Uruguay - Argentina 0:0

12 JAN 1997, World Cup Quals

Uruguay (Juan Ahuntchain)

José Herrera, Gustavo Mendez, Washington Tais, Paolo Montero, Pablo Bengoechea, Enzo Francescoli (69' Alvaro Recoba), Daniel Fonseca (58' Sebastian Abreu), Nelson Abeijon, Nestor Gabriel Cedres, Eber Alejandro Moas, Robert Siboldi

Argentina (Daniel Passarella)

Nacho González, José Chamot, Pablo Paz, Nelson Vivas, Roberto Sensini, Matías Almeyda, Christian Bassedas, Diego Simeone, Gabriel Batistuta, Ariel Ortega, Néstor Gorosito (56' Hernán Crespo)

Venue

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

CONMEBOL · after matchday 8

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Points
1	Colombia	7	5	2	0	14	5	+9	17
2	Paraguay	7	4	2	1	8	3	+5	14
3	Argentina	7	2	4	1	10	7	+3	10
4	Uruguay	7	3	1	3	6	6	0	10
5	Bolivia	7	2	3	2	11	7	+4	9
6	Ecuador	7	3	0	4	8	9	-1	9
7	Peru	7	2	3	2	8	9	-1	9
8	Chile	7	2	2	3	10	11	-1	8
9	Venezuela	8	0	1	7	5	23	-18	1

Trivia

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil).

Attendance: 62000.

Player Details

Name	Cap	Club
Nacho González	1	Racing Club
José Chamot	28	Lazio
Pablo Paz	2	Tenerife
Nelson Vivas	5	Boca Juniors
Roberto Sensini	31	Parma
Matías Almeyda	7	Sevilla
Christian Bassedas	16	Vélez Sarsfield
Diego Simeone	56	Atlético Madrid
Gabriel Batistuta	54	Fiorentina
Ariel Ortega	35	River Plate
Néstor Gorosito	17	San Lorenzo
Hernán Crespo	4	Parma

Earlier matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
07 JUL 1996	Away	Peru	0:0	World Cup Quals
01 SEP 1996	Home	Paraguay	1:1	World Cup Quals
09 OCT 1996	Away	Venezuela	5:2	World Cup Quals
15 DEC 1996	Home	Chile	1:1	World Cup Quals
28 DEC 1996	Home	Yugoslavia	2:3	Friendly

Later matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
12 FEB 1997	Away	Colombia	1:0	World Cup Quals
02 APR 1997	Away	Bolivia	1:2	World Cup Quals
30 APR 1997	Home	Ecuador	2:1	World Cup Quals
08 JUN 1997	Home	Peru	2:0	World Cup Quals
11 JUN 1997		Ecuador	0:0	Copa América

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