Paraguay - Argentina 1:2

06 JUL 1997, World Cup Quals

Goals

0:1 Marcelo Gallardo 30', 0:2 Juan Sebastián Verón 41', 1:2 Roberto Miguel Acuna 65' []

Paraguay (Paulo Cesar Carpeggiani)

Ruben Ruiz Diaz, Celso Ayala, Carlos Gamarra, Ricardo Rojas, Roberto Miguel Acuna, Julio Cesar Encico, Estanislao Struway (52' Virgilio Ferreira), José Cardozo, Aristides Fabian Rojas, Francisco Javier Esteche (46' Derlis Francisco Soto), Juan Ramon Jara

Argentina (Daniel Passarella)

Carlos Roa, José Chamot, Hernán Díaz, Roberto Ayala, Roberto Sensini, Matías Almeyda, Diego Simeone, Juan Sebastián Verón (51' Javier Zanetti), Hernán Crespo (78' Sergio Berti), Marcelo Gallardo (85' Pablo Paz), Claudio López

Cards

Hernán Díaz 86' ()

Venue

Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

CONMEBOL · after matchday 13

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Points
1	Paraguay	11	7	2	2	16	8	+8	23
2	Argentina	12	6	4	2	18	11	+7	22
3	Colombia	12	5	3	4	17	14	+3	18
4	Chile	11	4	4	3	22	14	+8	16
5	Peru	12	4	4	4	13	15	-2	16
6	Ecuador	12	4	3	5	16	14	+2	15
7	Bolivia	11	3	5	3	16	12	+4	14
8	Uruguay	11	4	2	5	11	15	-4	14
9	Venezuela	12	0	3	9	8	34	-26	3

Trivia

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil).

Attendance: ~30,000–38,000.

Player Details

Name	Cap	Club
Carlos Roa	5	Lanús
José Chamot	31	Lazio
Hernán Díaz	26	River Plate
Roberto Ayala	26	Napoli
Roberto Sensini	35	Parma
Matías Almeyda	10	Sevilla
Diego Simeone	60	Atlético Madrid
Juan Sebastián Verón	6	Sampdoria
Javier Zanetti	25	Inter
Hernán Crespo	8	Parma
Sergio Berti	15	River Plate
Marcelo Gallardo	18	River Plate
Pablo Paz	6	Tenerife
Claudio López	11	Valencia

Earlier matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
08 JUN 1997	Home	Peru	2:0	World Cup Quals
11 JUN 1997		Ecuador	0:0	Copa América
14 JUN 1997		Chile	2:0	Copa América
17 JUN 1997		Paraguay	1:1	Copa América
21 JUN 1997		Peru	1:2	Copa América

Later matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
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
16 NOV 1997	Home	Colombia	1:1	World Cup Quals
19 FEB 1998	Home	Romania	2:1	Friendly

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