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Football: Three red cards for Argentina

Overseas football

Sunday 22 June 1997 23:02 BST
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Argentina had three players sent off as they suffered a 2-1 Copa America quarter-final defeat to Peru in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on Saturday.

Argentina's previous defeat had been in a World Cup qualifier in La Paz in April, when they lost 2-1 to Bolivia. On that occasion, two Argentinians were sent off and the entire team became involved in a brawl with members of the Bolivian bench.

On Saturday, Marcelo Gallardo, Eduardo Berizzo and Gustavo Zapata, one of the players who had been dismissed in April, were all sent off as Peru were joined in the semi-finals by the hosts, Bolivia, who beat Colombia 2-1. Most of the Copa America contestants are fielding weakened sides because of clashes with World Cup games.

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