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Copa America Quarterfinals: Result PERU 3 – 3 PARAGUAY, Friday 2 July 2021

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% Ball Possession PERU and % Ball Possession PARAGUAY
    Peru 3 – 3 Paraguay
21′ Gianluca Lapadula                        11′ Gustavo Gómez
40′ Gianluca Lapadula                        54′ Júnior Alonso
80′ Yoshimar Yotún                              90′ Gabriel Ávalos

Gianluca Lapadula’s Peru wins the Copa America semifinal after beating Paraguay 4-3 on penalties on Friday 2 July 2021 at the Stadio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico Teixeira di Goiânia. Benevento striker Lapadula scoring a brace in the first half of the 3-3 matured in the regular 90 minutes. There were also two expulsions  one for each team. The game decided on penalty shoot out and the smiling faces are for Peru fans, and, of course Lapadula’s fans in Italy. Peru will play the Copa America Semifinal against the winner of Brazil vs Chile. Peru is among the top 4 teams in South America.

Peru and Paraguay won two of their four matches in the Copa America Group Stage qualifying to the Quarterfinals. Peru finished second place in Group B, just three points behind Brazil after defeating Colombia 2-1 and Venezuela 1-0, while drawing 2-2 with Ecuador and dropped their result against Brazil 4-0. Paraguay finished third in Group A just one point behind Uruguay, claiming a 3-1 win against Bolivia and a 2-0 win against Chile, while losing 1-0 to both Argentina and Uruguay.

✅  Italian Serie A / B Players with Peru

  • *Benevento forward Gianluca Lapadula scored 21′ and 40′ plus converting a penalty in the shootout .  Selected as “Man of the Match.” Played all game.

Note:  No Serie A players with Paraguay

Click the video to watch Peru vs Paraguay highlights on Friday 2 July 2021

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The two goalkeepers …

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Peru 3 – 3 Paraguay
Quarterfinals
Friday 2 July 2021
Estádio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
Brazil

14:00

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Barreiro (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Soppi (URU)
Fourth Official: Gery Vargas (BOL)
VAR: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
AVAR 1: Facundo Tello (ARG)
AVAR 2: Alexander Guzman (COL)

Goals: 11′ Gustavo Gómez (Pa), 21′ Gianluca Lapadula (Pe), 40′ Gianluca Lapadula (Pe), 54′ Júnior Alonso (Pa),
80′ Yoshimar Yotún (Pe), 90′ Gabriel Ávalos (Pa)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

Perú: Pedro Gallese; Aldo Corzo, Christian Ramos, Anderson Santamaría, Miguel Trauco: Renato Tapia, Yoshimar Yotún; André Carrillo, Sergio Peña, Christian Cueva; y Gianluca Lapadula.

Subs: Carlos Cáceda, José Carvallo, Lora, Miguel Araujo, Luis Abram, Marcos López, Wilder Cartagena, Martín Távara, Raziel García, Luis Iberico, Alexis Valera and Santiago Ormeño.

Head Coach: Gareca

Paraguay: Antony Silva; Alberto Espínola, Gustavo Gómez, Júnior Alonso, David Martínez; Mathías Villasanti, Ángel Cardozo Lucena, Richard Sánchez; Ángel Romero, Santiago Arzamendia and Carlos González.
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Subs: Alfredo Aguilar, Gerardo Ortiz, Robert Rojas, Omar Alderete, Robert Piris Da Motta, Andrés Cubas, Óscar Ormeño, Julio Enciso, Braian Ojeda, Alejandro Romero Gamarra, Gabriel Ávalos and Braian Samudio.

Italian Serie A and Serie B Players in the 2021 Copa America Quarterfinals – Semifinals – Final

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🏆👉  Here are the Copa America Quarterfinals games to be played on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 July 2021.  I am including also the Italian Serie A and Serie B players called up with their respective national teams.  Ecuador and Paraguay don’t have any Serie A players.

✅– Perú vs. Paraguay – Estadio Olímpico (Goiania), Friday 2 July, 18:00

✅ – Brasil vs. Chile – Estadio Nilton Santos (Río de Janeiro), Friday 2 July, 21:00

✅ – Uruguay vs. Colombia – Estadio Mané Garrincha (Brasilia), Saturday 3 July, 19:00

✅ – Argentina vs. Ecuador – Estadio Olímpico (Goiania), Saturday 3 July, 22:00

 

Note:  Italian Serie A and Serie B players with red.

