copa america

Highlights Monday, July 5Brazil 1 Peru 0 (Goal:Paqueta 35) Neymar  tricked past three defenders to set up Lucas Paqueta‘s gamewinner in Brazil’s 1-0 semifinal win over Peru. Brazil, aiming to win its 10th Copa America and second straight, will face the winner of Tuesday’s Colombia-Argentina semifinal. “I want Argentina in the final,” said Neymar. “I am cheering […]

The final four is set after Lionel Messi  scored (with a free-kick golazo in stoppage time) and assisted twice in a 3-0 Argentina win over Ecuador. Colombia won the shootout after a scoreless tie with Uruguay. Highlights Saturday, July 3 Uruguay 0 Colombia 0 (Colombia wins PK tiebreaker, 2-4) Saturday, July 3 Argentine 3 Ecuador 0 (Goals: De Paul 40, Martínez […]

Highlights Friday, July 2 Peru 3 Paraguay 3 (Goals: Lapadula 21, 40, Yotun 80; Gomez 11, Alonso 54, Avalos 90); Red cards: Paraguay — Gomez 45+3; Peru — Carillo 85) Friday, July 2 Brazil 1 Chile 0 (Goal: Paqueta 46; Red card: Brazil — Gabriel Jesus 48) Spotlight The 31-year-old Gianluca Lapadula, who scored twice in Peru’s quarterfinal win, was born […]

Highlights Monday, June 28 Bolivia 1 Argentina 4 (Goals: Gómez 6; Messi 33, pen. 42, Martínez 65) Monday, June 28 Uruguay 1 Paraguay 0 (Goal: Cavani pen. 21) Number 148. Lionel Messi set the record for all-time Argentine appearances on Monday. Messi, who turned 34 last Thursday, also increased his record number of goals to 75 […]

Peru, a 1-0 winner over Venezuela, and Ecuador, which tied host Brazil, 1-1, qualified for the quarterfinals on the day of last Group B play. Highlights Sunday, June 27 Brazil 1 Ecuador 1 (Goals: Militão 37; Mena 53) Sunday, June 27 Venezuela 0 Peru 1 (Goal: Carrillo 48) • The tie with Ecuador ended Brazil’s […]

With a penalty kick, Miguel Almirón, a 2018 MLS Cup winner with Atlanta United, scored his first goal for Paraguay in official competition in a 2-0 win over Chile. Almirón, now at Newcastle United, also assisted on Braian Samudio‘s goal with a corner kick. The win clinched quarterfinal passage for Paraguay, which opened a 3-1 win […]

Highlights Wednesday, June 23Ecuador 2 Peru 2 (Goals: Tapia own goal 23, Preciado 45+3; Lapadula 49, Carrillo 54) Wednesday, June 23 Brazil 2 Colombia 1 (Goals: Firmino 78, Casemiro 90+10; Diaz 10) Numbers 10. Brazil has now won 10 straight games — three so far at this Copa America, six World Cup qualifiers, and one […]

Uruguay, scoreless in four straight games — including its Copa America opener (a 1-0 loss to Argentina) — finally got a goal, thanks to Chile’s Arturo Vidal hitting his own net. The 1-1 tie however clinched a quarterfinal spot for Chile. Argentina also advanced to the knockout stage thanks to a 1-0 win over Paraguay. […]