Peru ‘handball’ dumps Brazil out of Copa
Print Edition
THE Copa America Centenario erupted into controversy after a refereeing blunder sent Brazil crashing to a 0-1 defeat against Peru — and out of the tournament.
The defeat left Brazil struggling to digest its worst performance in the Copa America since 1987, the last occasion the five-time world champion failed to make it past the group stage.
Brazil, needing only a draw to qualify for the quarterfinals, looked to be on course with 15 minutes to go against Peru. But a rare foray into Brazilian territory from Peru ended with Raul Ruidiaz bundling in Andy Polo’s cross, appearing to use his arm to score.
Ruidiaz wheeled away to celebrate and Uruguayan referee Andres Cunha signalled for the goal. Brazil’s players protested furiously, swarming around Cunha in a bid to persuade the official to reverse his decision. The protests appeared to have swayed Cunha, who looked to be frantically checking with the fourth official via his headpiece to determine whether the goal should stand.
Yet after a chaotic delay of around four minutes Cunha ruled the goal should stand.
Multiple replays showed that Ruidiaz had used his arm to knock the ball into the net past Brazil keeper Alisson.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