👉 🇦🇷  Official Argentina squad list for the CONMEBOL Copa América 2021

Goalkeepers: Franco Armani (River Plate), Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa), Agustín Marchesín (Porto) y Juan Musso (Udinese).

Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel (River), Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica), Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina), Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax), Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina),  Marcos Acuña (Sevilla), Lisandro Martínez (Ajax), Cristian Romero (Atalanta), Nahuel Molina Lucero (Udinese).

Midfielders: Leandro Paredes (PSG), Guido Rodríguez (Betis), Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Ángel Di María (PSG),  Rodrigo De Paul (Udinese), Alejandro Gómez (Sevilla), Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid), Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna).

Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Lautaro Martínez (Inter), Joaquín Correa (Lazio), Julián Álvarez (River), Sergio Agüero (Barcelona) y Nicolás González (Stuttgart).

👉🇧🇷  Official Brazil squad for the CONMEBOL Copa América 2021

Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City) e Weverton (Palmeiras).

Defenders: Alex Sandro (Juventus), Danilo (Juventus), Emerson (Barcelona), Renan Lodi e Felipe (Atlético de Madrid), Éder Militão (Real Madrid), Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain) and Thiago Silva (Chelsea).

Midfielders: Casemiro (Real Madrid), Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fred (Manchester United) and Lucas Paquetá (Lyon).

Forwards: Everton (Benfica), Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo), Gabriel Jesús (Manchester City), Neymar (PSG), Richarlison (Everton), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) and Vinicius Jr. (Real Madrid).

👉 🇨🇱   Official Chile squad for the CONMEBOL Copa América 2021

Goalkeepers: Claudio Bravo (Betis), Gabriel Arias (Racing) and Gabriel Castellón (Huachipato FC).

Defenders: Daniel González (Santiago Wanderers), Mauricio Isla (Flamengo), Guillermo Maripán (Monaco), Gary Medel (Bologna), Eugenio Mena (Racing), Enzo Roco (Fatih Karagümrük), Francisco Sierralta (Watford) and Sebastián Vegas (Monterrey).

Midfielders: Tomás Alarcón (O’Higgins), Charles Aránguiz (Bayer Leverkusen), Pablo Aránguiz (Universidad de Chile) Claudio Baeza (Toluca), Pablo Galdames (Vélez Sarsfield), Marcelino Núñez (Universidad Católica), Carlos Palacios (Internacional), César Pinares (Grêmio), Erick Pulgar (Fiorentina) and Arturo Vidal (Internazionale).

Forwards: Luciano Arriagada (Colo Colo), Ben Brereton (Blackburn), Clemente Montes (Universidad Católica), Jean Meneses (León), Felipe Mora (Portland Timbers), Alexis Sánchez (Internazionale) and Eduardo Vargas (Atlético Mineiro).

👉🇨🇴  Official Colombia squad for the CONMEBOL Copa América 2021

Goalkeepers: Aldair Quintana (Atlético Nacional), Camilo Vargas (Atlas), David Ospina (Nápoli).

Defenders: Carlos Cuesta (Genk), Daniel Muñoz (Genk), Dávinson Sánchez (Tottenham Hotspur), Óscar Murillo (Pachuca), Stefan Medina (Monterrey), William Tesillo (León), Yerry Mina (Everton), Jhon Lucumí (Genk).

Midfielders: Baldomero Perlaza (Atlético Nacional), Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Juventus), Matheus Uribe (Porto), Sebastián Pérez (Boavista), Wilmar Barrios (Zenit), Yairo Moreno (Pachuca), Edwin Cardona (Boca Juniors), Gustavo Cuéllar (Al-Hilal).

Forwards: Alfredo Morelos (Rangers), Duván Zapata (Atalanta), Luis Díaz (Porto), Luis Fernando Muriel (Atalanta), Miguel Borja (Junior), Rafael Santos Borré (River Plate), Jaminton Campaz (Tolima), Juan Otero (Santos Laguna), Yimmi Chará (Portland Timbers).

👉🇵🇪  Official Peru squad for the CONMEBOL Copa América 2021

Goalkeepers: Pedro Gallese (Orlando City), José Carvallo (Universitario) e Carlos Cáceda (FBC Melgar).

