2004 Copa América final

2004 Copa América final

The Estadio Nacional in Lima hosted the final
Event	2004 Copa América
Argentina Brazil 2 2
Brazil won 4–2 on penalties
Date	25 July 2004
Venue	Estadio Nacional, Lima
Referee	Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
Attendance	43,000
Weather	Overcast 17 °C (63 °F)

The 2004 Copa América final was the final of the 41st Copa América. The match was played in Lima, for the first time. This was the fifth final for Brazil (winning two of the previous). Meanwhile, was the second for Argentina (winning once).

Carlos Amarilla was the referee for the final match. He refereed two more matches in previous stages of the tournament, both involving Argentina: first against Ecuador in the first round and against Peru in the quarter-finals.

Route to the final

Argentina		Round	Brazil
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Ecuador	6–1	Match 1	Chile	1–0
Mexico	0–1	Match 2	Costa Rica	4–1
Uruguay	4–2	Match 3	Paraguay	1–2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Mexico 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Argentina 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6 Uruguay 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4 Ecuador 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0		Final standings	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Paraguay 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3 Chile 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Peru	1–0	Quarter-finals	Mexico	4–0
Colombia	3–0	Semi-finals	Uruguay	1–1 (5–3 pen.)

Match details

25 July 2004

15:00

Argentina	2–2	Brazil
K. González 21' (pen.) Delgado 87'		Luisão 45+1' Adriano 90+3'
Penalties
D'Alessandro Heinze K. González Sorín	2–4	Adriano Edu Diego Juan

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Argentina

Brazil

GK	1	Roberto Abbondanzieri
CB	22	Fabricio Coloccini
CB	2	Roberto Ayala (c)
CB	6	Gabriel Heinze
RWB	8	Javier Zanetti
LWB	3	Juan Pablo Sorín	25'
DM	5	Javier Mascherano	72'
RM	21	Mauro Rosales		64'
CM	16	Lucho González		75'
LM	18	Kily González
CF	11	Carlos Tevez		90'
Substitutions:
FW	19	César Delgado		64'
MF	10	Andrés D'Alessandro		75'
DF	4	Facundo Quiroga		90'
Manager:
Marcelo Bielsa

GK	1	Júlio César	51'
RB	13	Maicon
CB	3	Luisão	58'	82'
CB	4	Juan
LB	6	Gustavo Nery
CM	8	Kléberson		55'
CM	5	Renato
CM	11	Edu	38'
AM	10	Alex (c)		63'
CF	9	Luís Fabiano
CF	7	Adriano
Substitutions:
MF	19	Diego		55'
MF	20	Felipe		63'
DF	15	Cris		82'
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira