Paraguay and Argentina reach Copa América de Futsal semi-finals

By Ali Iveson
Wednesday, 2 February 2022

Hosts Paraguay have three wins from three ©Twitter/CopaAmerica

Argentina and hosts Paraguay are both through to the semi-finals of the Copa América de Futsal after their third straight victories.

Paraguay blew past Peru 5-1, despite going behind inside three minutes.

Arnaldo Báez, Richard Rejala, Juan Gómez Salas, Hugo Martínez and Javier Salas all scored in the emphatic Paraguayan response at Asunción's SND Arena.

Argentina beat Venezuela 3-1 in today's other Group B match.

Paraguay and Argentina each have three wins from three and cannot finish outside of the top two.

In Group A, defending champions Brazil beat Colombia 3-0 and are also onto nine points from three games.

Brazil are not yet guaranteed a semi-final place, with their remaining match against Uruguay, who like Colombia have six points.

Uruguay beat Chile 2-0 in the other Group B match today.

The group stage is set to reach its conclusion tomorrow.

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