlando Houseman (55/13) (1973-1979).

2-Final cap for Norberto Daniel Outes (3/0) (1979).

 

FIFA World Stars:

1- Emerson Leão (Brazil) (Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama - Rio de Janeiro)  (12-Friedrich Koncilia (Austria) (Wacker Innsbruck) 46)
2-Manfred Kaltz (West Germany) (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)

6- Rudolf Jozef ‘Ruud’ Krol (Holland) (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

5-Bruno Pezzey (Austria) (Eintracht Frankfurt / West Germany)

3-Antonio Cabrini (Italy) (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (13-Toninho (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro) 46)
8-Michel Platini (Association Sportive Nancy-Lorraine/ France) (14- Artur Antunes Coimbra ‘Zico’ (Brazil) (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro) 46)

4-Marco Tardelli (Italy) (Juventus Football Club-Torino)  

10-Juan Manuel Asensi (Spain)(Fútbol Club Barcelona)

7-Franco Causio (Italy) (Juventus Football Club-Torino)   

9-Paolo Rossi (Italy) (Societa Sportiva Lanerossi-Vicenza)  

11-Zbigniew Boniek (Poland) (Robotnicze Towarzystwo Sportowe Widzew Łódź) 

 

Coach: Enzo Bearzot (Italy)

Booked: Marco Tardelli

Sent off: Marco Tardelli 76 (sent off after a brutal foul on Maradona)

 

Other Substitutes:

15-Simon Melkianus Tahamata (Holland) (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

 

Team Captain: Rudolf Jozef ‘Ruud’ Krol

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Photo From: Onze, Issue 44, August 1979

(June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 44, August 1979

(June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 44, August 1979

(June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 44, August 1979

(June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 44, August 1979

(June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1979

(FIFA World Stars)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3116 (June 26, 1979)

(June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3116 (June 26, 1979)

(June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3116 (June 26, 1979)

(June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3116 (June 26, 1979)

(June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Date: July 18, 1979

Competition: Copa America-Group 2 

Result: Bolivia 2-Argentina 1

Venue: La Paz, Estadio Hernando Siles

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Octavio Sierra (Colombia)

Linesmen: Jose L. Martinez Bazan (Uruguay), Carlos Montalvan (Peru)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Bolivia): Jesus Reynaldo 29,66

(Argentina): Carlos Angel López 5

Summary of goals:

0:1 (5^th minute, Argentina): On the right side, Castro passed to Lopez who dribbled into the box and shot.

1:1 (29^th minute, Bolivia): Aguilar’s free kick from the right side was knocked in by Reynaldo.

2:1 (66^th minute, Bolivia): Romero’s pass from the left side was struck in by Reynaldo.

Lineups:

Bolivia:

Carlos Conrado Jiménez (Bolivar)

Aldo Fierro (Bolivar)

Erwin Espinosa (Oriente Petrolero)

Edgar Vaca (Blooming)

Windsor Del Llano (The Strongest)

Eduardo Angulo (The Strongest)

Erwin Romero (Oriente Petrolero)

Carlos Aragonés (Bolivar)

Carlos Borja (Bolivar)

Jesús Reynaldo (Bolivar) (Ovidio Mezza (The Strongest) 67)

Miguel Aguilar (The Strongest)

 

Coach: Ramiro Blacutt

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Argentina:

Enrique Bernardo Vidallé (Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata -La Plata)

Eduardo Omar Saporiti (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Jose Daniel Van Tuyne (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario)

Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Miguel Angel Bordón (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Jorge Osvaldo Gáspari (Quilmes Atlético Club -Buenos Aires)

Pedro Omar Larraquy (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires)

Carlos Angel López (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

Jose Antonio Castro (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires)

Sergio Elio Fortunato (Club Estudiantes de la Plata-La Plata) (Jose Luis Gaitán (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario) 59)

Roberto Osvaldo Díaz (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) (Hugo Oscar Coscia (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires) 46)

 

Coach: César Luis Menotti

 

Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Note:

1-First cap for Enrique Bernardo Vidallé, Jose Daniel Van Tuyne, Miguel Angel Bordón, Jorge Osvaldo Gáspari, Pedro Omar Larraquy, Carlos Angel López, Jose Antonio Castro, Sergio Elio Fortunato, Roberto Osvaldo Díaz and Eduardo Omar Saporiti.

