PERU and Paraguay are going head-to-head tonight for a place in the Copa America semi-finals.
After solid performances in the group stages, both sides will fancy their chances of progressing to the next round.
- Kick-off time: 10pm BST
- TV channel: BBC Red Button
- Live stream FREE: BBC iPlayer
- Peru XI: Gallese, Corzo, C. Ramos, Santamaria, Trauco, Tapia, Yotun, Carrillo, Pena, Cueva, Lapadula.
- Paraguay XI: Silva, Espinola, Gomez, Alonso, Alderete, Villasanti, Gimenez, Romero, Almiron, Samu, Avolos.
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Peru are through to the semi-finals of Copa America 2021 FULL TIME REPORT
PERU’s fairy tale story goes on as they conquer Paraguay in Brazil and progress to the semi-finals of Copa America.
Wow where to even start?
Paraguay were the favourites to qualify for the next round and once Gustavo Gomez had given them the lead only 11 minutes in, it seemed as if they were going to run riot.
Gabriel Avalos and Luis Iberico battling it out However Peru refused to give up the battle and two goals either side of the half-way point in the first half from man of the match Gianluca Lapadula, flipped the game on its head.
Peruvian players celebrating Then things went from bad to worse for the Paraguayan’s because the goal scorer and skipper, Gomez, was sent off for something very harsh.
But La Albirroja still kept the faith and it paid off because second in command Junior Alonso levelled up the scoring with a tidy finish at the back-post almost ten minutes after the interval.
All of a sudden, Paraguay were playing as if they had the one-man advantage by creating a lot of clear cut chances but unfortunately squandering the opportunities.
And they were made to pay for their mistakes when Yoshimar Yotun popped up with a goal on the 80th minute.
The drama wasn’t done yet though because Peruvian talisman Andre Carrillo stupidly got himself sent off five minutes later which put the wind in Paraguay’s sails.
Andre Carrillo distraught after being sent off And after throwing the kitchen sink at the Peru back-line, Gabriel Avalos scored in injury time to take the game to penalties.
Unfortunately for La Albirroja, all of that hard work came in vein because they lost 4-3 in the penalty shootout after a rather poor display of penalties from both sides.
MOTM
Congratulations to Gianluca Lapadula for winning man of the match thanks to his brace against Paraguay.
FULL 90 STATS
Peru dominated possession but other than that, it was quite an even contest despite Paraguay having ten men.
But all of that is irrelevant and the only thing Peru will care about is the statistics at the top of the image.
Credit: Livescore SEMI-FINALS
So with Peru’s heroic performance against Paraguay, they await either 5x World Cup Winners Brazil or 2x Copa America Winners Chile in the semi-finals.
They must be over the moon with that selection.
FULL TIME
The Peruvians conquer Paraguay 4-3 on penalties after the two teams couldn’t be separated in 90 minutes with the initial match ending 3-3.
What a game that was!
Congratulations Peru on making the Copa America Semi-Finals.
GOAAAAAAAAAAL!
AND THAT’S IT!
MIGUEL TRAUCO IS THE HERO!
PERU GO THROUGH!
AND PARAGUAY GO PACKING!
PERU 4-3 PARAGUAY
HE’S MISSED ITTTTT!
Alberto Espinola what have you done?! Pedro Gallese saved it which means advantage Peru.
He didn’t even score the rebound.
PERU 3-3 PARAGUAY
HE’S MISSED ITTTTT!
Christian Cueva sees his effort tipped over the bar by Anthony Silva.
Now we enter sudden death.
PERU 3-3 PARAGUAY
THIS IS TO WIN IT!
GOAAAAAAL!
Robert Piris matches Renato Tapia’s effort and keeps Paraguay in the tie.
PERU 3-3 PARAGUAY
GOAAAAAAL!
Finally another successful penalty. Renato Tapia shows them how it’s done.
PERU 3-2 PARAGUAY
HE’S MISSED ITTTT!
My word that was awful! Samu attempted a rugby run up and he produced a rugby shot.
PERU 2-2 PARAGUAY
HE’S MISSED ITTTTT!
Santiago Ormeno witnesses his penalty saved by Anthony Silva.
PERU 2-2 PARAGUAY
HE’S MISSED ITTTT!
Hector Martinez’ shot went waaaaayyy over the bar!
PERU 2-2 PARAGUAY
GOAAAAAAAAAL!
You cheeky bugger Yoshimar Yotun. The Peruvian paneka’d his penalty successfully unlike Aguero.
PERU 2-2 PARAGUAY
GOAAAAAAL!
Junior Alonso converts his penalty, well done lad.
PERU 1-2 PARAGUAY
GOAAAAAAAL!
Gianluca Lapadula hits the back of the net for the third time.
PERU 1-1 PARAGUAY
GOAAAAAAAAAL!
Angel Romero sticks his penalty away coolly.
PERU 0-1 PARAGUAY
PARAGUAY WILL GO FIRST IN TAKING THE PENALTIES!
COMING IN CLUTCH
Gabriel Avalos saved the day for Paraguay and his 90th minute goal is the reason this match has gone to penalties.
PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
THE FULL TIME WHISTLE GOES!
WHAT A GAME THIS HAS BEEN!
NO EXTRA TIME SO IT’S STRAIGHT TO PENALTIES!
PERU 3-3 PARAGUAY
FIVE MINUTES OF ADDITIONAL TIME!
GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!
THIS GAME IS UNBELIEVABLEEEEEEEE!
PARAGUAY HAVE DONE ITTTTTTTTTT!
IN THE 90TH MINUTE IT’S GABRIEL AVALOS!
PERU 3-3 PARAGUAY
PERU 3-2 PARAGUAY
86. Well that’s not how I expected Andre Carrillo’s night to end but with this referee in charge, anything is possible.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
