Copa América 1979 / Games
This article covers the 1979 Copa América games with full statistical details. The squads of the 10 national teams involved can be found under Copa América 1979 / Kader .
Group stage
Group A
Venezuela 0-0 Colombia
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Vicente Vega - José Ramón Contreras 84. , Pedro Castro , Cheche Vidal , Emilio Campos - Asdrúbal Sánchez , Richard Páez , Luis Mendoza - Angel Castillo , Pedro Febles 72. , Julio César Hernández
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Pedro Zape - Oscar Bolaño , Miguel Escobar , Luis Reyes , Fernando Castro - César Valverde 87. , Rafael Otero , Arnoldo Iguarán - Willington Ortiz , Rafael Agudelo 89. , José Díaz
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Venezuela - Chile 1: 1 (0: 0)
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Vicente Vega - José Ramón Contreras , Pedro Castro , Cheche Vidal , Emilio Campos - Luis Benedetto , Richard Páez , Asdrúbal Sánchez - Alexis Peña 85. , Rodolfo Carvajal , Julio César Hernández 63.
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Mario Osbén - Raúl González , René Valenzuela , Mario Soto , Enzo Escobar - Carlos Rivas 61st , Rodolfo Dubó , Miguel Neira - Patricio Yáñez , Jorge Peredo , Leonardo Véliz
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1: 0 70 ′ Carvajal
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1: 1 81 ′ Peredo |
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Colombia - Chile 1: 0 (1: 0)
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Pedro Zape - Oscar Bolaño , Luis Reyes , Miguel Escobar , Fernando Castro - Rafael Otero , Alvaro Munoz Castro 61st , César Valverde - Willington Ortiz , Rafael Agudelo 49th , José Díaz
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Mario Osbén - Alberto Quintano , Mario Soto , René Valenzuela , Raúl González - Enzo Escobar , Eduardo Bonvallet , Carlos Rivas - Waldo Quiroz , Víctor Estay 62. , Miguel Neira
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| 1: 0 21 ′ Díaz
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Colombia - Venezuela 4: 0 (1: 0)
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Pedro Zape - Oscar Bolaño , Miguel Escobar , Luis Reyes , Fernando Castro - César Valverde , Gabriel Chaparro , Alvaro Munoz Castro - Willington Ortiz , Arnoldo Iguarán , José Díaz 71.
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Vicente Vega - Ordan Aguirre , Pedro Castro , Pedro Javier Acosta , Emilio Campos - Cheche Vidal , Luis Mendoza , Asdrúbal Sánchez - Richard Páez 72. , Alexis Peña 80. , Rodolfo Carvajal
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| 1: 0 17 ′ Iguarán 2: 0 53 ′ Valverde 3: 0 59 ′ Chaparro 4: 0 86 ′ Morón
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Chile - Venezuela 7: 0 (2: 0)
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Mario Osbén - Mario Galindo , René Valenzuela , Mario Soto , Enzo Escobar - Carlos Rivas , Manuel Rojas 58th , Patricio Yáñez - Jorge Peredo , Carlos Caszely , Leonardo Véliz
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Vicente Vega - Johnny Castellanos , Pedro Castro , Pedro Javier Acosta , Emilio Campos - Rafel Santana , Asdrúbal Sánchez , Richard Páez - Luis Mendoza , Angel Castillo 83. , Rodolfo Carvajal 79.
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| 1: 0 3 ′ Peredo 2: 0 38 ′ Rivas 3: 0 54 ′ Rivas 4: 0 59 ′ Peredo 5: 0 76 ′ Véliz 6: 0 80 ′ Soto 7: 0 84 ′ Yáñez
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Chile - Colombia 2: 0 (1: 0)
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Mario Osbén - Mario Galindo , René Valenzuela , Mario Soto , Enzo Escobar - Carlos Rivas , Manuel Rojas 49th , Patricio Yáñez 51st - Jorge Peredo , Carlos Caszely , Leonardo Véliz
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Pedro Zape - Fernando Castro , Miguel Escobar , Luis Reyes , Oscar Bolaño - Hernán Herrera , Gabriel Chaparro , César Valverde - José Díaz 79th , Arnoldo Iguarán , Willington Ortiz
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| 1: 0 14 ′ Caszely 1: 0 58 ′ Peredo
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Group B
Bolivia - Argentina 2: 1 (1: 1)
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Conrado Jiménez - Aldo Fierro , Erwin Espinosa , Edgar Vaca , Windsor del Llano - Eduardo Angulo , Erwin Romero , Carlos Aragonés - Carlos Borja , Jesús Reynaldo 66. , Miguel Aguilar
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Enrique Vidallé - Eduardo Saporiti , José van Tuyne , Daniel Passarella , Miguel Bordón - Jorge Gáspari , Pedro Larraquy , Carlos López - José Castro , Sergio Fortunato 59. , Roberto Díaz 46.
