Brazil beat Paraguay 4-3 on penalties to progress to the Semis of the Copa América after they drew 0-0 in their quarter-final.
Paraguay showed grit, attitude and desire to win, they were focused all along and kept the Brazilians from scoring
Gabriel Jesus took the winning penalty kick for Brazil after Gustavo Gómez and Derlis González missed for the visitors.
Arguably the best keeper, Becker produced a vital one hand block to deny Paraguay’s Juan Escobar, whose solid shot would have gone right into the goal and destroyed the brazil’s dreams.
Roberto Firmino missed his penalty kick, hitting it wide on the right side of the keeper.
Liverpool’s keeper, Alisson Becker turned on full Superman mode for Brazil, saving a point-blank shot at the 28th minute and a penalty.
during the penalty shootouts, he saved Paraguay’s first kick (that of Gustavo Gomez) and gave Brazil an early advantage.
Brazil will next face the winner of Friday’s quarter-final between Argentina and Venezuela in Belo Horizonte next Tuesday.
In the other two quarter-finals, Colombia plays Chile and Uruguay take on Peru.
What Happened:
Brazil dominated most of the game, especially after Paraguay’s Fabián Balbuena was sent off in the 58th minute for a foul on Firmino
Willian, Marquinhos and Philippe Coutinho converted their penalties for Brazil,
While Miguel Almiron, Bruno Valdez and Rodrigo Rojas netted for Paraguay before Jesus hit the decisive spot kick.
After four games, thanks to the superhuman donning gloves, Alisson and Brazil have still kept a clean sheet and look in absolute terrific form to win Copa America 2019.
