Soccer-Brazil survive late Chile onslaught to reach Copa semi
Brazil survived losing Gabriel Jesus to a red card early in the second half to defeat Chile 1-0 on Friday and move into a Copa America semi-final against Peru.
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Brazil survived losing Gabriel Jesus to a red card early in the second half to defeat Chile 1-0 on Friday and move into a Copa America semi-final against Peru. Lucas Paqueta put the reigning champions 1-0 up within seconds of coming on as a half-time substitute, but the game changed moments later when Jesus was sent off for a criminally high challenge that felled Eugenio Mena.
Chile forced the host nation onto the back foot for much of the second half but could not get that all-important equaliser. The result means Brazil will play Peru, who beat Paraguay on penalties earlier in the day, in the first Copa semi-final at Rio's Nilton Santos stadium on July 5.
The other quarter-finals will be played on Saturday, featuring Argentina against Ecuador and Uruguay v Colombia.
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