2004 Copa América 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)
Weather	Overcast 17 °C (63 °F)[1]
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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 20' (pen.) Delgado 87'		Luisão 45' Adriano 90+3'
Penalties
D'Alessandro Heinze K. González Sorín	2–4	Adriano Edu Diego Juan

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Argentina

Brazil

GK 1 Roberto Abbondanzieri CB 6 Gabriel Heinze CB 2 Roberto Ayala (c) CB 22 Fabricio Coloccini DM 5 Javier Mascherano  72' RM 8 Javier Zanetti LM 3 Juan Pablo Sorín  25' AM 16 Lucho González  75' RF 21 Mauro Rosales  64' CF 11 Carlos Tevez  90' LF 18 Kily González 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 4 Juan CB 3 Luisão  58'  82' LB 6 Gustavo Nery RM 10 Alex (c)  63' CM 8 Kléberson  55' CM 5 Renato LM 11 Edu  38' CF 9 Luís Fabiano CF 7 Adriano Substitutions: MF 19 Diego  55' MF 20 Felipe  63' DF 15 Cris  82' Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira

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