PENALTY SAVE!!!! Gallese has had a truly awful day, but escapes his own mistake with a strong right hand which denied Jesus' penalty that was aimed at the bottom-left corner!
Jesus was hoping to get on the scoresheet today, but put his attempt on to the right palm of Gallese.
90'
Willian has scored a goal for Brazil! Assist by Everton.
Everton laid the ball off to Willian, and the Chelsea man pulled off an inch-perfect finish to find the top-right corner of the goal!
GOOALLLLL!!!! It's five for Brazil! Everton passed the ball to Willian and, from the corner of the penalty area, the latter unleashed a curling effort that nestled into the top-right corner of the goal past a diving Gallese! Peru 0-5 Brazil!
86'
Alex Sandro's shot from distance is blocked behind for a Brazil corner.
84'
Willian finds Everton at the back-post but the latter can't sneak his right-footed shot past Gallese.
CHANCE! Gonzales tries a strike from outside the box at the other end of the pitch, and just misses to the right! That was closer than Alisson initially thought!
81'
L. Advíncula gets yellow.
Advíncula goes in hard with a scissoring motion on Everton, and is shown yellow for his efforts.
80'
Willian tried to play Jesus in on goal, but the latter's run was made too early and is flagged for offside.
78'
Thiago Silva gets yellow.
Silva is shown yellow for leading with his elbow in an aerial duel with Tapia.
77'
Willian enters the game and replaces Philippe Coutinho.
Willian enters the fray, replacing Coutinho for Brazil.
75'
CHANCE! Sandro whips in a ball from the left to the feet of Jesus who can't initially sort his feet out, then unleashes a left-footed effort that Gallese smothered.
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72'
Jesus pulls out a nice heel chop on the right wing, reminding people that he's on the pitch. While he's inarguably a talented striker, he has not been able to make an impact from out wide today.
70'
Allan enters the game and replaces Casemiro.
Casemiro, who will miss the next match due to yellow card accumulation, is taken off for Allan.
69'
Brazil have a couple of chances from a cross from the right but fail to make either of them count. Everton does do a good job of tracking the second one down though in order to keep possession.
67'
J. Ballón enters the game and replaces C. Cueva.
Most of Peru's attacking options have now been removed as Ballon replaces Cueva.
66'
Free-kick to Peru after Jesus is called for dangerous play against Tapia.
64'
Arthur snatches at a shot from outside the box that was always rising and winds up in the stand behind the goal.
63'
Brazil win a corner after the ball goes behind off Polo.
59'
Firmino pulls off a couple of stepovers in the box before firing a low shot right into the legs of Gallese who saves.
57'
Alex Sandro enters the game and replaces Filipe Luís.
Filipe Luis is taken off with Alex Sandro now filling the left back spot for Brazil.
55'
C. Gonzáles enters the game and replaces P. Guerrero.
Guerrero won't be breaking the active goalscorer record today as he's withdrawn for Gonzales.
53'
Dani Alves has scored a goal for Brazil! Assist by Roberto Firmino.
Firmino played a brilliant one-two with Alves after waiting for the gap to open, and the latter finished the attempt with a powerful, rising finish!
GOOALLLL!!!! It's four for Brazil! The captain, Dani Alves was played into the penalty area after a series of one-twos with Arthur and then Firmino, and the PSG man fired his shot into the roof of the net with Gallese unable to do anything about it! Vintage Brazil goal that! Peru 0-4 Brazil
52'
Guerrero tries a volley from inside the box, but it lacks power and Alisson catches it with ease.
At the other end, Brazil broke quickly and Firmino tried to cross the ball to a free runner at the back-post only for his effort to be tipped behind by Gallese.
50'
Jesus makes his run just a little too early, and is called offside after a pass in from Casemiro.
48'
SAVE! Brilliant stuff by Everton as he breaks through the backline of the defence which forces Gallese off his line and the Peruvian goalkeeper goes to ground and does well to block what would have been a fourth Brazilian goal!
46'
É. Flores enters the game and replaces Y. Yotún.
Yotun, who is on a yellow card, is withdrawn in favour of Flores at half-time.
The referee's whistle sounds once more, and this match is back underway!
45' +2
HALF-TIME: Peru 0-3 Brazil
45' +1
A lofted ball is sent in the direction of Alves, but the defender made his run too early and the flag goes up.
45'
There will be two minutes of added time.
44'
SAVE! A deft pass was played into the run of Trauco who fired from a tight angle and Alisson was able to put it behind for a Peru corner!
43'
The Brazilian back line is toying with Peru's attackers as they pass the ball amongst themselves.
41'
Everton does well to stay on his feet in the box despite contact, but can't find a way past Advincula and the chance goes.
36'
Casemiro rises above everyone from the corner, looking for his second of the day, but heads it wide left of goal.
35'
Jesus pulls out all the tricks in the penalty area before trying a pass that is kicked away and behind by Peru. Corner to Brazil.
