Brazil in the last four of the Copa America. Thiago Silva’s teammates qualified for the semi-finals of the continental competition by beating Chile (1-0) on Friday, July 2. The defending champions will face Peru for a place in the final.
Barely entered the field after half-time, midfielder Lucas Paqueta gave the victory to the Seleçao with a goal (47th) of this meeting which took place in Rio de Janeiro.
Less than two minutes later, Brazil lost Gabriel Jesus who was sent off for a foul on Eugenio Mena. The Chileans failed to take advantage of this advantage as Eduardo Vargas’ 62nd-minute goal was called off for offside after consulting the VAR.
During the first half, the best opportunity for Brazil to open the scoring came in the 20th minute when Neymar found Roberto Firmino in a good position, but the Liverpool scorer failed to defeat the Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.
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After the meeting, Brazil star Neymar underlined the difficulty of securing the victory and congratulated his teammates.“We started the game very well, then we scored a goal and then we had to stay in Chile which has a very competent team and great quality players”, said the Brazilian striker.
For the PSG player, “it was a very difficult game and the whole team deserves to be congratulated, thank goodness”. Beat Chile “was a great test, we knew it was going to be a tough game but the important thing is that we got the win and made it to the semi-finals “, he concluded.
Brazil will meet Peru in Rio on Monday July 5, just like in the final of the competition in 2019, won by the Seleçao 3 goals to 1. Earlier in the day, the Incas beat Paraguay (4-3) on penalties to the goal, in Goiania.
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