1993 Copa América final

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| caption = Argentina at the podium

| event = 1993 Copa América

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| team2 = Mexico

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| date = 4 July 1993

| stadium = Estadio Monumental

| city = Guayaquil

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| referee = Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

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The 1993 Copa América Final was the final match of the 1993 Copa América. It was held on 4 July 1993, in Guayaquil. Argentina won the match 2–1 against Mexico.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/93safull.html Copa América 1993 Final] on the RSSSF This was the first time a non-CONMEBOL nation played in a Copa América final.[https://elpais.com/deportes/2019/06/13/actualidad/1560436953_023515.html México alimenta la Copa América] by Diego Mancera on El País, 15 June 2019

Managed by Alfio Basile, Argentina won the Copa América for the fourteenth time, defending their title won two years before.[http://www.diarioveloz.com/notas/146202-revivi-la-consagracion-la-copa-america-1993-el-ultimo-titulo-la-seleccion-mayor Reviví la consagración en la Copa América 1993, el último título de la Selección mayor] on Diario Veloz, 4 Jul 2015[http://web.archive.org/web/20230624192913/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201607/153772-argentina-copa-america-1993-ecuador-mexico-batistuta-simeone-basile.html Hace 23 años, la selección argentina ganaba la Copa América por última vez] by Gustavo Lenti on Telam, 4 July 2016 Argentina would not win another Copa America until 2021.

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Route to the final

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! colspan="2" style="width:1*" | Argentina

! Round

! colspan="2" style="width:1*" | Mexico

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| Opponent

| Result

| Group stage

| Opponent

| Result

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| 1–0

| style="background:#C1E0FF" | Match 1

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| 1–2

{{fb|MEX}}

| 1–1

| style="background:#C1E0FF" | Match 2

| {{fb|ARG}}

| 1–1

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| 1–1

| style="background:#C1E0FF" | Match 3

| {{fb|BOL}}

| 0–0

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|+ style="background:#; color:#" | Group A - Final standings

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! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

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! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

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|3

21062+47
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| align=left | {{fb|ARG}}

|3

20154+16
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| align=left | {{fb|MEX}}

|3

11154+14
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|3

003410−60

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| Opponent

| Result

| Knockout stage

| Opponent

| Result

|-

| {{fb|BRA}}

| 1–1 {{pso|6–5}}

| style="background:#C1E0FF" | Quarter-finals

| {{fb|PER}}

| 4–2

|-

| {{fb|COL}}

| 0–0 {{pso|6–5}}

| style="background:#C1E0FF" | Semi-finals

| {{fb|ECU|1900}}

| 2–0

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Match details

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|referee = Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

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GK1Sergio Goycochea
RB4Fabián Basualdo{{yel|22}}
CB6Oscar Ruggeri (c){{suboff|40}}
CB15Jorge Borelli
LB3Ricardo Altamirano
RM17Gustavo Zapata
CM10Diego Simeone
CM5Fernando Redondo
LM11Néstor Gorosito{{yel|42}}{{suboff|64}}
CF9Gabriel Batistuta{{yel|77}}
CF18Alberto Acosta{{yel|65}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF13Fernando Cáceres{{subon|40}}
MF20Leonardo Rodríguez{{subon|64}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Alfio Basile

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GK1Jorge Campos
RB21Raúl Gutiérrez{{suboff|79}}
CB2Claudio Suarez{{yel|58}}
CB3Juan Ramírez Perales
LB5Ramón Ramírez
RM7David Patiño{{suboff|46}}
CM4Ignacio Ambríz
CM8Alberto García Aspe{{yel|35}}
LM17Benjamín Galindo
CF9Hugo Sánchez (c){{yel|38}}
CF11Luís Roberto Alves
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW10Luis García{{subon|46}}
FW15Luis Flores{{subon|79}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|MEX}} Miguel Mejía Barón

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