Defenders: Aldo Corzo (Universitario), Jhilmar Lora (Sporting Cristal), Luis Abram (Vélez Sarsfield), Miguel Araujo (FC Emmen), Renzo Garcés (club UCV), Christian Ramos (club UCV), Anderson Santamaría (Atlas), Alexander Callens (New York City), Miguel Trauco (Saint Éttiene) and Marcos López (San José Earthquakes).

Midfielders: Renato Tapia (Celta), Martín Távara (Sporting Cristal), Yoshimar Yotún (Cruz Azul), Sergio Peña (FC Emmen), Christian Cueva (Al-Fateh), André Carrillo (Al Hilal), Wilder Cartagena (Godoy Cruz), Alexis Arias (FBC Melgar) and Raziel García (Cienciano)

Forwards: Luis Iberico (FBC Melgar), Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento), Santiago Ormeño (Club León) and Alex Valera (Universitario).

👉🇺🇾  Official Uruguay squad for the CONMEBOL Copa América 2021

Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray) Martín Campaña (Al Batin) Sergio Rochet (Nacional de Uruguay).

Defenders: Diego Godín (Cagliari), José María Giménez (Atlético de Madrid) Sebastián Coates (Sporting de Lisboa) Ronald Araújo (Barcelona), Martín Cáceres (Fiorentina) Giovanni González (Peñarol), Matías Viña (Palmeiras) Camilo Cándido (Nacional).

Midfielders: Lucas Torreira (Atlético de Madrid) Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus) Matías Vecino (Inter), Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) Fernando Gorriarán (Santos Laguna) Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), Brian Rodríguez (Almería), Nicolás de la Cruz (River Plate).

Forwards: Jonathan Rodríguez (Cruz Azul), Brian Ocampo (Nacional) Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Flamengo) Facundo Torres (Peñarol) Luis Suárez (Atlético de Madrid) Maximiliano Gómez (Valencia), Edinson Cavani (Manchester United).

Front Pages, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Tuesday 29 June 2021

Atalanta, Copa America, Front Pages Newspapers, Inter Milan, Italian National Team, Juventus, Lazio, SSC Napoli, Torino FC, UEFA EURO 2020

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Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Tuesday 29 June 2021.

La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 29 June 2021.

Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 29 June 2021.


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Tutto Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 29 June 2021.


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Copa America: Result URUGUAY 1 – 0 PARAGUAY, Monday 28 June 2021

ACF Fiorentina, Cagliari, Copa America, Inter Milan, Juventus

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49% Ball Possession URUGUAY and 51% Ball Possession PARAGUAY

   Uruguay 1 – 0 Paraguay 

20′ Edinson Cavani

Uruguay win the 2021 Copa America group-stage defeating Paraguay on Monday 28 June 2021 in Rio de Janeiro. The good news is that Uruguay and Paraguay have already advanced to the knockout stage of the tournament.  These are how the quarterfinals stand:

📌Friday 2 July
🇵🇪 *Perú🆚Paraguay🇵🇾

🇧🇷 *Brasil🆚*Chile 🇨🇱

📌Saturday 3 July
🇺🇾*Uruguay🆚*Colombia🇨🇴

🇦🇷 *Argentina🆚Ecuador🇪🇨

✅ Italian Serie A Players with Uruguay National Team

  • Cagliari defender Diego Godín played the first 45 minutes and replaced by Sebastián Coates
  • Fiorentina defender Martín Cáceres replaced Matías Vecino in the 57th minute
  • Juventus midfieder Rodrigo Bentancur played all game and chosen “Best Player of the Match”
  • Inter midfielder Matías Vecino played 57 minutes and replaced by Martin Caceres.
  • Cagliari midfielder Nahitan Nánde played all game

 

✅  No Serie A players with Paraguay National Team

Uruguay starting lineup against Paraguay

Uruguay opening the score in the 20th minute with the ex-Palermo and ex-Napoli forward Edinson Cavani converting a penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner. Penalty is conceded by Ángel Romero.

