The Peruvian team used to be wide!

Twice in history to win the Copa America!

However, in the past two or three decades, the Peruvian team's form has been at a low point, and it was once reduced to a fish belly team in South America, and last year's World Cup in Russia was the first time in 36 years that they reached the World Cup finals.

Now this Peruvian team, most of the players play in South American leagues, and the only few players who play in Europe play for teams in second-rate European leagues such as the Portuguese Super League, the Russian Premier League, and the Eredivisie.

In terms of the individual ability of the core players alone, it is not as good as the current Dragon Country team!

Not to mention Shen Feng, who has already ranked among the world's first-class forwards, is slightly inferior to Wu Lei and Zhang Xizhe.

However, the strength of the entire team is not determined by the ability of a few core players.

Despite its lack of reputation and strength, the Peruvian team broke out with amazing ability in this game against the Dragon Country, causing a lot of trouble for the Dragon Country Team.

In the face of the stubborn defense of the Peruvian team, although Shen Feng and Wu Lei created some shooting opportunities, they could not be converted into goals.

On the contrary, it was the Peruvian team that seized a mistake in the back line of the Dragons and scored the first goal to take the lead in the score.

Moreover, the 1-0 lead was maintained until the injury time of the game.

Shen Feng had no choice, and at the critical juncture when the Dragon Country team was about to be eliminated, he used a "skill: one hit must hit" to help the Dragon Country team count the seconds and drag the game into overtime.

Before 2011, in the knockout stage, if the two teams were tied in the 90-minute regular game time, the penalty shootout would be directly held, but since 2011, the Copa America has also adopted the international customary rule, the 90-minute regular game time is tied, and 30 minutes of extra time is required, and if there is still no winner, then a penalty shootout.

The extra time match between the Dragons and Peru was the first extra time in this Copa America.

Prior to this match, the other three quarter-finals that had been concluded had all been decided within 90 minutes.

Entering overtime, in fact, the balance of the game has fallen to the side of the Dragon Nation.

The average age of the current lineup of the Dragon Country team is only 28 years old, and the combination of old, middle and young players is reasonable; The average age of the starting lineup of the Peruvian team in this game has reached 30 years old, and the aging is more serious.

This made the game enter overtime, and there was a clear difference in the physical condition of the two sides, of course, the physical condition of the Dragon Country team, which had a younger average age, was better.

In fact, in the last ten minutes of the 90-minute regular game, the vast majority of the players of the Peruvian team, whose average age is on the older side, have already experienced physical exhaustion, inability to run, and even cramps.

After entering extra time, the Peruvian team's physical problems were even more serious, and they were unable to sprint at high speed, forming a quick counterattack, and could only shrink into their own half and defend with all their might.

The Dragons swept away the previous decline in the score and bombarded the Peruvian team's goal.

Finally in the 109th minute of the game, Wu Lei's shot was saved by the goalkeeper of the Peruvian team, but the defenders of the Peruvian team were not far away, and the ball fell to the feet of Shen Feng.

Shen Feng did not waste this rare opportunity, and rewrote the score to 2:1 overnight, helping the Dragon Country team to achieve a comeback.

In the end, the score of 2:1 was maintained until the final whistle sounded, and the Dragons won a hard-fought victory to become the last team to qualify for the semi-finals of this Copa America.

At the same time, the Dragons also equaled the away team's best record in the Copa America - the semi-finals!

Only Mexico has ever reached the semi-finals of the Copa America before!

With Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and other well-known super teams in international football, it is very difficult for away teams to get better results in the Copa America.

The Dragon Country team was able to reach the semi-finals of this Copa America, not all by hard power, and there was a lot of luck.

First of all, in the group stage, although they are in the same group as the host Brazil, the other two teams in the same group are not strong, and the process of advancing to the quarterfinals is smooth.

In the quarterfinals, they encountered the Peruvian team, which was relatively weaker than Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and other teams.

As a result, in this quarter-final, he still encountered great trouble, and in the end he only got through the danger.

But in any case, the Dragon Nation team has now advanced to the semi-finals of the Copa America, and the goal of participating in this tournament has been fulfilled and overachieved!

For the next two games, you just need to take it with a normal heart!

The semi-final opponent of the Dragon Country team is the Argentine team!

The current Argentine team is not at its peak, and several core players in the team - Messi, Aguero, Higuain, Di Maria and others are all over 30 years old!

Although judging from the season that has just ended, several of them have maintained their competitive form well, but compared to the previous two Copa America, they are in their playing year, it is certainly not the same.

In the first two editions of the Copa America, these superstars who had achieved brilliant results in their respective clubs were hated in the finals twice!

This America's Cup is the last time in their careers to challenge for the championship of the continental competition!

Whether it is Messi and Higuain, who were born in 87, or Aguero and Di Maria, who were born in 88, it is difficult to hold on to the next World Cup and the next Copa America!

Even if they can persist until that time, it is not easy to say what kind of state they can have when they are already thirty-four or five years old!

Therefore, although they have just finished a long season, they are mentally and physically exhausted, they still grit their teeth and persist in this Copa America.

Argentina have won all four of their previous matches, and like hosts Brazil, they are the only team to have won all of their matches in this Copa America so far.

Among them, there is also the second round of the group stage, the 3:1 revenge against the Chilean team.

Argentina reached the finals of the previous two Copa Americas, both against Chile, and both teams were entangled in penalty shootouts in both finals, with Argentina falling to 12-yard points twice.

For the championship of this Copa America, the Argentine team is determined to win!

Before this semi-final with the Dragon Country, the Argentine team was already aiming for the final, and did not take the Dragon Country team seriously at all.

In the other semi-final, the host Brazil team finally defeated Uruguay 2-1 to get a ticket to the final.