Argentina 1:0 Peru

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Argentina defeat hosts Peru Peru 0-1 Argentina BBC Sport Tevez's free-kick curls past the helpless dive of Oscar Ibanez Argentina knocked hosts Peru out of the quarter-finals of the Copa America thanks to a stunning free-kick from 20-year-old Carlos Tevez. Tevez silenced a partisan 25,000 crowd in Chiclayo with his first international goal three minutes after coming on for Andres d'Alessandro. Argentina captain Roberto Ayala was sent off for a second bookable offence after 82 minutes but the team held on. Argentina will meet Colombia in the semis after they beat Costa Rica 2-0. Peru appeared to miss injured striker Claudio Pizzaro and their best chances came immediately after the goal. Nolberto Solano crashed a free-kick against the crossbar and Roberto Palacios side-footed wide a seemingly unmissable chance. Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa said he was not sure he had done the right thing when he sent Tevez on. "When I made the change, I had my doubts," he said. "I thought the team was in its best part of the game and I wasn't sure it was in our best interests - but I went ahead and did it anyway." Peru assisant coach Victor Zegarra said: Our only problem was that we didn't score."

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