Argentina defeats Paraguay 6-1 in Copa America 2015 semi-finals

Thursday, July 2, 2015

On Tuesday, Argentina defeated Paraguay 6–1 in the second semi-final of the 2015 Copa América ^{((en))Spanish language: ‍America Cup} which was held in Concepción city of Chile to reach the finals.

Argentina had about 60% possession of the ball in front of Paraguay. Two Argentine players and three Paraguayan players were yellow carded in this match with 31 fouls committed. Marcos Rojo netted the first goal of the match in the 15^th minute, assisted by captain Lionel Messi. Javier Pastore scored the second goal for Argentina in the 27^th minute, also assisted by Messi. Just two minutes before half-time, Lucas Barrios scored the goal for Paraguay to make the score 2–1 at half time.

In the second half, Ángel Di María scored two goals in the 47^th and 53^rd minutes, in which the former goal was assisted by Pastore. Sergio Agüero scored the fifth goal for Argentina in the 80^th minute assisted by Di Maria. Three minutes later, Higuaín scored the last goal of the match assisted by Messi. Thus Messi completed a hat-trick of assists in the match.

Argentina now faces Chile in the Copa America final on July 4 at Santiago.

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June 30, 2015
	Argentina	6-1	Paraguay	Concepción Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
	Rojo 15' Pastore 27' Di María 47', 53' Agüero 80' Higuaín 83'		Barrios 43'	Concepción Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Sources

Michael Emons. "Argentina 6-1 Paraguay" — BBC Sport, July 1, 2015
Reuters. "Argentina hit Paraguay for six to reach Copa America final" — The Guardian, June 30, 2015

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