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Second semifinals of the Copa America. World champion Brazil crushed Mexico and will now meet Uruguay on Wednesday, who convincingly defeated Paraguay.
Paraguay - Uruguay 1 - 3 15' Carlos Gamarra [1 - 0] 39' Carlos Bueno [1 - 1] 65', 88' Dario Silva [2 - 1, 3 - 1] 63' Gustavo Varela sent off the field
The surprise of the tournament, Paraguay, whose team consists of young players representing the country at the Olympic Games in Athens, failed to demonstrate the same level of play as in the group stage and had to succumb to the Uruguayan team.
However, Paraguay were the first to score - after Barreto's penalty kick, defender Carlos Gamarra sent the ball into the net with a header. In the 38th minute, Dario Silva passed the ball to Carlos Bueno, who was brought down in the penalty area by the aforementioned Gamarra. The referee awarded a penalty, which Bueno converted to equalize the score.
In the second half, after 18 minutes of play, Uruguayan Varela received a second yellow card, so he had to leave the field. Despite being down to ten men, Uruguay did not retreat to defense and instead tried to attack. Two minutes later, a shot from Dario Silva deflected off a Paraguayan defender and flew into the goal. Silva secured the victory for his team at the end of the match, outwitting the opponent's defender and defeating the goalkeeper in a counterattack.
Brazil - Mexico 4 - 0 27' Alex 65', 75' Adriano 87' Ricardo Oliveira
The young Brazilian national team showed its strength and bounced back from a not-so-successful group stage by crushing the Mexican team.
As early as the 4th minute, a dangerous opportunity was created as Juan headed the ball and hit the crossbar. In the 26th minute, a shot by Adriano was saved by the goalkeeper, but as he attempted a second shot, the Brazilian striker was brought down. Alex stepped up to take the penalty and put his team ahead.
The second half started with a similar scenario to the first - after 5 minutes, Juan headed the ball and scored, but the referee disallowed the goal. Mexico tried to attack and equalize the score, but they were punished on the counterattack, where Adriano doubled the lead with a precise shot into the bottom corner of the goal.
After ten minutes, Mexican goalkeeper Sanchez made an error, Adriano intercepted the ball and sent it into the net. The score became overwhelming with three minutes left until the end, when Sanchez failed to catch the ball, Adriano passed it with his heel to Oliveira, who took advantage of the opportunity to score the fourth goal for the team.