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1: 1 29 ′ Reynaldo 2: 1 66 ′ Reynaldo |
0: 1 5 ′ López
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Bolivia - Brazil 2: 1 (1: 1)
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Conrado Jiménez - Ramiro Vargas , Erwin Espinosa , Edgar Vaca , Windsor del Llano - Erwin Romero 63. , Carlos Aragonés , Eduardo Angulo - Carlos Borja , Jesús Reynaldo , Miguel Aguilar
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Émerson Leão - Júnior , Oscar , Amaral , Pedrinho - Batista , Carpegiani , Nílton Batata - Renato 87. , Roberto Dinamite , Zé Sérgio 54.
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1: 1 36 ′ ( penalty kick ) Aragonés 2: 1 63 ′ Aragonés |
0: 1 30 ′ ( penalty ) Roberto Dinamite
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Brazil - Argentina 2: 1 (1: 1)
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Émerson Leão - Toninho , Amaral , Edinho , Pedrinho - Carpegiani , Zenon 48th , Tita - Palhinha 49th , Zico , Zé Sérgio
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Enrique Vidallé - Juan Barbas , José van Tuyne , Daniel Passarella , Miguel Bordón - Jorge Gáspari , Pedro Larraquy , José Luis Gaitán 46. - Hugo Coscia , Diego Maradona , Roberto Díaz 62.
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| 1: 0 2 ′ Zico 2: 1 54 ′ Tita
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1: 1 29 ′ Coscia |
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Argentina - Bolivia 3: 0 (2: 0)
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Enrique Vidallé - Eduardo Saporiti , José van Tuyne , Daniel Passarella , Miguel Bordón - Jorge Gáspari , Pedro Larraquy 46. , Diego Maradona - Hugo Coscia , Sergio Fortunato , Roberto Díaz 62.
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Hebert Hoyos - Ramiro Vargas , Edgar Vaca , Erwin Espinosa , Windsor del Llano - Eduardo Angulo , Carlos Borja , Erwin Romero - Jesús Reynaldo 76. , Carlos Aragonés , Miguel Aguilar
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| 1: 0 1 ′ Passarella 2: 0 15 ′ Gáspari 3: 0 65 ′ Maradona
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Brazil - Bolivia 2: 0 (0: 0)
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Émerson Leão - Toninho , Amaral , Edinho , Júnior - Batista , Zenon 73. , Nílton Batata 46. - Zico , Sócrates , Zé Sérgio
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Conrado Jiménez - Ramiro Vargas , Erwin Espinosa , Edgar Vaca 73. , Windsor del Llano - Luis González , Erwin Romero , Carlos Aragonés - Carlos Borja , Jesús Reynaldo , Miguel Aguilar
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| 1: 0 85 ′ Tita 2: 0 90 ′ Zico
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Argentina - Brazil 2: 2 (1: 1)
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Enrique Vidallé - Victorio Ocaño , José van Tuyne , Daniel Passarella , Miguel Bordón - Jorge Gáspari , Américo Gallego , Ricardo Bochini - Hugo Coscia 59th , Sergio Fortunato 79th , Roberto Díaz
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Émerson Leão - Toninho , Amaral , Edinho , Júnior - Batista , Carpegiani 65. , Tita - Zico , Sócrates , Zé Sérgio
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1: 1 38 ′ (free kick) Passarella 2: 2 71 ′ Díaz |
0: 1 17 ′ (header) Sócrates 1: 2 65 ′ ( penalty ) Sócrates
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Group C
Ecuador - Paraguay 1: 2 (0: 1)
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Milton Rodríguez - Flavio Perlaza 61. , Miguel Pérez , José Paes , Fausto Klinger - José Villafuerte 85. , Carlos Ron , Torres Garcés - Mario Tenorio , Vinicio Ron , Luis Mantilla
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Roberto Fernández - Alicio Solalinde , Roberto Paredes , Cristín Cibils , Juan Torales - Luis Torres 66th , Hugo Enrique Kiesse 63rd , Hugo Talavera - Evaristo Isasi , Enrique Villalba , Osvaldo Aquino
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1: 1 64 ′ ( penalty ) Garcés |
0: 1 22 ′ Talavera 1: 2 77 ′ Solalinde
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Ecuador - Uruguay 2: 1 (2: 0)
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Milton Rodríguez - Flavio Perlaza 61. , Miguel Pérez , José Paes , Fausto Klinger - Luis Granda , Carlos Ron , Torres Garcés - Mario Tenorio 84. , Jorge Alarcón 55. , Juan Madruñero
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Rodolfo Rodríguez - José Moreira , Hugo de León , Nelson Marcenaro , Nelson Agresta - Mario Zoryez , Gary Castillo , Lorenzo Unanue 68. - Mario Saralegui , Waldemar Victorino , Daniel Alonso
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| 1: 0 6 ′ Tenorio 2: 0 9 ′ Alarcón
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2: 1 79 ′ ( penalty ) Victorino |
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Castillo (65.)
