BRAZIL WINS COPA AMERICA

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Brazil returned to trophy ways by seeing off Peru in the finals of the Copa America cup

Having lost their playmaker (Neymar) to injury, many did not believe Brazil were favorites. But they put to rest the argument by producing spectacular performances all through the competition.

The two sides met in the group stage but the Brazilian side thumped them by 5 goals to nil.

This was an unlikely scenario at the Maracana stadium as Peru skipper Paolo Guerrero cancelled out Everton's opener with a 44th-minute penalty.

Before then, Gabriel Jesus produced a fine wing play to set up Everton and also restored the advantage in first-half injury time.

Richarlison made it 3-1 from the penalty spot to cap up a fine display by the defending champions.

The cup win set the five-time world champions' on course for their first major honour in 12 years, although a clumsy aerial challenge on Carlos Zambrano was enough to earn Jesus a second yellow card and set up a fraught finale.