The 2017 Superclásico de las Américas – Copa Doctor Nicolás Leoz was the fourth edition of the

Superclásico de las Américas The Superclassic of the Americas (, ), was an annual Exhibition game, friendly association football, football match between the national teams of Argentina national football team, Argentina and Brazil national football team, Brazil. Established ...

, an annual friendly

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match between the national teams of

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and

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. The match was played at the

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. Argentina won the match by the solitary goal scored by Gabriel Mercado in the 45th minute of the first half, thus winning Superclásico de las Américas for the first time.Argentina-Brasil: un gol de Mercado le regaló a Sampaoli un debut triunfal en la selección, pero también sufrido
''La Nación'', 9 Jun 2017

Venue

2017 AFL Grand Final panorama during national anthem

Match details

References

External links

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