Copa America, Peru 2004 Options

[umerz]

Group A - Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia
Group B - Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Ecuador
Group C - Brazil, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Chile

The top two teams in each group plus the two best third-placed teams qualify for the quarter-finals.

Fixtures:

Group A
July 6 - Venezuela v Colombia - Lima
July 6 - Peru v Bolivia - Lima
July 9 - Peru v Venezuela - Lima
July 9 - Colombia v Bolivia - Lima
July 12 - Peru v Colombia - Trujillo
July 12 - Venezuela v Bolivia - Trujillo

Group B
July 7 - Mexico v Uruguay - Chiclayo
July 7 - Argentina v Ecuador - Chiclayo
July 10 - Argentina v Mexico - Chiclayo
July 10 - Ecuador v Uruguay - Chiclayo
July 13 - Argentina v Uruguay - Piura
July 13 - Mexico v Ecuador - Piura

Group C
July 8 - Brazil v Chile - Arequipa
July 8 - Costa Rica v Paraguay - Arequipa
July 11 - Brazil v Costa Rica - requipa
July 11 - Paraguay v Chile - Arequipa
July 14 - Brazil v Paraguay - Arequipa
July 14 - Costa Rica v Chile - Tacna

Quarter-Finals
July 17 - Runners-up Group A v Runners-up Group B - Chiclayo
July 17 - Winners Group A v 2nd best 3rd place team - Trujillo
July 18 - Winners Group B v Runners-up Group C - Piura
July 18 - Winners Group C v best 3rd place team - Tacna

Semi-Finals
July 20 - Winner quarter-final 1 v Winner quarter-final 2 - Lima
July 21 - Winner quarter-final 3 v Winner quarter-final 4 - Lima

Third-Place Match
July 24 - Cusco

Final
July 25 - Lima

Ten Sports is showing all the matches live

[umerz]

Football Planet Copa America 2004


PREVIOUS WINNERS OF COPA AMERICA

1916 Uruguay Final Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina (League Mode)
1917 Uruguay Final Tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay (League Mode)
1919 Brazil Final Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (League Mode)
1920 Uruguay Final Tournament in Valparaiso, Chile (League Mode)
1921 Argentina Final Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina (League Mode)
1922 Brazil Final Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (League Mode)
1923 Uruguay Final Tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay (League Mode)
1924 Uruguay Final Tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay (League Mode)
1925 Argentina Final Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina (League Mode)
1926 Uruguay Final Tournament in Santiago de Chile, Chile (League Mode)
1927 Argentina Final Tournament in Lima, Peru (League Mode)
1929 Argentina Final Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina (League Mode)
1935 Uruguay Final Tournament in Lima, Peru (League Mode)
1937 Argentina Final Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina (League Mode)
1939 Peru Final Tournament in Lima, Peru (League Mode)
1941 Argentina Final Tournament in Santiago de Chile, Chile (League Mode)
1942 Uruguay Final Tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay (League Mode)
1945 Argentina Final Tournament in Santiago de Chile, Chile (League Mode)
1946 Argentina Final Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina (League Mode)
1947 Argentina Final Tournament in Guayaquil, Ecuador (League Mode)
1949 Brazil Final Tournament in Brazil (League Mode)
1953 Paraguay Final Tournament in Lima, Peru (League Mode)
1955 Argentina Final Tournament in Santiago de Chile, Chile (League Mode)
1956 Uruguay Final Tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay (League Mode)
1957 Argentina Final Tournament in Lima, Peru (League Mode)
1959 Argentina Final Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina (League Mode) - 1st Edition
1959 Uruguay Final Tournament in Guayaquil, Ecuador (League Mode) - 2nd Edition
1963 Bolivia Final Tournament in Bolivia (League Mode)
1967 Uruguay Final Tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay (League Mode)
1975 Peru Final Tournament was played in different countries. Every team, played at home with a new tournament system.
1979 Paraguay Final Tournament was played in different countries. Every team, played at home.
1983 Uruguay Final Tournament was played in different countries. Every team, played at home.
1987 Uruguay Final Tournament in Argentina. The tournament was played in one country only.
1989 Brazil Final Tournament in Brazil.
1991 Argentina Final Tournament in Chile.
1993 Argentina Final Tournament in Ecuador.
1995 Uruguay Final Tournament in Uruguay.
1997 Brazil Final Tournament in Bolivia.
1999 Brazil Final Tournament in Paraguay.
2001 Colombia Final Tournament in Colombia.

