Alisson saves penalty to hand Brazil win over Paraguay

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker was the hero for his home nation yesterday after saving a penalty in Brazil’s semi-final shoot-out against Paraguay.

Brazil were held to a stalemate by the Paraguay defence in Porto Alegre and the game went to penalties after full-time.

Despite fellow Red Roberto Firmino missing his spot-kick, Alisson was able to rectify the overall situation by saving from Gustavo Gomez, helping Brazil win 4-3 on the night.

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“This is a team that deserved the win today,” Alisson said, as quoted by Liverpoolfc.com.

“It was a draw but against a team that didn’t want to play unless it was on the counter-attack. We’ve gone up one step, two more to go to our objective, to be Copa America champions.”

Brazil are now set to play either Argentina or Venezuela in the semi-finals of the competition.

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