Argentina - Colombia 1:2

11 JUL 1987, Copa América, Third place play-off

Goals

0:1 Gabriel Gomez 8', 0:2 Juan Jairo Galeano 27', 1:2 Claudio Caniggia 86'

Argentina (Carlos Bilardo)

Luis Islas, José Luis Brown, José Luis Cuciuffo, Julio Olarticoechea, Oscar Ruggeri, Sergio Batista, Ricardo Giusti, Diego Maradona, Carlos Daniel Tapia (46' Roque Alfaro), Claudio Caniggia, José Percudani (46' Juan Gilberto Funes)

Colombia (Francisco Maturana)

Rene Higuita, Luis Herrera, Carlos Hoyos, Luis Carlos Perea, Leonel Alvarez, Gabriel Gomez (46' Antony de Avila), Bernardo Redin (84' Andrés Escobar), Carlos Valderrama, Mario Alberto Coll, Juan Jairo Galeano, Norberto Molina

Venue

River Plate, Buenos Aires

Knockout stage · final bracket

Semi-finals

Chile2

Colombia1

Uruguay1

Argentina0

Final

Chile0

Uruguay1

Trivia

Referee: Bernardo Corujo (Venezuela). Attendance: 15,000.

Player Details

Name	Cap	Club
Luis Islas	11	Independiente
José Luis Brown	27	Brest
José Luis Cuciuffo	13	Vélez Sarsfield
Julio Olarticoechea	17	Argentinos Juniors
Oscar Ruggeri	32	River Plate
Sergio Batista	17	Argentinos Juniors
Ricardo Giusti	38	Independiente
Diego Maradona	59	Napoli
Carlos Daniel Tapia	9	Boca Juniors
Claudio Caniggia	6	River Plate
Roque Alfaro	5	River Plate
José Percudani	5	Independiente
Juan Gilberto Funes	4	River Plate

Earlier matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
10 JUN 1987		Italy	1:3	Friendly
20 JUN 1987	Home	Paraguay	0:1	Friendly
27 JUN 1987		Peru	1:1	Copa América
02 JUL 1987		Ecuador	3:0	Copa América
09 JUL 1987		Uruguay	0:1	Copa América

Later matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
16 DEC 1987	Home	W. Germany	1:0	Friendly
31 MAR 1988		USSR	2:4	Four Nations
02 APR 1988		W. Germany	0:1	Four Nations
06 JUL 1988		Saudi Arabia	2:2	Bicent. Gold Cup
10 JUL 1988		Brazil	0:0	Bicent. Gold Cup

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