Peru's controversial goal knocks Brazil out of Copa America Centenario

[KamaAina]

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-fc-yahoo/brazil-knocked-out-of-copa-america-on-controversial-goal-033359018.html

Nobody deserves to be eliminated from a major tournament on a blatant, intentional handball. Or by a badly botched call. Or an opponent's unapologetic cheating. Or the sport's idiotic stubbornness on instituting instant replay....

On Sunday night, controversy engulfed the Selecao's 1-0 loss to Peru, which unexpectedly bounced the five-time World Cup winners from the tournament in the teams' Group B finale. With 15 minutes left, Raul Ruidiaz quite clearly used his right arm to slap the ball into the net from up close, when he couldn't get enough of his hip around the ball....

And secondly, Brazil was the beneficiary of just such a blown call in its first game against Ecuador on a howler by goalkeeper Alisson on his own goal line, when he redirected the ball into his own net. The own goal was ruled out because the ball was adjudged to have gone behind the end line, although video replay suggested it hadn't. It conserved a 0-0 tie.

It's also true that this was a crisis of Brazil's own making. Aside from the 7-1 thumping of an overpowered Haiti, Dunga's men looked flat and lifeless and fetid all tournament, failing to score in their two other games. Certainly, they were without the Olympics-bound Neymar and several other stars the head coach ostracized for various reasons. But they once again created no chances of note.

"It was the hand of God."

[twogunsid]

1. Bye-bye, Seleção....

....vamos, El Tri!

[KamaAina]

2. ?Una otra Guerra Fria? ?En Junio?

[twogunsid]

3. Sure. Cold Wars are good....

....what ever it takes to get Mexico to the finals. I'm just glad Seleção is not one of the teams we have to worry about down the road. La Albiceleste with Messi and Di Maria is formidable enough. Slainte and Viva El Tri!