[Paki_Rulz_1]

My two faves in winning this event is Argentina or Brasilia..

[umerz]

this continent possesses more talent than Europe ...........its just that Europeian media has much more impact on the ppl .............

[Truemen]

I agree wid you 100% bro..........!!

I was die hard fan of Colombia but they really very dissapointed me in 1994 WC and so on till now ..... ..... anyway I still support Colombia and favo Brazi.....!!

GO BRAZIL GO.............!!

This post has been edited by Truemen: Jul 6 2004, 04:08 AM

[umerz]

even i think Brazil is fav........argentine win last time in 93 so they r due big time but their team is not in very good shape as far as i know

[FC BAYERN]

peru is good but wat bout venezuela if greece can win euro 2004 venezuela by far the most improved south american side can hope to win the copa america

[umerz]

but the problem is that except for 5-6 teams the level of the game of other team is very down when compared to those 5-6 teams where as in europe compeition is more tight

[Truemen]

I dont think venezuela can beat brazil and argintine ..........!!

but yes if we talking about BIG UPSET then Ecuador can do it.......!!

[Paki_Rulz_1]

so far:

Venezuela 0 - 1 Colombia
Peru 2 - 2 Bolivia

[FC BAYERN]

i reckon i jinxed venezuela so i wont say they'll win they shudve really beaten colombia and peru shudve beaten bolivia

[umerz]

Peru 2 - 2 Bolivia was a cracker of a game 2nd goal of PEru was just class

[FC BAYERN]

mexico 2 uruguay 2
argentine 6 ecuador 1

some contendors to win the copa america ecuador have made a very impressive start

[Truemen]

Argentina into Copa final


Argentina swept defending champions Colombia aside 3-0 to reach their 25th Copa America final.
Carlos Tevez scored from a free-kick to give favourites Argentina a half-time lead in Lima.

Luis Gonzalez added a second soon after the break to put Argentina firmly in command.

Juan Pablo Sorin's diving header rounded off an impressive performance for the Argentines, who will meet either Brazil or Uruguay in the final.


Tevez, who scored the quarter-final winner against Peru after coming on as substitute, justified his place in the starting line-up by curling a 25-yard shot around the Colombian wall.

It was no more than Argentina deserved after dominating proceedings from the first whistle.

Tevez and Sorin both went close and Cristian Gonzalez saw his 24th minute lob headed off the line by covering defender Andres Gonzalez.

After Tevez's opener, Colombian keeper Juan Carlos Henao denied both Luciano Figueroa and Cesar Delgado before the interval.

Argentina needed only five minutes of the second half to double their lead.

Figueroa broke down the left and as the Colombian defence failed to cut out his cross, Gonzalez stroked the ball in for his second goal of the tournament.

The goal knocked the fight out of Colombia who never looked like getting back into the game against an impressive Argentina.

As they cruised through the final 40 minutes, it was no surprise when Sorin iced the cake with a diving header from Mauro Rosales well-delivered free-kick.

Argentina will face either Uruguay or Brazil who meet in the second semi-final on Wednesday

[Truemen]

Brazil reach Copa final


Brazil kept their nerve in a penalty shoot-out against Uruguay to clinch a Copa America final showdown against Argentina.
Marcelo Sosa's header gave Uruguay a deserved lead, but some dreadful finishing proved to be their undoing.

Adriano equalised for Brazil who almost avoided penalties when Luis Fabiano went agonisingly close near the end.

Brazil converted all five of their penalties, with Julio Cesar's save from Vicente Sanchez proving decisive.


Uruguay made a lively start and nearly went ahead in the second minute when Dario Silva was given a clear run on goal but shot straight at goalkeeper Julio Cesar.

Silva was again the culprit 11 minutes later when he contrived to miss an open goal from point-blank range, somehow turning Carlos Diogo's header onto the crossbar when it seemed impossible to miss.

Uruguay, however, took the lead when Javier Delgado floated over a free kick from the left and midfielder Sosa stooped to head the ball past Julio Cesar.


Sosa and Delgado both came close to increasing Uruguay's lead before halftime, the latter seeing his swerving free kick turned away by Julio Cesar.

Uruguay goalkeeper Sebastian Viera made two good first half saves, punching over Kleberson's drive early on and then turning away a cunning Edu chip in injury time.

Brazil emerged in a different frame of mind after halftime and levelled almost straight away when Alex set Luis Fabiano away on the right and his low shot was turned in from close range by Adriano.

