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29.06.2019Bayer 04

Copa America: Aránguiz and Chile through to semis

Charles Aránguiz and Chile are still in the running to defend their title in the Copa America: In the quarter-finals of the tournament, La Roja beat Colombia 5-4 on penalties in a dramatic encounter and now go through to play the winners of the game between Uruguay and Peru in the last four.
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Colombia's final penalty taker William Tesillo missed the target with his spot kick in the penalty shootout. The Chile captain Alexis Sanchez held his nerve and his strike made it 5-4 to secure a place in the semi-finals. Chile's dream of winning the Copa America for the third time in succession lives on. The semi-final against record winners Uruguay (15 titles) or Peru will be played in Porto Alegre in the early hours of Thursday morning. Brazil and Argentina meet in the first semi-final in Belo Horizonte the day before.

VAR intervenes twice

The scoreline in São Paulo was 0-0 after 90 minutes and at the end of extra time. Albeit, Chile twice thought they had scored. First of all, a goal from Charles Aránguiz was ruled out following VAR as Sanchez was offside and after the restart the referee also chalked off a goal scored by Arturo Vidal due to a handball by Guillermo Maripan again after consulting the VAR. Aránguiz had a good chance to score after 12 minutes but the Colombia keeper David Ospina kept out his header with a sensational save. The Bayer 04 pro, who has had a great tournament to date, was substituted on 67 minutes.

Lamti and Tunisia draw 1-1 again

Bayer 04 U19 player Marc Lamti watched from the bench as Tunisia drew 1-1 with Mali in Group E at the Africa Cup. Tunisia also drew 1-1 in the first game against Angola. Lamti, who was able to train with the Werkself first team squad last season, made his surprise debut for his country at the start of June. The final group match for Tunisia is on Tuesday (21.00 CET) against Mauritania.

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