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Paraguay - Ecuador 2: 0 (1: 0)
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Roberto Fernández - Alejandrino Arce , Gerónimo Ovelar , Cristín Cibils , Juan Torales - Juvencio Osorio , Aldo Florentín , Julio Romero - Pedro Fleitas 83. , Arsenio Meza 52. , Eugenio Morel
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Milton Rodríguez - Flavio Perlaza , José Paes , Miguel Pérez , Fausto Klinger - Luis Granda , Carlos Ron , Torres Garcés - Jorge Alarcón , Mario Tenorio 48. , Juan Madruñero 86.
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| 1-0 27 ′ Morel 2-0 48 ′ Osorio
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Uruguay - Ecuador 2: 1 (1: 0)
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Rodolfo Rodríguez - José Moreira , Hugo de León , Nelson Marcenaro , Nelson Agresta - Mario Zoryez , Mario Saralegui 52nd , Rubén Paz - Alberto Bica 64th , Waldemar Victorino , Ildo Maneiro
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Milton Rodríguez - Flavio Perlaza , José Paes , Ecuador Figueroa , Fausto Klinger - Luis Granda , Carlos Ron , Torres Garcés 66. - Mario Tenorio , Vinicio Ron , Luis Mantilla
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| 1: 0 4 ′ Bica 2: 0 57 ′ ( penalty ) Victorino
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2: 1 77 ′ Klinger |
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Moreira (78th)
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Granda (57.), C. Ron (81.)
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Paraguay 0-0 Uruguay
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Roberto Fernández - Alejandrino Arce , Gerónimo Ovelar , Cristín Cibils , Juan Torales - Luis Torres , Juvencio Osorio , Hugo Talavera - Evaristo Isasi , Isabelino Acosta 86. , Eugenio Morel
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Rodolfo Rodríguez - Víctor Diogo , Domingo Cáceres , Hugo de León , Nelson Agresta - Washington González , Denís Milar 52. , Eduardo De la Peña - Alberto Bica , Waldemar Victorino , Rubén Paz
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Ovelar (35.)
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Uruguay - Paraguay 2: 2 (0: 1)
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Rodolfo Rodríguez - Víctor Diogo , Domingo Cáceres , Hugo de León , Nelson Agresta - Washington González , Denís Milar , Daniel Alonso 90. - Alberto Bica , Eduardo De la Peña , Rubén Paz
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Alcides Báez - Juan Espínola , Cristín Cibils , Juan Villalba , Juan Torales - Tito Vera , Aldo Florentín , Mariano Pesoa 90. - Isabelino Acosta , Milcíades Morel , Eugenio Morel
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1: 1 54 ′ ( penalty ) Milar 2: 1 83 ′ Paz |
0: 1 34 ′ E. Morel 2: 2 88 ′ E. Morel
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Final round
Semifinals
Peru - Chile 1: 2 (0: 1)
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Eusebio Acasuzo - Jaime Duarte , Jorge Olaechea , Héctor Chumpitaz , Rubén Díaz - José Velásquez , Germán Leguía , César Cueto - Roberto Mosquera , Guillermo La Rosa , Freddy Ravello 59.