Click the video to watch Uruguay vs Paraguay highlights on Monday 28 June 2021

Copa America
Group A

Uruguay 1 – 0 Paraguay
Monday 28 June 2021
Estádio Nilton Santos

17:00

Referee: Raphael Claus (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Danilo Manis (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Bruno Pires (BRA)
Fourth Official: Guillermo Guerrero (ECU)
VAR: Wagner Reway (BRA)
AVAR: Christian Lescano (ECU)
Referee Assessor: Emerson Carvalho (BRA)

Goals: 20′ Edinson Cavani (U)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

Uruguay: Fernando Muslera; Matías Viña, José Giménez, Diego Godin, Nahitan Nández; Rodrigo Bentancur, Matias Vecino, Federico Valverde; Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Nicolás de la Cruz, Edinson Cavani.

Paraguay: Antony Silva; Alberto Espinola, Robert Rojas, Junior Alonso, Omar Alderete; Braian Samudio, Mathias Villasanti, Gastón Giménez, Ángel Romero; Miguel Almirón, Gabriel Avalos.

 

Copa America: Result BOLIVIA 1 – 4 ARGENTINA, Monday 28 June 2021

Copa America

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32% Ball Possession BOLIVIA and 68% Ball Possession ARGENTINA

  Bolivia 1 – 4 Argentina 

60′ Erwin Saavedra               5′ Alejando Papu Gómez
.                                                   32′ Lionel Messi (pen)
.                                                   42′ Lionel Messi
.                                                   65′ Lautaro Martinez

Argentina win the Copa America Group A Matchday 5 game crushing Bolivia on Monday 28 June 2021  at the Arena Pantanal.  Bolivia scoring an honor goal.   Highlight of the match is that Lionel Messi becomes the most capped Argentine of all time (16 years and 148 caps). Sergio Aguero who playing 100 games for Argentina.

These are how the quarterfinals stand:

📌Friday 2 July
🇵🇪 *Perú🆚Paraguay🇵🇾

🇧🇷 *Brasil🆚*Chile 🇨🇱

📌Saturday 3 July
🇺🇾*Uruguay🆚*Colombia🇨🇴

🇦🇷 *Argentina🆚Ecuador🇪🇨

✅ Italian Serie A Players with 🇦🇷 Argentina National Team

  • Udinese goalkeeper Juan Musso listed as a substitute
  • Fiorentina defender Germán Pezzella played all game
  • Fiorentina defender Lucas Martínez Quarta listed as a substitute
  • Atalanta defender Cristian Romero not listed
  • Udinese defender Nahuel Molina Lucero not listed
  • Udinese midfielder Rodrigo De Paul listed as a substitute
  • Bologna midfielder Nicolás Domínguez replacing Exequiel Palacios in the 71st minute
  • Inter forward Lautaro Martínez replacing in the 63rd minute Sergio Agüero
  • Lazio forward Joaquín Correa not listed

*Note: No Serie A players with Bolivia

Argentina opening the score in the 5th minute. The ex-Atalanta player Alejandro Papu Gómez defeating Bolivia goalkeeper with a left footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Lionel Messi.

Bolivia in trouble. Referee giving a penalty to Argentina. It is Lionel Messi to convert the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty is conceded by Diego Bejarano after a foul on Papu Gómez.

Bolivia shortening the distance for the 1-3 in the 60th minute. Erwin Saavedra defeating Argentina goalkeeper with a right footed shot to the top right corner. Assist is by Leonel Justiniano.

Argentina and Inter forward Lautaro Martínez scoring for the 4-1. Lautaro scoring from very close range with a right footed shot to the high center.

Click the video to watch Bolivia 1 – 4 Argentina highlights including all goals on Monday 28 June 2021.

Bolivia 0 – 1 Argentina
Monday 28 June 2021
Arena Pantanal

17:00

Referee: Andres Rojas (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: John Leon (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Jonny Bossio (PER)
Fourth Official: Diego Haro (PER)
VAR: Ricardo de Burgos (ESP)
AVAR: Alexander Guzman (COL)
Referee Assessor: Roberto Perassi (BRA)

Goals: 5′ Alejando Papu Gómez (A)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

Bolivia (4-1-4-1): Lampe; Saavedra, Haquin, Jusino, Fernandez; Justiniano; Chura, Vaca, Cespedes, Bejarano; Alvarez.

Head Coach: Farias.

Argentina (4-2-3-1): Armani; Montiel, Pezzella, Lisandro Martinez, Acuna; Guido Rodriguez, Palacios; Correa, Messi, Papu Gomez; Aguero.

Head Coach: Scaloni.