Football news - Gabriel Jesus sent off for horror challenge as Brazil progress to Copa America semi-finals
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Updated 03/07/2021 at 11:03 GMT
There were red cards aplenty in the Copa America quarter-finals as Brazil, Peru and Paraguay were each brought down to ten men. Manchester City´s Gabriel Jesus was the pick of the bunch after a horror tackle in Brazil´s 1-0 win over Chile, while Peru and Paraguay lost a man each in the former´s penalty shootout win after a thrilling 3-3 draw-
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Gabriel Jesus was sent off for a horror challenge as Brazil progressed to the Copa America semi-finals with a 1-0 win over Chile.
With Brazil a goal up following Lucas Paqueta's second-half strike, Jesus sent a high boot into the neck of Chilean defender Eugenio Mena as the two players challenged for the ball.
He was dismissed without hesitation, but Brazil held on for 40 minutes with ten men to reach the final four.
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Peru beat Paraguay on penalties after a 3-3 thriller
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They will play Peru in the next round after the Andean nation beat Paraguay on penalties after a chaotic 3-3 thriller.
Paraguay´s Gustavo Gomez gave his side the lead after 11 minutes but scored an own goal ten minutes later to give Peru an equaliser.
Gianluca Lapadula then gave Peru the lead before Gomez completed the most unique of hat-tricks by receiving a red following his goal and own goal.
Despite being reduced to ten men, Junior Alonso grabbed a leveller for Paraguay. And just as Yoshimar Yotun thought he´d won it for Peru in the 80th minute, a red card for Andre Carillo in the 85th minute was followed by a dramatic late equaliser from Paraguay´s Gabriel Avalos in stoppage time.
Peru sealed the victory on penalties, winning 4-3 in the shootout.
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