Photo From: EL GRAFICO, 1979

(July 18, 1979, Copa America, Bolivia 2-Argentina 1)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO, 1979

(July 18, 1979, Copa America, Bolivia 2-Argentina 1)

Photo From: Placar, No 484, August 3, 1979

(Argentina squad, July 18, 1979, Copa America, Bolivia 2-Argentina 1)

Date: August 2, 1979

Competition: Copa America-Group 2 

Result: Brazil 2-Argentina 1

Venue: Rio de Janeiro - Estádio do Maracanã- Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho  

Attendance: 130,000

Referee: Edison Pérez Nuñez (Perú)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Brazil): Artur Antunes Coimbra ‘Zico’ 2, Milton Queiroz da Paixão Tita 54

(Argentina): Hugo Oscar Coscia 29

Summary of goals:

1:0 (2^nd minute, Brazil): Ze Sergio’s cross from the left side was knocked in by Zico.

1:1 (29^th minute, Argentina): A Brazilian defender attempted to clear a ball, but his touch deflected off an Argentine into the path of Cosica who scored.

2:1 (54^th minute, Brazil): On the right side, Tit acut in and did a combination play with Zico in the middle who sent him through to score.

Lineups:

Brazil:

Emerson Leão (Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama - Rio de Janeiro)  
Antônio Dias dos Santos Toninho  (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)   
João Justino Amaral dos Santos (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)  
Edino Nazareth Filho ‘Edinho’ (Fluminense Football Club- Rio de Janeiro)   
Pedro Luís Vicençote ‘Pedrinho’ (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo)  
Paulo Cesar Carpegiani (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)   
Zenon de Souza Farias (Guarani Futebol Clube) (João ‘Batista’ da Silva (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre)  79)
Milton Queiroz da Paixão Tita (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)   
Vanderlei Eustaquio de Oliveira Palhinha (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo) (Juary Jorge dos Santos Filho (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo) 65)
Artur Antunes Coimbra ‘Zico’ (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro) 
José Sérgio Presti Zé Sérgio  (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)  

 

Coach: Claudio Pecego de Morais Coutinho    

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adias

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

 

Argentina:

Enrique Bernardo Vidallé (Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata -La Plata)

Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

Jose Daniel Van Tuyne (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario)

Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Miguel Angel Bordón (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Jorge Osvaldo Gáspari (Quilmes Atlético Club -Buenos Aires)

Pedro Omar Larraquy (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires)

Jose Luis Gaitán (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario) (Carlos Angel López (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) 46)

Hugo Oscar Coscia (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

Diego Armando Maradona (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires)

Roberto Osvaldo Díaz (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) (Jose Antonio Castro (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires) 62)

 

Coach: César Luis Menotti

 

Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Note:

1-Final cap for Jose Luis Gaitán (3/0) (1979).

 

Photo From: Mondial, old series, issue 34, September 1979

(Brazil squad, August 2, 1979, Copa America, Brazil 2-Argentina 1)

Photo From: Mondial, old series, issue 34, September 1979

(August 2, 1979, Copa America, Brazil 2-Argentina 1)

Photo From: Mondial, old series, issue 34, September 1979

(August 2, 1979, Copa America, Brazil 2-Argentina 1)

Photo From: World Soccer, October 1979

(August 2, 1979, Copa America, Brazil 2-Argentina 1)

 

Date: August 8, 1979

Competition: Copa America-Group 2 

Result: Argentina 3-Bolivia 0

Venue: Buenos Aires-Estadio de Vélez Sarsfield - José Amalfitani

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Sergio Vásquez (Chile)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Argentina): Daniel Alberto Passarella 1, Jorge Osvaldo Gáspari 15, Diego Maradona 65

(Bolivia): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (1^st minute, Argentina): -

2:0 (15^th minute, Argentina): -

3:0 (65^th minute, Argentina): -

Lineups:

Argentina:

Enrique Bernardo Vidallé (Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata -La Plata)

Eduardo Omar Saporiti (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Jose Daniel Van Tuyne (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario)

Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Miguel Angel Bordón (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Jorge Osvaldo Gáspari (Quilmes Atlético Club -Buenos Aires)

Pedro Omar Larraquy (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires) (Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) 46)

Diego Armando Maradona (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires)

Hugo Oscar Coscia (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

Sergio Elio Fortunato (Club Estudiantes de la Plata-La Plata)

Roberto Osvaldo Díaz (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

 

Coach: César Luis Menotti

 

Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Note:

1-Final cap for Pedro Omar Larraquy (3/0) (1979).