Adriano threatened with two left-foot shots in the next three minutes as Brazil began to take control.

The game lost momentum before bursting back into life in the final five minutes, when Luis Fabiano was agonisingly close for Brazil and Maicon was denied by Viera.

Silva, whose first-half missed was to prove costly, had another good chance but his shot was blocked by Juan.

In the penalty shoot-out, Luisao, Fabiano, Adriano and Renato all slotted home their penalty kicks for Brazil, who came to the tournament without many of theri stars such as Ronaldo and Ronaldinho.

But after Silva, Viera and Omar Pouso netted for Uruguay, Julio Cesar plunged to his left to stop Sanchez's penalty, leaving Alex to slot the decider past Viera.

[Truemen]

Brazil look to brute force

BRAZIL V ARGENTINA ..... COPA FINAL Preview..!!

Final on Sunday 25 July


"If you don't attack Brazil, you lose," said Uruguay coach Jorge Fossati in the run-up to the Copa America semi-final.

In Sunday's quarter-final Mexico handed Brazil the initiative and were ripped apart. Uruguay came out with a different approach.

They kept Brazil on the back foot for the entire first half, and there could have been few complaints if they, and not the world champions, had made it through to the final.

There is no doubt about how Argentina will approach the big match on Sunday - wherever the game, whoever the opposition, Marcelo Bielsa's side always seek to dominate.

Tuesday's 3-0 win over Colombia was a perfect illustration of Bielsa's philosophy.

His team were in control from first to last. In possession their high-tempo pass-and-move football caused endless problems for the Colombian defence.

Without the ball, they applied such pressure in the opposing half of the field that Colombia were seldom able to get their own moves going.

It was one of their best games in the post-Maradona era.

So far in the competition Argentina have only conceded goals from outside the penalty area. It shows that their aggressive approach is working.

Despite their commitment to attack they are not leaving themselves open at the back.

Brazil, of course, represent a stiffer challenge - as Ronaldo proved less than two months ago.

Argentina travelled to meet Brazil in World Cup qualification at the start of June. They had the bulk of the game, weaving pretty patterns all over the field in Belo Horizonte.

Argentina's semi-final win against Colombia was one of their best games in the post-Maradona era

But there was no stopping Ronaldo. He was inspired - it was probably the biggest game he will ever play in his own country.

Three times he burst through and was brought down. Three times he got up to score from the penalty spot.

In terms of skill and technique, Argentina looked the better side but they were unable to match Brazil in terms of physical power.

They had nobody who could run with the ball with the awesome strength of Ronaldo or Kaka - neither are here in Peru.

But Adriano is. He scored his sixth goal of the competition against Uruguay. Both he and fellow striker Luis Fabiano are built like tanks.

Argentina will take the game to Brazil on Sunday and they should be able to create chances against an unreliable Brazilian defence.

But the key to victory is at the other end.

June belonged to Brazil, because Argentina couldn't cope with the power of Ronaldo. But if they can cope with the power of Adriano, then July will belong to Argentina.

This post has been edited by Truemen: Jul 22 2004, 02:29 PM

[umerz]

Brazil's semi final was a real drama a Uruguay player missed absolute a sitter ...........that final is gonna b great match

[Paki_Rulz_1]

Brazil Vs. Argentina, the two teams I picked since the beginning, I will have to go with Brazil.. they can pull off the win.

[paranoid]

argentina all the way

[Truemen]

Hay !! Paki_Rulz_1 congratulation for 10,000 post on MP.....!!

[umerz]

Brazil is gonan win they r playing really well

[FC BAYERN]

i go with argentine carlos tevez is on fire and brazil struggled to beat uruguay in the semis

[umerz]

Adriano is on fire bro dont forget but lets c what happens

[Paki_Rulz_1]

[vickytricky]

I think Argentina 's experience will b too much for Brazil

[paranoid]

adriano is hott mann ............. hes scoring like anythin

[FC BAYERN]

yeah adriano is the leading scorer of the tournament and is playing with vengeance but so is carlos tevez who recently won his first cap for argentine

[aftab]

i hope everyone knows there is a live match going on arg vs Bra
right now at half time 1-1

[M DAA CHAMP]

Brazil jeet jaiy gaa yaar

[umerz]

What a great match so many turn arounds
BRAZIL r the South American champions Adriano made scorline 2--2 in the dying moments of injurt time and Brazil in the end won 4-2 on penalties what a heart break for Argentine