32'
Everton has scored a goal for Brazil! Assist by Philippe Coutinho.
Coutinho has had some fantastic assists in his career, and this... wasn't one of them. He simply played Everton down the line, and the latter went on to score a fantastic solo goal!
GOOALLL!!!!! Brazil make it three! Everton dribbled infield from his left wing position, got to the edge of the box, and then unleashed a low, curling, right-footed effort that beat Gallese at his near post! Not the finest day for the Peruvian goalkeeper this. Peru 0-3 Brazil
31'
Brazil forgo a chance to launch a counter, opting to rather build a play a bit more slowly through the centre of the pitch.
29'
Peru are struggling to pass through the lines of Brazil, but Alves helps them out by committing a foul in his own half.
27'
Peru win a free-kick just outside the penalty area after Casemiro fouled Cueva. Can they take advantage of this opportunity? The answer is no as Guerrero curls a shot tamely over the bar.
25'
Tempers are flaring a bit now as Peru try to get back into this match.
19'
Roberto Firmino has scored a goal for Brazil!
GOOALLLL!!! Brazil double their lead! Gallese tried to clear the ball, but he hit Firmino first! The deflection hit the post, but then fell kindly to Firmino who put the goalkeeper on the floor before slotting in a no-look finish! What a calamity from Peru! Peru 0-2 Brazil
16'
Y. Yotún gets yellow.
After a series of quick fouls from Peru, Yotun is shown yellow for his tackle on Arthur from behind.
14'
As things now stand, Brazil would advance to the quarter-finals as Group A winners with seven points.
12'
Casemiro has scored a goal for Brazil! Assist by Marquinhos.
Marquinhos was unable to bury his header, hitting it off the post instead, but it bounced kindly to Casemiro in the air who headed it home for the goal!
GOAALLLL!!! Brazil take the early lead! From a corner, Marquinhos' initial attempt bounced off the post before Casemiro finished the chance high into the net with a header! That's Casemiro's first goal for Brazil! Peru 0-1 Brazil
10'
Casemiro gets yellow.
After the early aforementioned fouls, Casemiro picks up a yellow for a late, sweeping challenge on Farfan. The referee is quickly losing patience with the overly physical play thus far.
8'
Avicula tries his luck from distance but launches it well above the crossbar and into the stand behind.
6'
Polo was innocently stepped on by Luis, and the Peruvian player grasps at his arm as he jogs away.
5'
A long, diagonal ball is sent out to Coutinho on the right wing from which he whipped in an early cross that missed everyone.
3'
Farfan attacks down the left and then is shoved over by Marquinhos in the final third. Dangerous free-kick coming from Peru.
2'
Tapia is down in a heap early after a foul from Firmino. Peru will have a free-kick.
1'
Referee Fernando Rapallini blows his whistle, and this match is underway!
Firmino fouls Advincula in the Peru penalty area, offering a much-needed reprieve to the opposing defence.
Hello, and welcome to our live commentary of this Copa America match between Peru and Brazil!
Peru will certainly have reason for confidence heading into this match as they are in the midst of their longest ever unbeaten run at the Copa America (W4, D3).
Now, let's take a look at the team news!
Peru (4-1-4-1): Pedro Gallese; Luis Advíncula, Miguel Araujo, Luis Abram, Miguel Trauco; Renato Tapia; Andy Polo, Christian Cueva, Yoshimar Yotun, Jefferson Farfan; Paolo Guerrero.
Peru substitutes: Andre Carrillo, Raul Ruidiaz, Patricio Alvarez, Carlos Zambrano, Josepmir Ballon, Alexander Callens, Edison Flores, Christofer Gonzales, Anderson Santamaria, Jesus Pretell, Aldo Corzo, Carlos Caceda.
Brazil (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Dani Alves, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Filipe Luis; Arthur, Casemiro; Gabriel Jesus, Philippe Coutinho, Everton; Roberto Firmino.
Brazil substitutes: Miranda, Fagner, Eder Militao, Cassio, Richarlison, Ederson, Allan, David Neres, Willian, Alex Sandro, Lucas Paqueta.
The players are out on the pitch as the national anthems begin to ring around the Arena Corinthians. Not long to go until kick-off now!
It will be interesting to see how these sides set up heading into the second half. Brazil have a big enough lead that they may start taking off key players to get them some rest ahead of the quarter-finals. As for Peru, the four points they've already banked will probably be enough to earn them a third-place slot, but they will likely bring on another attacking player soon as they will surely be trying to improve their goal difference which could decide who goes through.
As for what's next for these sides, Brazil will be facing a third-placed team, which could potentially be Argentina in the quarter-finals, while Peru will have to wait until the completion of the group stage to find out if their four points were enough for them to advance in one of those aforementioned third-place slots.
That's it for our live coverage of this Copa America match between Peru and Brazil! We hope you enjoyed following along, and will join us again soon!
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