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USA v Paraguay: Copa América – live! USA v Paraguay: Copa América – live!
(35 minutes later)
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Full-time: USA 1-0 Paraguay
USA reach the quarter-finals of the Copa America!
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90 min +5: Final corner for Paraguay. And it’s into Guzan’s hands.
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90 min +4: It’s not happening for Paraguay. USA are fine. Even if Paraguay do score and this match were to finish 1-1, it’d take a miracle in the Colombia-Costa Rica game for USA not to go through.
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90 min +3: The USA fans are making a din. They’re going through to the quarter-finals.
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90 min +1: Paraguay need two goals. They’re not going to get them. Another big header by John Brooks, and USA clear the danger.
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90 min: USA have done so well in defence since going down to 10. Paraguay have barely created anything. Six minutes of stoppage time!
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88 min: Another clearing header from John Brooks – he’s been great tonight. But Paraguay sling it back, and the ball is in the net! But Benitez is whistled for offside! It was the right call: USA had pushed out quickly.
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87 min: Jones is booked for a late foul on Samudio. It’s been so physical tonight. Paraguay really pressing here.
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86 min: Beckerman tries a left-footer from 30 yards, and it’s just over the bar! Close from the RSL man.
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85 min: Ayala shoots, but again, it’s over the bar.
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84 min: Paraguay are running out of time, and they still haven’t really created too much. But this is a good position: Beckerman tripped Rojas, 35 yards from goal.
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81 min: It comes to nothing, and now Almiron is whistled for a foul. Final change for USA: Beckerman is on for Bobby Wood.
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80 min: Iturbe has shown some nice touches, but he can’t quite come up with the final flourish. Ten minutes to go, and Paraguay need two. Chance here – but Guzan denies Benitez! Kick save from the Villa man, and it’s a corner.
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79 min: Paraguay really forcing it now, but USA are holding firm. Lezcano’s header – over the bar!
Here’s Daniel Vitale: “The problem with ol’ Dr Joe is that he takes the ref side on everything. No ref is ever wrong in his eyes. Not that Yedlin didn’t deserve his second card, but I think a lot of the frustration is that refs call it different every game. And not on judgement calls, on a lot of the very basic elements of the game.”
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78 min: Crude challenge from Orozco on Iturbe, and he’s booked.
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77 min: USA have actually done pretty well with 10 men. Paraguay haven’t created much, even though they’ve had most of the ball. Ayala is booked for bringing down Zardes.
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76 min: Ayala’s outswinger is headed away by Wood, and the crowd cheers.
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75 min: Jurgen Klinsman is on his feet. And so are the supporters in Philly. Iturbe runs past Zardes on the right side, but his ball into the box is dreck. Paraguay have found themselves in some decent positions, but the final ball hasn’t always been too clever. But they’ve forced another corner.
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74 min: Good, solid defending from USA, and Rojas’s defending is out for a goal kick. Big hand for Alejandro Bedoya, who’s replaced by Graham Zusi.
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72 min: Six yellows have been shown tonight. It’s been hard fought. Paraguay have pushed right up on the halfway line, and USA are being forced to defend. Paraguay have used all their substitutes, remember.
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71 min: Yellow card for Rojas. Now Bobby Wood getting involved – and is that a yellow for him, too? It’s all getting a little emotional out there.
Here’s Kevin Farrell: “Wood isn’t exactly working too well as a target man to hold up the ball and kill time – every time it goes up to him it’s coming back just as fast. Still the defense is solid and the US might get one on the counter...”
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69 min: We continue, for now. Paraguay have 20 minutes to save their Copa America campaign.
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67 min: And now the referee is injured! It’s all happening! The game has stopped momentarily. It looks as though Julio Bascunan has hurt his calf. He’s receiving treatment.
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66 min: USA repel the initial ball, but Orozco can’t prevent another corner. Ayala’s outswinger is headed powerfully away by John Brooks, not for the first time.
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65 min: This game is really hotting up. Such pace to it now. Paraguay force a corner.
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63 min: Change for Paraguay: Benitez on for Sanabria. But what a counter-attack from USA: Wood pierced the defence with a driving run, and found Zardes, free on the left, but he took too long, lost his footing, and Villar smothered. Big, big chance. Great play from Wood; less good from Zardes.
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62 min: Oh, Zardes! Massive chance to make it two – and he couldn’t take it! Villar did well, but what an opportunity for the hosts on the break.
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60 min: Nice play from Paraguay, and it goes wide to Ayala, but his cross is too long. The crowd is into it, now, too. We have a game on!60 min: Nice play from Paraguay, and it goes wide to Ayala, but his cross is too long. The crowd is into it, now, too. We have a game on!
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58 min: Dr Joe Machnik, Fox’s Fifa match commissioner, says he has no problem with the dismissal of Yedlin. Now Bradly is booked for dissent! Steady now, USA. No more red cards, please!58 min: Dr Joe Machnik, Fox’s Fifa match commissioner, says he has no problem with the dismissal of Yedlin. Now Bradly is booked for dissent! Steady now, USA. No more red cards, please!
