Argentina - Venezuela 3:0

08 JUL 1991, Copa América, Group Stage

Goals

1:0 Gabriel Batistuta 28', 2:0 Claudio Caniggia 43', 3:0 Gabriel Batistuta 50' []

Argentina (Alfio Basile)

Sergio Goycochea, Sergio Vázquez, Néstor Craviotto, Fabián Basualdo, Leonardo Astrada, Oscar Ruggeri, Diego Simeone, Darío Franco, Diego Latorre (79' Leonardo Rodríguez), Gabriel Batistuta, Claudio Caniggia (85' Claudio García)

Venezuela (Victor Pignanelli)

Franco Frasciana, William Pacheco, César Marcano, José Luis Jiménez, Miguel Echenausi, Roberto Cavallo, Laureano Jaimes, Otilio Yantis, Ildemaro Fernandez (47' Pedro Gallardo), Carlos Fabián Maldonado (73' Carlos Castro), Stalin Rivas

Venue

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Group A · after matchday 2

Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Points
1	Chile	2	2	0	6	2	+4	4
2	Argentina	1	1	0	3	0	+3	2
3	Paraguay	1	1	0	1	0	+1	2
4	Peru	2	0	2	2	5	-3	0
5	Venezuela	2	0	2	0	5	-5	0

Trivia

Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador).

Player Details

Name	Cap	Club
Sergio Goycochea	16	Racing Club
Sergio Vázquez	6	Ferro Carril Oeste
Néstor Craviotto	4	Independiente
Fabián Basualdo	7	River Plate
Leonardo Astrada	5	River Plate
Oscar Ruggeri	63	Vélez Sarsfield
Diego Simeone	10	Pisa
Darío Franco	8	Newell's
Diego Latorre	4	Boca Juniors
Leonardo Rodríguez	1	San Lorenzo
Gabriel Batistuta	2	Boca Juniors
Claudio Caniggia	28	Atalanta
Claudio García	5	Racing Club

Earlier matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
27 MAR 1991	Home	Brazil	3:3	Friendly
19 MAY 1991	Away	USA	1:0	Friendly
23 MAY 1991		USSR	1:1	England Cup
25 MAY 1991		England	2:2	England Cup
27 JUN 1991	Away	Brazil	1:1	Friendly

Later matches

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition
10 JUL 1991	Chile	1:0	Copa América
12 JUL 1991	Paraguay	4:1	Copa América
14 JUL 1991	Peru	3:2	Copa América
17 JUL 1991	Brazil	3:2	Copa América
19 JUL 1991	Chile	0:0	Copa América

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