1987

1987
The big event of the year was the 33rd issue of Copa America.
It was a return to abandoned format in new way – a sign of the increasing commercialization of the sport, but also modernization and reaching new audience: for the first time Copa America was televised to Europe and North America. In purely football terms… nothing new and little excitement. If that was the highest point of the year, the lowest was also in South America and tragic one at that: the death of the whole Alianza (Lima) team in airplane crash.