 

Bolivia:

Nebert Hoyos (Oriente Petrolero)

Ramiro Vargas (Bolivar)

Edgar Vaca (Blooming)

Erwin Espinosa (Oriente Petrolero)

Windsor Del Llano (The Strongest)

Eduardo Angulo (The Strongest)

Carlos Borja (Bolivar)

Erwin Romero (Oriente Petrolero)

Jesús Reynaldo (Bolivar) (Ovidio Mezza (The Strongest) )

Carlos Aragonés (Bolivar)

Miguel Aguilar (The Strongest)

 

Coach: Ramiro Blacutt

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors:  Green Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

 

 

Date: August 23, 1979

Competition: Copa America-Group 2 

Result: Argentina 2-Brazil 2

Venue: Buenos Aires -Antonio Vespuci Alberti (El Monumental de Nuñes) (Club Atletico River Plate)

Attendance: 68,000

Referee: Roque Cerullo (Uruguay)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Argentina): Daniel Alberto Passarella 38, Roberto Osvaldo Díaz 71      

(Brazil): ‘Sócrates’ Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira 17, 65 pen

Summary of goals:

0:1 (17^th minute, Brazil): A cross from the left side was headed in by Socrates.

1:1 (38^th minute, Argentina): Passarella scored from a free kick.

1:2 (65^th minute, Brazil): Vidallé fouled Toninho ? in the box. Socrates scored from the ensuing penalty kick (twice retaken penalty kick).

2:2 (71^st minute, Argentina): Roberto Osvaldo Díaz took advantage of a deflection off a Brazilian player to score from the rebound.

Lineups:

Argentina:

Enrique Bernardo Vidallé (Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata -La Plata)

Victorio Ocaño (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

Jose Daniel Van Tuyne (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario)

8-Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Miguel Angel Bordón (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Jorge Osvaldo Gáspari (Quilmes Atlético Club -Buenos Aires)

Américo Ruben Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

Ricardo Enrique Bochini (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

Hugo Oscar Coscia (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires) (Jose Daniel Valencia (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba) 59)

Sergio Elio Fortunato (Club Estudiantes de la Plata-La Plata) (Jose Antonio Castro (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires) 79)

Roberto Osvaldo Díaz (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

 

Coach: César Luis Menotti

Sent off: Américo Ruben Gallego 27

 

Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Note:

1-Final cap for Miguel Angel Bordón (4/0) (1979).

 

Brazil:

Emerson Leão (Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama - Rio de Janeiro)  
Antônio Dias dos Santos Toninho (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)   
João Justino Amaral dos Santos (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)  
Edino Nazareth Filho ‘Edinho’ (Fluminense Football Club- Rio de Janeiro)   
Leovegildo Lins Gama ‘Júnior’ (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)     
João ‘Batista’ da Silva (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre) 
17-Paulo Cesar Carpegiani (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro) (Paulo Roberto Falcão (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre) 65)
Milton Queiroz da Paixão Tita (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)   
Artur Antunes Coimbra ‘Zico’ (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro) 
9-‘Sócrates’ Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)  
José Sérgio Presti Zé Sérgio  (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)  

 

Coach: Claudio Pecego de Morais Coutinho    

Sent off: Artur Antunes Coimbra ‘Zico’

 

Team Captain: Paulo Cesar Carpegiani

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adias

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: Placar, No 488, August 31, 1979

(August 23, 1979, Copa America, Argentina 2-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Placar, No 488, August 31, 1979

(August 23, 1979, Copa America, Argentina 2-Brazil 2)

Photo From: World Soccer, October 1979

(Brazil squad, August 23, 1979, Copa America, Argentina 2-Brazil 2)

 

Date: September 12, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Result: West Germany 2-Argentina 1

Venue: West Berlin- Olympiastadion

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(West Germany): Klaus Allofs 47, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 58

(Argentina): Jose Antonio Castro 84

Summary of goals:

1:0 (47^th minute, West Germany): Kaltz’s cross from the right side was volleyed by Allofs.

2:0 (58^th minute, West Germany): Hansi Muller’s cross from the left side was headed in by Rummenigge.

2:1 (84^th minute, Argentina): Diaz’s cross from the left side was struck in by Castro.

Lineups:

West Germany:

1-Dieter Burdenski (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V.)
2-Manfred Kaltz (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)

5-Bernhard Dietz (Meidericher Spielverein 02 e.V. Duisburg)
4-Karl-Heinz Förster (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V.)

3-Bernhard Cullmann (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)

7-Bernd Schuster (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)
8-Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

6-Rainer Bonhof (Valencia Club de Fútbol / Spain)

9-Klaus Fischer (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen)

10-Hans Peter ‘Hansi’ Müller (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V.)

11-Klaus Allofs (Düsseldorfer Turn-und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V.)

