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FULL-TIME: Peru have comprehensively defeated Paraguay, despite both teams holding equal possession and playing a back-and-forth game. Eventually, it can be said that Peru were better at setting up and executing their finishes. Paraguay, who played so well until the semifinals, end on a disappointing note. Peru get third place again at the Copa America. Argentina face Chile on Sunday to determine who wins gold and silver.
90 +1' Peru substitude Carrillo for Hurtado.
89' GOAL! Guerrero has got his goal and Peru are 2-0 up! Peru made a sudden and quick run into the Paraguay third, and then Sanchez on the right crossed to Guerrero in the middle, whose final ball found the back of the net despite a deflection from the keeper. Guerrero has also become Peru's highest goal scorer of all time.
85' The free kick is a very long ball that falls outside the boundary to the left of the goal.
84' Yoshimar Yotun, the substitute for Peru, gets a yellow card, and Paraguay a free kick.
82' A Peru counterattack sees Reyna on the left fail to find enough space to make a final ball. However, he manages to throw off the defender and pass high to Guerrero, whose header flies just over goal.
81' A Paraguay free kick is almost immediately called offside.
80' Paraguay are once again, like in the previous half, making significant advances into the Peruvian third, but failing to set up any kind of scoring combination.
76' An Ortiz throw is cleared by the Peru backline, but there is immediately another attack. Ortiz runs to the edge of the penalty area and then takes a right curling shot, but it lands wide to the left of the goal.
72' Yet another corner - taken by Samudio this time. It goes out to Guerrero on the edge of the box, and then blocked by a defender.
71' The second corner is headed away by a Paraguay defender.
71' A resulting Peru corner just smashes into the legs of the nearest Paraguay defender, and goes out for another corner.
69' Paraguay get another free kick. It is blocked by the wall. Peru now begin their own attack but then Aranda ends the charge with a challenge on the midline.
67' Benitez misses the best chance Paraguay had all night. Paraguay get well forward and then the ball is crossed by Barrios to Benitez, who is inches from goal. His final ball though, is prevented by a great tackle by Ramos.
66' Paraguay free kick. Romero takes it. It goes through the wall but straight at the keeper Villar.
62' Live telecast has been lost. Let's hope we get it back soon. ----------------------------------
58' Lobaton of Peru makes way for Yotun. Paraguay substitute Martinez with Benitez. And also Eduardo Caceras goes out, Aranda comes in.
57' Albarroja are in all sorts of trouble as Peru are focusing on moving forward for frequent forays into the Paraguayan third. A two-goal cushion would almost put Peru over the line now.
56' Carrillo makes another run into the Paraguay third and finds space to cross the ball to Guerrero in the middle. However, Guerrero's final ball flies way over the goal. Partly because it was deflected by a Peru defender.
54' Vargas finds space on the edge of the area after a free kick to Peru, and ends up shooting just over goal!
52' A couple more dangerous forays by Peru into the Paraguay third, once cleared by Paraguay, and the other going behind for a goal kick after the cross was missed by Guerrero in the centre forward position.
48' GOAL! Peru have scored in Concepcion! It was a corner for Peru, and came in to Guerrero on the far end. The ball eventually ends up with Carrillo after being played back by the Paraguay defender. His swift shot meets the centre of the goal!
46' Paraguay kick us off in the second half.
HALF-TIME: It's Peru 0-0 Paraguay at half-time. This game is dead heat, but not in an exciting way. Neither Peru nor Paraguay have shown the ability to force a good final ball. Paraguay have made more forays into the Peru penalty area, but Peru have more attempts on goal.
45 + 1' A spirited Paraguayan attack in the first minute of extra time eventually falls to Barrios in the middle, but it is slightly wide of him and cleared by a Peru defender. Subsequently, two more attacks on either goal are cleared.
43' Paraguay make a run into the Peru half and then Romero attempts a pass to Martinez in the left wing, but is blocked by a Peruvian defender.
39' Samudio of Paraguay gets a yellow card for clipping the heels of a Peru striker.
36' Oh! It's Reyna again, and again he misses. He receives a pass from the right flank and eons of space behind a Paraguay defence that is perhaps too forwards. His shot however, flies over the goal.
31' A long ball to Romero on the left. Romero barely manages to keep it in play and then crosses to the front of goal, but there is no Paraguayan there and a Peruvian defender clears it easily.
29' Caceres of Paraguay finds space in the middle and crosses on the left to Romero, but before can find the centre forward, he is declared offside. There were 4 Paraguayans in the Peru penalty area for a while.
27' Paraguay now play a game of attrition in their own half, denying Peru possession for a good while.
24' Oscar Romero of Paraguay finds a ball right in front of him, courtesy a poor clearance, and slams a shot from about 20 yards out. It shoots on a straight path but the dive from keeper Gallese is enough to help it behind.
20' Almost this entire game is being played in the midfield, with no team being able to effectively break into a goal scoring position.
15' Vargas takes a free kick following a challenge, but his attempt hits the wall and is easily cleared.
13' A Peru corner lands right on top of the goal, nullifying any action in the middle.
11' Both teams are making constant forays now into the others half without getting into a concrete position to take a shot at goal, or even set up one.
7' Oh. Reyna of Peru shoots from about 25 yards out, and straight. The shot is good, the Paraguay keeper has to dive hard to his left to collect a ball that was almost certainly going in.
5' A Peruvian free kick following a challenge, is woefully underhit on the first touch. Thereafter, the wall of defence is front easily clears the danger.
4' Barrios makes a run through the left of the Peru half, and is ahead of all defenders with an open goal in front. He has no companions either, however, and the offside flag is raised.
2' Peru are making the early forays into the Paraguay penalty area. An attack down the left is now cleared, though by some wild defending. The ball goes out for a corner which is negotiated harmlessly.
1' An immediate Peruvian attack into the centre of the Paraguay half is thwarted with reasonable ease.
1' Peru kick us off in this third place playoff
There seems to be greater support for Paraguay. The national anthems are now underway.
The players of both sides are coming out with kids - for the national anthems.
Here are the lineups for the match:
The teams are in for the third-place play-off between #PER and #PAR! Follow it live right here http://t.co/tq5IgvUI7R pic.twitter.com/PvOxvnYT1v
— Copa América 2015 (@ca2015_en) July 3, 2015
Welcome to the LIVE coverage of the third place playoff match at the Copa America 2015. Peru and Paraguay are the two teams which will fight for third place. The match will begin at 5 am.
While Peru lost 2-1 to Chile in a controversial semifinal, Paraguay were thrashed by a rampaging Argentina 6-1. Even so, Paraguay would give themselves a better chance of winning this game, because of the propensity they have shown to make comebacks throughout the tournament. But Peru might want to expose the defensive frailties that Paraguay showed in their match against Argentina.
Here is the match preview for Peru v/s Paraguay.