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Mario Osbén - Mario Galindo , René Valenzuela , Elías Figueroa , Enzo Escobar - Carlos Rivas , Rodolfo Dubó , Mario Soto , Manuel Rojas - Carlos Caszely 84th , Patricio Yáñez
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1: 1 71 ′ Mosquera |
0: 1 36 ′ Caszely 1: 2 76 ′ Caszely
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Chile 0-0 Peru
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Mario Osbén - Mario Galindo , René Valenzuela , Elías Figueroa , Enzo Escobar - Carlos Rivas , Rodolfo Dubó 63rd , Manuel Rojas - Patricio Yáñez , Carlos Caszely , Leonardo Véliz 46.
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Eusebio Acasuzo - José Navarro , Jorge Olaechea , Héctor Chumpitaz , Rubén Díaz - José Velásquez , Germán Leguía 63. , César Cueto 8. - Roberto Mosquera , Guillermo La Rosa , Freddy Ravello
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Figueroa (40th)
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Rojas (33.)
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Paraguay - Brazil 2: 1 (2: 0)
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Roberto Fernández - Juan Carlos Espínola , Cristín Cibils , Flaminio Sosa , Juan Torales - Luis Torres 74. , Aldo Florentín , Hugo Talavera - Evaristo Isasi , Milcíades Morel 75. , Eugenio Morel
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Émerson Leão - Toninho , Amaral , Edinho , Pedrinho - Chicão , Falcão , Tarciso - Jair 54. , Sócrates , Éder Aleixo 87.
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| 1-0 16 ′ E. Morel 2-0 16 ′ Talavera
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Brazil - Paraguay 2: 2 (1: 1)
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Émerson Leão - Toninho , Amaral , Edinho , Marco Antônio - Carpegiani 62. , Falcão , Tita 60. - Palhinha , Sócrates , Zé Sérgio
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Roberto Fernández - Juan Carlos Espínola , Roberto Paredes , Flaminio Sosa 89. , Juan Torales - Aldo Florentín , Carlos Kiese , Hugo Talavera 57. - Evaristo Isasi , Milcíades Morel , Eugenio Morel
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| 1: 0 29 ′ Falcão 2: 1 61 ′ ( penalty ) Sócrates
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1: 1 31 ′ M. Morel 2: 2 68 ′ Romero |
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final
First leg Paraguay - Chile 3: 0 (2: 0)
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Roberto Fernández - Juan Carlos Espínola , Roberto Paredes 75th , Flaminio Sosa , Juan Torales - Luis Torres 74th , Carlos Kiese , Julio Romero - Evaristo Isasi , Milcíades Morel , Eugenio Morel
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Mario Osbén - Mario Galindo , René Valenzuela , Alberto Quintano , Enzo Escobar - Carlos Rivas , Mario Soto , Eduardo Bonvallet 46. - Manuel Rojas , Carlos Caszely , Óscar Fabbiani
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| 1: 0 12 ′ (header) Romero 2: 0 36 ′ (header) M. Morel 3: 0 85 ′ (free kick) Romero
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Return leg Chile - Paraguay 1: 0 (1: 0)
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Mario Osbén - Mario Galindo , René Valenzuela , Elías Figueroa , Enzo Escobar - Carlos Rivas , Eduardo Bonvallet , Manuel Rojas 85th - Carlos Caszely , Óscar Fabbiani 56th , Leonardo Véliz
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Roberto Fernández - Alicio Solalinde , Roberto Paredes , Flaminio Sosa , Juan Torales - Julio Romero , Carlos Kiese 46. , Hugo Talavera 80. - Evaristo Isasi , Milcíades Morel , Eugenio Morel
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Playoff Paraguay - Chile 0-0 aet
The game was played on neutral ground in Argentina. After the playoff went goalless after extra time, Paraguay was declared the winner due to the better goal difference from the two finals.
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Roberto Fernández - Juan Carlos Espínola , Roberto Paredes , Flaminio Sosa , Juan Torales - Aldo Florentín , Carlos Kiese , Julio Romero - Amado Pérez 85. , Milcíades Morel , Osvaldo Aquino 61.
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Mario Osbén - Mario Galindo , Elías Figueroa , René Valenzuela , Enzo Escobar - Carlos Rivas , Rodolfo Dubó 90. , Manuel Rojas - Carlos Caszely , Óscar Fabbiani 61. , Leonardo Véliz
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