 

Coach: Josef ‘Jupp’ Derwall

 

Team Captain: Bernhard Dietz

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Erima

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Argentina:

Enrique Bernardo Vidallé (Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata -La Plata)
Juan Carlos Bujedo (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires)

Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Jose Daniel Van Tuyne (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario)

Victorio Ocaño (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)
Américo Ruben Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

Jorge Osvaldo Gáspari (Quilmes Atlético Club -Buenos Aires)

Patricio Hernández (Club Estudiantes de la Plata-La Plata)
Hugo Oscar Coscia (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires) (Jose Antonio Castro (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires) 54)

Sergio Elio Fortunato (Club Estudiantes de la Plata-La Plata) (Ramón Angel Diaz (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) 46)

Roberto Osvaldo Díaz (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) (Carlos Angel López (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) 56)

 

Coach: César Luis Menotti

Booked: Américo Ruben Gallego

 

Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Note:

1-Final cap for Jorge Osvaldo Gáspari (5/1) (1979).

2-First cap for Juan Carlos Bujedo, Ramón Angel Diaz and Patricio Hernández.

 

Photo From: El Grafico, No 3128, 1979

(September 12, 1979, West Germany 2-Argentina 1)

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005

(September 12, 1979, West Germany 2-Argentina 1)

 

Date: September 16, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Result: Yugoslavia 4-Argentina 2

Venue: Belgrade, Stadion Crvene Zvezde (Red Star)

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Romeo Stancan (Romania)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Yugoslavia): Safet Susic 22,53,70, Blaz Sliskovic 86

(Argentina): Daniel Passarella 82, Ramón Angel Diaz  89

Summary of goals:

1:0 (22^nd minute, Yugoslavia): From the middle, Susic attempted a pass that was blocked, he picked it up and advanced into the box and scored.

2:0 (53^rd minute, Yugoslavia): From the left side, Susic on a solo run advanced into the box and shot.

3:0 (70^th minute, Yugoslavia): Susic scored with a long-range shot from outside of the box.

3:1 (82^nd minute, Argentina): Passarella scored with an indirect free kick.

4:1 (86^th minute, Yugoslavia): On the right side, Blaz Sliskovic went on a solo run and shot.

4:2 (89^th minute, Argentina): From the right side, Diaz received a pass and shot.

Lineups:

Yugoslavia:

Aleksandar Stojanovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)    

Zoran Vujovic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)    

Milos Hrstic (Nogometni Klub Rijeka) (Nikica Cukrov (Nogometni Klub Rijeka) 46)

Velimir Zajec (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb) (Vedran Rozic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split) 46)

Srecko Bogdan (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb) (Boro Primorac (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split) 46)

Miso Krsticevic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)    

Safet Susic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

Blaz Sliskovic (Fudbalski Klub Velez- Mostar) 

Dusan Savic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)   

Vladimir Petrovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) (Zlatko Vujovic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split) 44)

Dragan Dzajic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) (Ivica Surjak (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split) 20)

 

Coach: Miljan Miljanic

Booked: Dusan Savic

 

Team Captain: Dragan Dzajic (Ivica Surjak, captain from the 20^th minute)

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Argentina:

Enrique Bernardo Vidallé (Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata -La Plata)

Jose Daniel Van Tuyne (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario)

Juan Carlos Bujedo (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires)

Victorio Ocaño (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)

Américo Ruben Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario) 

Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Hugo Oscar Coscia (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires) (Ramón Angel Diaz (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) 46)

Carlos Angel López (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

Sergio Elio Fortunato (Club Estudiantes de la Plata-La Plata)

Patricio Hernández (Club Estudiantes de la Plata-La Plata)  

Roberto Osvaldo Díaz (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) (Jose Antonio Castro (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires) 55)

 

Coach: César Luis Menotti

Booked: Diaz, Enrique Bernardo Vidallé

 

Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

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

Note:

1-Final cap for Enrique Bernardo Vidallé (6/0) (1979).

2- Final cap for Carlos Angel López (4/1) (1979).

3- Final cap for Jose Antonio Castro (5/1) (1979).

4- Final cap for Sergio Elio Fortunato (5/0) (1979).

5- Final cap for Roberto Osvaldo Díaz (6/1) (1979).

6- Final cap for Hugo Oscar Coscia (9/4) (1975-1979).

Photo From: El Grafico, No 3128, 1979

(September 16, 1979, Yugoslavia 4-Argentina 2)

Photo From: El Grafico, No 3128, 1979

(September 16, 1979, Yugoslavia 4-Argentina 2)