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Peru secured their second-straight third-place finish at the Copa America with a 2-0 victory over 2011 runners-up Paraguay on Friday.
The result marks Peru's best back-to-back tournament results since the 1979 and 1983 editions, and Ricardo Gareca's men will like to carry that momentum into the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
The game started slow, and the first half went by without much incident, with both teams unwilling to push numbers forward in search of a goal.
The game picked up after the break, however.
Peru set up their World Cup qualifying run with a third-place finish at the Copa America.
In the 48th minute, Andre Carrillo collected a loose ball from a corner and, while falling down, fired a right-footed shot into the lower right corner of Paraguay keeper Justo Villar's net.
Paolo Guerrero, who is looking to become the first back-to-back Golden Boot winner at the Copa America since 1924, then capped the scoring in the 89th minute, punching in a sweeping Joel Sanchez cross between Villar's legs.
The goal was of increased personal significance as well, as it gave the Flamengo man sole possession of second on Peru's all-time goals list, just one behind the legendary Teofilo Cubillas who netted 26 for his career.
The former Bayern Munich forward finishes the tournament with four goals -- on par with Chile's Eduardo Vargas, who will take part in Saturday's final against Argentina.
Yesterday, Peru defeated Paraguay 2–0 in the  of the  , which was held in  stadium in  city of Chile, and won a bronze medal.

Peru had 50.9% possession of the ball in front of Paraguay. Peru completed 408 passes whereas Paraguay completed 407. The passing accuracy of both teams were almost same with 78.9 to 79.6% accuracy. One Paraguayan player and two Peruvian players were  in this match with 30 fouls committed. Nobody scored in the first half of the match.

In the opening minutes of second half, Peru's  gained a corner ball and converted it into the first goal of the match in the 48th minute. In the 89th minute of the match,  scored a close range goal which sealed the third place for Los Incas. By this goal, Guerrero netted 4 goals for the tournament to equal with Chile's . 

This is back-to-back third place for Peru in the Copa tournament.


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