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56 min: You can sense the nerves in the crowd. Johnson clips Iturbe, and Paraguay send the big men forward for the free kick. They needn’t have bothered: Ayala sends it straight into the arms of Guzan.56 min: You can sense the nerves in the crowd. Johnson clips Iturbe, and Paraguay send the big men forward for the free kick. They needn’t have bothered: Ayala sends it straight into the arms of Guzan.
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54 min: Gonzalez hits one from distance, but it’s well wide. Another change, and Celso Ortiz is replaced by Rodrigo Rojas.
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53 min: It looks as though Orozco has gone into that right-back slot, and Wood will be the furthest forward player. They’re going to have to play with a man down for 40 minutes. This is a test for USA.
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50 min: Well, now USA have a job to do. And a change immediately: Orozco is on for Dempsey, of all people. I just can’t believe Yedlin made that second challenge. It was so reckless. Literally 30 second after his first yellow card! Unbelievable.
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49 min: Well, how about that! Yedlin was maybe unfortunate with the first one, but it was literally 30 seconds later, and he just dived in, late, on Samudio! A clear foul: Julio Bascunan had no hesitation in brandishing another yellow, and then red. Oh, DeAndre!
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RED CARD! (Yedlin, USA 48)
Oh my word! Yedlin again!
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47 min: Yedlin is yellow carded, and he can’t believe it. Almiron looked like he’d overrun it, and Yedlin slid in to take the ball. Did he go in studs up? Maybe. But it looked a harsh call.
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We're back!
46 min: Change for Paraguay. Juan Iturbe is on for Balbuena. An attacker for a centre-back. Looks like Paraguay are going for it. They’ve got 45 minutes to save their campaign.
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Landon is happy:
Klinsmann moved #USMNT from 4-3-3 to 4-4-2 and asked Jones/Bradley to stay central in the midfield and organize. Has worked very well so far
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Dempsey’s goal bodes well for USA:
Teams who have scored first at #CopaAmerica: W13 - D1 - L0. #USAvPAR
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USA’s goal was nice. Gyasi did well on the left to tease Da Silva, and his cross was super: on a plate for Dempsey, who slammed home left-footed from 15 yards. That’s 51 international goals for Deuce.
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As it stands, USA are in the last eight. A great first 30 minutes for USA, but Paraguay roused themselves after going behind, and Lezcano probably should have equalised right on half-time.
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Half-time: USA 1-0 Paraguay
That’s the half.
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45 min +1: Oh, what a chance for Paraguay! Lezcano ran in beyond the backline, away from the USA defence on the right side, but Guzan came out to block! Big moment in the game: huge opportunity for Lezcano. Guzan made himself big and did well, but that should have been 1-1.
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45 min: Bradley with it, but it doesn’t beat the first man.
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44 min: Corner to USA, but it could have been more had Wood not lost his footing at the crucial moment. It’s USA’s first corner of the game.
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41 min: Samudio went down as if he was caught late by Yedlin, and it did look as though Yedlin caught him with arm, albeit unintentionally. No free kick for Paraguay, and the crowd howl their derision at what they thought was play-acting.
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40 min: Paraguay have really pushed up, and are enjoying the edge in possession and territory. But that’s a sloppy square pass, and USA break with pace. Dempsey tries to cross from the left, but it’s blocked, and then Villar claims as Yedlin came in on the back post.
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39 min: Almiron has shown some nice touches for Paraguay, and his side have definitely improved since the goal. USA on the back foot just now.
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37 min: Ayala cuts inside and goes for goal, but it’s over the bar. Ayala wanted a corner, but none given.
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36 min: USA hack it clear after Gonzalez’s shot was lame in the extreme. USA have just lost some of the momentum since the goal.
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35 min: Another late clip from Bradley, and it’s another free kick for Paraguay. Too many whistles so far!
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33 min: Gonzales shoots from 20 yards, but it’s straight at Guzan. Decent effort.
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32 min: Good little spell for Paraguay after the goal, and they come again, but Brooks is across quickly to cover.
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31 min: Ayala’s outswinger, and Balbuena wins it, but it’s over the bar. Paraguay do look dangerous from corners, though.
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30 min: Samudio takes it, and it flicks off the wall for a corner. Disappointing.
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29 min: Now Paraguay attack, and Wood bumps Ayala, about 25 yards from goal. This is a really good shooting chance.
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28 min: Jones fed Zardes, who skinned Da Silva, pulled it back, and Dempsey drilled home as the Paraguay defence stood and watched. USA lead!
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GOAL! USA 1-0 Paraguay (Dempsey 27)
It had been coming!
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26 min: Spell of possession for Paraguay. They could do with some.
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24 min: Dempsey with it … just over the bar. It was always rising.