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- Copa América 1979
- Paraguay Celebrate Their Second Title.
Champions of the Copa América in 1953, Paraguay were back at the top of South-American football after the 1979 tournament, that had reached its 31st edition. With a squad mounted with young talents, the likes of Júlio Cesar, Romero, a.k.a Romerito, and Roberto Cabañas, alongside celebrated players, such as keeper Roberto Fernández and Carlos Kiese, Paraguay won the trophy after beating Chile in the final match.
Once again, the Copa América was held without a fixed venue, as in 1975, and once more the three major football powers fell before doing battle for the title (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay). The Argentineans, managed by César Luis Menotti, didn’t take their 1978 World Cup champions and were unable to make it past the first phase. On the other hand, they disclosed young Diego Armando Maradona, making his official international debut. Brazil, with three outstanding midfielders – Sócrates, Zico and Falcão – were eliminated in the semifinals by Paraguay. Amongst the standouts of the Copa America were Chilean defender Elias Figueroa and Bolivian striker Carlos Aragonés, who was most instrumental in the historic victories of Bolivia against Argentina and Brazil.
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- Paraguay
- Participations: 33
- Matches: 154
- Historical Ranking: 4º
- Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol, also known as Conmebol, was founded on July 9th 1916, after the successful first Copa América edition.
- Uruguay won Paraguay by 3-0 and establishes as the King of the Copa America
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- Luis Suarez is the Best Player LG Copa America 2011
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- Guerrero, of Peru, is the top scorer Santander 2011 Copa America
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- Official line-ups for Uruguay-Paraguay
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- Forlan says his name entered the history of the Uruguayan football
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