2007 Copa América knockout stage explained

The 2007 Copa América knockout stage was the elimination stage of the Copa América, following the group stage. It began on 7 July 2007 and consisted of the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, the third-place play-off, and the final held at the Estadio José Pachencho Romero on 15 July, in Maracaibo. No extra time was to be played if any match in the final stages finished tied after regulation; the match would go straight to a penalty shoot-out.

All times are in local, Venezuela Time .

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the three groups, plus the two best-placed third teams, qualified for the knockout stage.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Venezuela v Uruguay

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GK	1	Renny Vega
RB	20	Héctor González
CB	3	José Manuel Rey
CB	6	Alejandro Cichero
LB	17	Jorge Rojas
RM	11	Ricardo Páez
CM	5
CM	8	Luis Vera (c)
LM	18	Juan Arango
CF	9
CF	15
Substitutions:
FW	19
MF	10
MF	14
Manager:
Richard Páez

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GK	1	Fabián Carini
RB	5
CB	2	Diego Lugano (c)
CB	19	Andrés Scotti
LB	15	Diego Pérez
CM	4	Jorge Fucile
CM	7	Cristian Rodríguez
CM	6
RF	16	Maxi Pereira
CF	21
LF	10
Substitutions:
MF	20
DF	3
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez

Chile v Brazil

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GK	1	Claudio Bravo
RB	2
CB	4	Ismael Fuentes
CB	19	Gonzalo Jara
LB	15	Pablo Contreras
RM	20
CM	17	Arturo Sanhueza (c)
CM	16
LM	11
CF	22
CF	8	Humberto Suazo
Substitutions:
MF	10
MF	6
MF	13
Manager:
Nelson Acosta

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GK	12	Doni
RB	2
CB	3	Alex
CB	4
LB	6	Gilberto
CM	5	Mineiro
CM	8	Gilberto Silva (c)
CM	17	Josué
AM	19	Júlio Baptista
CF	11
CF	9	Vágner Love
Substitutions:
FW	21
MF	7
DF	15
Manager:
Dunga

Mexico v Paraguay

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GK	1
RB	2
CB	5	Israel Castro
CB	4	Rafael Márquez (c)
LB	3	Fausto Pinto
RM	20
CM	8	Jaime Correa
CM	6	Gerardo Torrado
LM	18	Andrés Guardado
CF	12
CF	21
Substitutions:
FW	17
FW	19
FW	10
Manager:
Hugo Sánchez

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GK	22
CB	2
CB	5	Julio César Cáceres (c)
CB	14	Paulo da Silva
DM	16	Cristian Riveros
RM	6	Carlos Bonet
CM	8
CM	19
LM	3	Claudio Morel
CF	9	Roque Santa Cruz
CF	18
Substitutions:
GK	12
MF	20
FW	7
Manager:
Gerardo Martino

Argentina v Peru

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GK	1	Roberto Abbondanzieri
RB	8	Javier Zanetti
CB	2	Roberto Ayala (c)
CB	15	Gabriel Milito
LB	6	Gabriel Heinze
CM	19
CM	20
CM	14	Javier Mascherano
AM	18	Lionel Messi
AM	10	Juan Román Riquelme
CF	21
Substitutions:
FW	11
MF	5
MF	16
Manager:
Alfio Basile

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GK	1	Leao Butrón
RB	22	John Galliquio
CB	2	Miguel Villalta
CB	3
LB	15
DM	8	Juan Carlos Bazalar
RM	13
LM	4	Walter Vílchez
AM	10
CF	9
CF	14	Claudio Pizarro (c)
Substitutions:
MF	18
FW	11
FW	16
Manager:
Julio César Uribe

Semi-finals

Uruguay v Brazil

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GK	1	Fabián Carini
RB	4	Jorge Fucile
CB	2	Diego Lugano (c)
CB	19
LB	6
RM	16	Maxi Pereira
CM	5	Pablo García
CM	15
LM	7	Cristian Rodríguez
SS	10
CF	21	Diego Forlán
Substitutions:
FW	13
MF	20
MF	8
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez

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GK	12	Doni
RB	2	Maicon
CB	3	Alex
CB	4	Juan
LB	6
CM	5	Mineiro
CM	8	Gilberto Silva (c)
CM	17
AM	19
CF	11	Robinho
CF	9
Substitutions:
MF	10
MF	18
FW	21
Manager:
Dunga

Mexico v Argentina

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GK	1
RB	2	Jonny Magallón
CB	5	Israel Castro
CB	4	Rafael Márquez (c)
LB	3	Fausto Pinto
RM	20	Fernando Arce
CM	8
CM	6
LM	18	Andrés Guardado
CF	12
CF	21	Nery Castillo
Substitutions:
FW	7
FW	19
DF	14
Manager:
Hugo Sánchez

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GK	1	Roberto Abbondanzieri
RB	8	Javier Zanetti
CB	2	Roberto Ayala (c)
CB	15	Gabriel Milito
LB	6	Gabriel Heinze
CM	19	Esteban Cambiasso
CM	20
CM	14	Javier Mascherano
AM	18
AM	10
CF	11
Substitutions:
MF	5
FW	7
MF	16
Manager:
Alfio Basile

Third-place match

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GK	1	Fabián Carini
CB	4	Jorge Fucile
CB	2	Diego Lugano (c)
CB	19
DM	5
RM	16	Maxi Pereira
CM	17	Carlos Valdez
CM	20
LM	7	Cristian Rodríguez
CF	21
CF	13	Sebastián Abreu
Substitutions:
MF	18
FW	22
MF	8
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez

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GK	13
RB	2	Jonny Magallón
CB	5	Israel Castro
CB	22	Francisco Rodríguez
LB	3
RM	16	Jaime Lozano
CM	10	Cuauhtémoc Blanco (c)
CM	6	Gerardo Torrado
LM	11	Ramón Morales
CF	19
CF	21
Substitutions:
MF	18
FW	9
Manager:
Hugo Sánchez

Final

See main article: 2007 Copa América Final.

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GK	12
RB	2	Maicon
CB	4	Juan (c)
CB	3
LB	6
CM	5	Mineiro
CM	17
RW	7
LW	19
CF	11
CF	9
Substitutions:
DF	13
MF	18
MF	10
Manager:
Dunga

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GK	1	Roberto Abbondanzieri
RB	8	Javier Zanetti
CB	2	Roberto Ayala (c)
CB	15	Gabriel Milito
LB	6	Gabriel Heinze
CM	19
CM	20
CM	14
AM	18	Lionel Messi
AM	10	Juan Román Riquelme
CF	11
Substitutions:
MF	16
MF	13
Manager:
Alfio Basile

External links

2007 Copa América at RSSSF