July 4, 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO: Lucas Paqueta’s second-half strike was enough for defending champions Brazil to hold off determined Chile 1-0 on Friday and book a Copa America semi-final showdown with Peru.
Second-half substitute Paqueta made an instant impact, finding a gap in Chile’s defense and firing into the back of the net in the 47th minute to put Brazil up 1-0. Less than two minutes later, however, Brazil were reduced to 10 men when Gabriel Jesus’s reckless high kick caught Eugenio Mena in the face and drew a straight red card.
Chile couldn’t capitalize on the man advantage, no matter they how hard they tried. Eduardo Vargas thought he’d grabbed the equalizer in the 62nd with a close-range shot, but VAR confirmed the offside call was correct. In the 69th, Mena’s cross from the left found Ben Brereton, whose looping header had Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson wrong-footed but caromed off the crossbar. Ederson came up with another big save in the 78th as Chile battled
Brazil beats Chile at Copa America despite second-half red card
Brazil s Lucas Paqueta, 17, celebrates scoring the opening goal against Chile with teammates during a Copa America quarterfinal soccer match at the Nilton Santos stadium. (Silvia Izquierdo/AP)
Associated Press July 2, 2021, 10:42 PM
Associated Press July 2, 2021, 10:42 PM
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Defending Copa America champions Brazil defended strongly with 10 men to advance to the semifinals with a 1-0 win on Friday against Chile. Substitute Lucas Paquetá scored the only goal of the match only seconds before Gabriel Jesus was sent off early in the second half.
Paquetá’s winner to the left corner of Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo in the 46th minute gave Brazil fans some hope that the Selecao would ease into the next stage. But only two minutes later Jesus was sent off after hitting Chile’s Eugenio Mena with a flying kick.
Diskussion Peru und Titelverteidiger Brasilien stehen im Halbfinale der Copa América. Die brasilianische „Seleção“ um Superstar und Rückkehrer Neymar besiegte Chile in einer umkämpften Viertelfinalpartie im Estádio Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro am Freitagabend (Ortszeit) mit 1:0 (0:0). Zuvor hatte die peruanische Fußball-Nationalelf im ersten Viertelfinalspiel in der zentralbrasilianischen Stadt Goiânia Paraguay im Elferschießen eliminiert. Nach 120 Minuten war es 3:3 (2:1) gestanden. Für Brasilien traf Lucas Paquetá nach feinen Zusammenspiel mit Neymar praktisch direkt nach Wiederanpfiff. Gabriel Jesús sah nur eine Minute später nach gefährlich hohem Bein gegen Chiles Eugenio Mena die Rote Karte. Chile, das mit dem genesenen Star Alexis Sánchez begann, spielte gut organisiert und hatte viel Ballbesitz. Ein Treffer von Eduardo Vargas für den Südamerikameister von 2015 und 2016 wurde nach Videobeweis wegen Abseits nicht anerkannt.
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