Boca Eliminates River in Copa Libertadores 2004 - Penalty Shootout

#TBT: On their last head-to-head Copa Libertadores matchup Boca Juniors beat River Plate in penalties (5-4) and advanced to the competition final.

Copa Libertadores 2004 - Semifinal - 2nd Leg
River Plate 2x1 Boca Juniors
Monumenal de Núñez - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date: 17/06/2004

Goals:
50' Lucho González 1-0
84' Carlos Tévez 1-1
90' Cristian Nasuti 2-1

Penalties:
Boca - Schiavi 1-0
River - Marcelo Salas 1-1
Boca - Alvarez 2-1
River - Montenegro 2-2
Boca - Ledesma 3-2
River - Cavenaghi 3-3
Boca - Burdiso 4-3
River - Gonzalez 4-4
Boca - Villarreal 5-4
River - Max Lopez 5-4
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About Copa Libertadores
Copa Libertadores da America is an annual international football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the most important and prestigious tournament in South America.
The competition assembles Americas' 32 top clubs divided into 8 groups where the two best teams of each group advance to the knockout stages. The playoffs begin on round-of-16 and are played on home and away matches until the finals. The winner of the Copa Libertadores becomes eligible to play in two tournaments: the FIFA Club World Cup and the Recopa Sudamericana.
Argentine club Independiente is the most successful club in the cup history, having won the tournament 7 times. It's followed by Boca Juniors (ARG), 6, and Peñarol (URU), 5. The current champion of the competition is Atlético/MG (BRA).

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