Argentina - Colombia 1:1

16 NOV 1997, World Cup Quals

Goals

0:1 Carlos Valderrama 10', 1:1 Fernando Cáceres 69'

Argentina (Daniel Passarella)

Carlos Roa, Fernando Cáceres, Roberto Ayala, Roberto Sensini, Leonardo Astrada (82' Gustavo Zapata), Diego Simeone, Juan Sebastián Verón, Gabriel Batistuta, Marcelo Gallardo (80' Juan Román Riquelme), Claudio López (56' Hernán Crespo), Ariel Ortega

Colombia (Hernan Dario Gomez)

Oscar Cordoba, Jorge Hernan Bermudez, Wilmer Cabrera, Ivan Cordoba, Herman Gaviria, Freddy Rincon, Carlos Valderrama, Victor Aristizabal (73' Victor Danilo Pacheco), Antony de Avila (80' Canton), Aerna, Alberto José Perez

Venue

Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires

CONMEBOL · final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Points	Outcome
1	Argentina	16	8	6	2	23	13	+10	30	Qualified
2	Paraguay	16	9	2	5	21	14	+7	29	Qualified
3	Colombia	16	8	4	4	23	15	+8	28	Qualified
4	Chile	16	7	4	5	32	18	+14	25	Qualified
5	Peru	16	7	4	5	19	20	-1	25
6	Ecuador	16	6	3	7	22	21	+1	21
7	Uruguay	16	6	3	7	18	21	-3	21
8	Bolivia	16	4	5	7	18	21	-3	17
9	Venezuela	16	0	3	13	8	41	-33	3

Trivia

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil).

Attendance: ~40,000.

Player Details

Name	Cap	Club
Carlos Roa	9	Mallorca
Fernando Cáceres	24	Valencia
Roberto Ayala	30	Napoli
Roberto Sensini	39	Parma
Leonardo Astrada	27	River Plate
Gustavo Zapata	25	San Lorenzo
Diego Simeone	64	Inter
Juan Sebastián Verón	10	Sampdoria
Gabriel Batistuta	55	Fiorentina
Marcelo Gallardo	21	River Plate
Juan Román Riquelme	1	Boca Juniors
Claudio López	15	Valencia
Hernán Crespo	12	Parma
Ariel Ortega	43	Valencia

Earlier matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
21 JUN 1997		Peru	1:2	Copa América
06 JUL 1997	Away	Paraguay	2:1	World Cup Quals
20 JUL 1997	Home	Venezuela	2:0	World Cup Quals
10 SEP 1997	Away	Chile	2:1	World Cup Quals
12 OCT 1997	Home	Uruguay	0:0	World Cup Quals

Later matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
19 FEB 1998	Home	Romania	2:1	Friendly
24 FEB 1998	Home	Yugoslavia	3:1	Friendly
10 MAR 1998	Home	Bulgaria	2:0	Friendly
15 APR 1998	Away	Israel	1:2	Friendly
22 APR 1998	Away	Ireland	2:0	Friendly

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