1987 Copa América final

1987 Copa América final Uruguay copa 1987 2.jpg Uruguay, champions 1987 Copa América Uruguay URU 30px 1 Chile CHI 30px 0 July 12, 1987 Monumental Buenos Aires Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) 35,000 1983 1993 The 1987 Copa América final was the final match to decide the champion of the 1987 Copa América, the 33rd. edition of this continental competition. It was held on July 12, 1987, in Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. Uruguay beat Chile 1–0,Copa América 1983 on the RSSSF achieving their 13th Copa América title.Aniversario de la Copa América 1987 on AUF, 12 Jul 2018 Qualified teams Team Previous final app. URU 1919, 1983 CHI 1979 Bold indicates winning years Route to the final 1987 Copa América UruguayRound ChileOpponentResult Group stageOpponentResult (No match played) Match 1 VEN 1954 3–1 (No match played) Match 2 BRA 1968 4–0 As current champions, Uruguay started to compete directly in semifinalsFinal standingsTeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points CHI220071+64 BRA 1968210154+12 VEN 1954200218−70OpponentResult Knockout stageOpponentResult ARG 1–0 Semi-finals COL 2–1 (a.e.t.) Background Uruguay had eliminated Argentina (reigning World Champion by then) based in their good defense and tactical order. As former defender and Olympic champion José Nasazzi stated, "We make the first 10 fouls of the match and then we win playing fair", that phrase synthesized the Uruguayan rough style of play to prevail psychologically over the rival since the first minute of the match. Under that premise, defensive players Obdulio Trasante and José Perdomo applied that rough tactics during the first minutes, carrying the Argentine side to that style of play, confusing their rival. Once the first objective was fulfilled, Uruguay started to play fair, keeping the possession of the ball until the match ended. The match thumb|Pablo Bengoechea scoring the only goal for Uruguay In the decisive match played at Estadio Monumental of Buenos Aires, Chile played dirty, committing a great amount of fouls, with Enzo Francescoli as one of their main victims. Because of that rough style of playing, defender Eduardo Gómez was sent off by Brazilian referee Romualdo Arpi Filho with before the 15 minutes of the match.Uruguay campeón de América by José Manuel Martín on Memorias del Fútbol, 14 Feb 2019 Nevertheless, Francascoli would be also sent off after fouling rival Fernando Astengo. Uruguay won the final through the highlighted performances of Alfonso Domínguez (who controlled the movements of Ivo Basay, Chile's most notable forward), and central midfielder José Perdomo, who played both, defensive and offensive positions.El glorioso y querido fútbol uruguayo, El Gráfico, 14 Jun 2019 Match details July 12, 1987 1987 Copa América Final URU 1–0 CHI Bengoechea 56 September 2025 Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires 35,000 Arppi Filho (Brazil) _whiteshoulders _whiteshoulders _whiteshoulders _sky_blue_on_top 87CEFA 87CEFA 87CEFA 000000 000000 Uruguay _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder _color_3_stripes_black FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 0000BF FFFFFF Chile GK 12 Eduardo Pereira RB 14Alfonso DomínguezCB 3 Nelson GutiérrezCB 4 Obdulio TrasanteLB 5José Pintos Saldanha RM 8Gustavo Matosas CM 15 José Perdomo (c) 0 90CM 16Pablo BengoecheaLM 10 Enzo Francescoli 0 27CF 7Antonio Alzamendi 86CF 11 Rubén Sosa Substitutions:DF 6 José Enrique Peña 86Manager: URU Roberto Fleitas GK 1 Roberto Rojas (c)RB 2 Óscar ReyesCB 8 Eduardo Gómez 2 9 14CB 11 Fernando Astengo 17 0 90LB 4 Luis HormazábalRM 18 Patricio Mardones CM 10 Jorge ContrerasCM 20Héctor Puebla 19LM 6Jaime Pizarro CF 9 Juan Carlos LetelierCF 7 Ivo BasaySubstitutions:DF 3 Ricardo Toro 19 63MF 21 Hugo Rubio 63Manager: CHI Orlando Aravena References Final, 1987 Copa America 1987 1987 Category:Copa América finals Category:Uruguay at the 1987 Copa América Category:1987 in Chilean football 1987 Category:International sports competitions in Buenos Aires Category:1980s in Buenos Aires Category:July 1987 sports events in South America Category:Football matches in Argentina 1987