Skip to content

Argentina - Australia 2:0

30 JUN 1995, Friendly

Goals

1:0 Abel Balbo 7', 2:0 Gabriel Batistuta 90'

Argentina (Daniel Passarella)

Fernando Cáceres, José Chamot, Roberto Ayala, Leonardo Astrada, Sergio Berti, Diego Simeone, Javier Zanetti, Abel Balbo, Gabriel Batistuta, Marcelo Gallardo (77' Ariel Ortega), Hernán Cristante

Australia (Eddie Thomson)

Zeljko Kalac, Ned Zelic, Steve Corica, Stan Lazaridis, Steve Horvat, Milan Ivanovic, John Markovski (69' Joe Spiteri), Jason Polak (56' Kevin Muscat), Alex Tobin, Jason van Blerk, Paul Wade (62' Andrew Marth)

Cards

José Chamot (yellow card), Leonardo Astrada (yellow card), John Markovski (yellow card), Paul Wade (yellow card)

Venue

Estadio Centenario, Quilmes

Trivia

The Province of Buenos Aires Cup was also at stake in this match.

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino Valenzano (Paraguay).

Attendance: ~18,000–20,000.

Marcelo Gallardo missed a penalty in the 61st minute (El Gráfico).

Player Details

NameCapClub
Fernando Cáceres16Zaragoza
José Chamot17Lazio
Roberto Ayala11Parma
Leonardo Astrada18River Plate
Sergio Berti8River Plate
Diego Simeone43Atlético Madrid
Javier Zanetti12Inter
Abel Balbo25Roma
Gabriel Batistuta42Fiorentina
Marcelo Gallardo9River Plate
Ariel Ortega19River Plate
Hernán Cristante2Platense

Earlier matches

DateGroundOpponentScoreCompetition
14 FEB 1995HomeBulgaria4:1Friendly
13 MAY 1995AwaySouth Africa1:1Friendly
31 MAY 1995HomePeru1:0Friendly
14 JUN 1995HomeParaguay2:1Friendly
22 JUN 1995HomeSlovakia6:0Friendly

Later matches

DateGroundOpponentScoreCompetition
08 JUL 1995Bolivia2:1Copa América
11 JUL 1995Chile4:0Copa América
14 JUL 1995USA0:3Copa América
17 JUL 1995Brazil(2)2:2(4)Copa América
20 SEP 1995AwaySpain1:2Friendly

Verified with RSSSF, El Gráfico, South American Football International Line-Ups & Statistics 1902-2013