Anderson into Queen’s semi-finals, Raonic out SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015 SATURDAY, SportsSports 46 CHILE: Peru’s Claudio Pizarro (left) fight for the ball with Venezuela’s Roberto Rosales (right) and Tomas Rincon during a Copa America Group A soccer match. —AP Peru sink 10-man Venezuela CHILE: A second-half goal by Bayern Munich the final round of first phase fixtures. Peru face Salomon Rondon, whose first-time volley from Neymar from behind. Neymar had previously star Claudio Pizarro fired Peru to a 1-0 victory Colombia in their final group game on Sunday close-range was stopped by Peru goalkeeper received a second yellow card for a handball, over 10-man Venezuela on Thursday as “The while Brazil, downed by the Colombians in their Pedro Gallese. Meanwhile, Brazilian star Neymar meaning at least a one-game suspension was Incas” bounced back from their agonizing open- second game, play Venezuela. has been provisionally suspended for one match inevitable. The Barcelona star had received a ing defeat to Brazil. Pizarro shot high into the The flashpoint of a fractious first half came in and could face a harsher final punishment, offi- first yellow card during Brazil’s opening win roof of the net on 72 minutes after midfielder the 30th minute when Amorebieta received his cials said Thursday after the striker received a against Peru. The Copa America website initially Christian Cueva burst into the box to set up the marching orders after the red mist descended in red card during a fracas in Brazil’s Copa America reported a two-game suspension, but later clari- Bundesliga-based striker and settle a hard- a clash with Guerrero. loss to Colombia. fied that the 23-year-old striker was suspended fought contest. Venezuela, who shocked Amorebieta, who finished last season on loan South American federation CONMEBOL’s dis- for one game in a preliminary decision, to be Colombia 1-0 in their opening game, were at English side Middlesbrough as they clinched ciplinary committee “provisionally suspended reviewed when the disciplinary committee always struggling to keep the Peruvians in check promotion to the Premier League, stamped on Neymar for one game after his behavior in the meets Friday. A two-match suspension would following the first-half dismissal of Fernando Guerrero’s thigh after a tangle between the two aftermath of Brazil’s 1-0 defeat to Colombia, and rule him out of Brazil’s final group game against Amorebieta for a wild stamp on Paolo Guerrero. players on the left flank. will meet on Friday to decide the final punish- Venezuela Sunday and any quarter-final clash. Victory was sweet for Peru, who conceded a Mexican referee Roberto Orozco did not hesi- ment,” said a statement on the Copa America There was already bad blood between Neymar goal in injury time in their cruel 2-1 defeat to tate to produce the red card, while Guerrero was website. Colombia upset the five-time world and the Colombian team heading into the Brazil on Sunday to lose their opening game in left nursing angry red marks imprinted on his champions in a combative game Wednesday match. He suffered a fractured vertebra when Group C. thigh. Until that moment Venezuela had looked that ended in a tumultuous melee, as Neymar Colombia’s Juan Camilo Zuniga collided with Thursday’s victory leaves the race for quarter- the likelier to score. Their best chance came appeared to aim a headbutt at Colombian him in their World Cup quarter-final clash last final places from the group wide open, with all after only seven minutes when Alejandro Guerra goalscorer Jeison Murillo. Colombian striker July, an injury that sidelined him for the rest of four teams locked on three points heading into curled in a fine cross from the right met by Carlos Bacca also received a red card for pushing the tournament.—AFP.