| Date | 30 July 1996 — 18:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia | |
| Referee | Esse Baharmast |  USA |
| Linesman | Dramane Dante |  MLI |
| Linesman | Luis Torres |  CRC |
| Attendance | 78,212 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Argentina |  ARG | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| – | Portugal |  POR | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Argentina| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Shots | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 7 | Claudio López | 0 | 6 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Forward | 9 | Hernán Crespo | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Forward | 18 | Marcelo Gallardo | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 5 | Matías Almeyda | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 8 | Diego Simeone | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 10 | Ariel Ortega | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| Midfield | 11 | Hugo Morales | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 15 | Christian Bassedas | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Midfield | 16 | Gustavo López | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 2 | Roberto Ayala | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 3 | José Antonio Chamot | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 4 | Javier Zanetti | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Defense | 6 | Roberto Sensini | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 12 | Pablo Cavallero | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 13 | |||||
| Coach | Daniel Passarella | ||||||||||
Portugal| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Shots | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 9 | Paulo Alves | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Forward | 7 | José Dominguez | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | |||
| Forward | 16 | Hugo Porfírio | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Forward | 15 | Nuno Gomes | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Forward | 5 | Beto | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 14 | Calado | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Midfield | 10 | Afonso Martins | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 13 | Luís Vidigal | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | |||
| Defense | 20 | Nuno Afonso | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Defense | 6 | Andrade | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 3 | Rui Bento | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Defense | 11 | Rui Jorge | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 4 | Emílio Peixe | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 12 | Nuno Espírito Santo | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Coach | Nelo Vingada | ||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 (1) | Hugo Morales | | yellow | ||
| 37 (1) | Andrade | | yellow | ||
| 41 (1) | Christian Bassedas | | yellow |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 (2) | Hernán Crespo | | 1-0 | ||
| 62 (2) | Hernán Crespo | | 2-0 |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 (1) | Beto | | out | ||
| 8 (1) | Nuno Afonso | | in | ||
| 58 (2) | Afonso Martins | | out | ||
| 58 (2) | Hugo Porfírio | | in | ||
| 65 (2) | Andrade | | out | ||
| 65 (2) | Paulo Alves | | in | ||
| 67 (2) | Hugo Morales | | out | ||
| 67 (2) | Gustavo López | | in | ||
| 75 (2) | Christian Bassedas | | out | ||
| 75 (2) | Diego Simeone | | in | ||
| 78 (2) | Hernán Crespo | | out | ||
| 78 (2) | Marcelo Gallardo | | in |
