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This article was published in error. It will be reinstated at the correct time. 20 min Now Brazil are pressing high up the pitch, and Peru have struggled to get out in the last few minutes.
Information 18 min Brazil have not conceded in the entire tournament, so it’s fair to say Peru are up against it.
It was a really nice goal. Dani Alves drove a long pass down the right to Gabriel Jesus, who turned Trauco inside out and drove a cross towards the far post. It picked out the unmarked Everton, who arrived late and slammed a volley into the net from eight yards.
And Brazil have got the opening goal!
14 min Brazil have started to settle, with Arthur and Casemiro seeing more of the ball in midfield. The first goal already feels vital, such is the edginess around the ground.
12 min Alex Sandro is sent flying by Yotun, who is chastised by the referee.
11 min “These two teams,” begins Scott Bassett, “are going to kick the bejesus out of each other, aren’t they?”
Well, it’s an option.
10 min Peru have been the better team in the first 10 minutes, playing with more aggression and purpose. It makes sense to start fast and try to undermine Brazil before they settle into the game.
9 min “As a Liverpool dan,” says JP, “it’s great to see two current player and one ex-player in the Brazil XI as well as Everton to round things out.”
A Liverpool dan? How do you achieve that rank, then?
6 min Peru are starting to settle into the game and are pressing Brazil high up the pitch. A clearance goes straight to Yotun, who chests it down and hits a looping shot from distance that goes well wide.
6 min “I hope Peru can make it a game but I doubt it,” says Mary Waltz. “Brazil at home with a huge edge in quality will be too much.”
I agree, although I said the same before the 1950 World Cup decider against Uruguay.
5 min It’s been a bitty, slightly nervous start from both sides.
2 min Coutinho is penalised for handball 35 yards from goal. Cueva steeps up, to huge jeers, and curls a few yards wide. Alisson had it covered.
2 min “Peru have always had the most underrated jersey in world football,” says Niall Mullen. “Maybe because they have never captured the public’s imagination like Denmark 86. Most overrated, since you didn’t, West Germany 1990.”
I agree about Peru’s shirt, which is a timeless classic. That said, I wonder if it falls foul of the Irwin/Parlour rule, which says you can’t be underrated if everyone says you’re underrated. Brazil’s current kit is also lovely.
1 min Peep peep! Peru get the match under way. They are wearing white with the familiar red sash. Brazil are in yellow and green.
“Sitting alone in a restaurant in Naxos,” says JP. “The bartender is 99.99% confident that the game is rigged in the hosts’ favour. Is that indeed so?”
Yes: Brazil have a population of 212 million to Peru’s 33m.
The Peru players are belting out the national anthem. Some of them look close to tears. Brazil’s players are a little less emotional, with the inevitable, wonderful exception of Dani Alves.
This is Brazil’s first game at the Maracana since Fred routed Brazil in the final of the 2013 Confederations Cup.
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Brazil (4-3-3) Alisson; Alves, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Sandro; Arthur, Casemiro, Coutinho; Jesus, Firmino, Everton. Substitutes: Miranda, Filipe Luis, David Neves, Willian, Eder Militao, Allan, Cassio Ramos, Fernandinho, Lucas Paqueta, Richarlison, Fagner, Ederson.
Peru (4-2-3-1) Gallese; Advincula, Zambrano, Abram, Trauco; Tapia, Yotun; Carrillo, Cueva, Flores; Guerrero. Substitutes: Corzo, Santamaria, Araujo, Ballon, Ruidiaz, Caceda, Polo, Pretell, Alvarez, Callens, Gonzales.
Referee Roberto Tobar.
Hello. Brazil may have made a gruesome, historic mess of hosting the World Cup, but the Copa America has provided a much happier story. This is the fifth time they have hosted it; on the first four occasions, in 1919, 1922, 1949 and 1989, they won the tournament.
Approximately 100.00 per cent of the Brazilian population will expect them make it five out of five by beating Peru at the Maracana today. It’s hard to envisage any other result. Brazil under Tite have been extremely hard to beat – even if, as is their post-Sarrià wont, they have generally been more efficient than erotic since he took over.
They are yet to concede a goal in this tournament. But two of their five matches ended 0-0 and some of the most joyous moments for Brazilian fans have involved the woes of Saint Lionel rather than the old jogo bonito.
Brazil last won this tournament in 2007. Peru last did so in 1975, which was also the last time they reached the final. At their best they are a dynamic, likeable side, as they showed when they thumped the holders Chile 3-0 in the semi-finals.
Until then they were mediocre, however, Brazil plugged them 5-0 during the group stage. For that, and many other reasons, a win for Peru would register very high on the Maracanozometer.
Kick off is at 5pm local time, 4pm ET, 9pm CET.
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