Brazil, reduced to ten after the exclusion of Gabriel Jesus in the 48e minute, suffered to beat Chile 1-0 on Friday and reach the semi-finals of the Copa America where he will face Peru.
In the Olímpico Nilton Santos stadium in Rio, the Seleçao generally dominated their quarter-final, but had to wait until the second half to materialize.
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The poster of the last final
It was Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Lucas Paqueta who, coming into play at the break, gave the victory to the Seleçao by taking advantage of a combination with Neymar to speed up the Chilean defense in the area and register the only goal of the meeting (47e ). On the following action, another twist with the exclusion of Gabriel Jesus for a violent tackle in front of the Manchester City striker at the level of the torso of Eugenio Mena (49e ). In search of his first coronation in Copa America – injured in an ankle, he had not participated in the 2019 edition won by the Seleçao – Neymar admitted that his team suffered against the Chilean “Roja”.
Brazil will meet this Monday in Rio with Peru who qualified on penalties against Paraguay (3-3, 4 shots on goal to 3).
Brazil-Peru had been the poster for the final of the last Copa, a match won 3 to 1 by the Seleçao who had offered their 9e title in the flagship competition of South American football.
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