Brazil is eliminated from Copa America on controversial handball goal

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The Copa America Centenario is being played in the United States, but unlike most American sports, there is no video replay to ensure questionable calls are called correctly. Replay isn't used in the world of soccer, and the only thing that comes close to that at the moment is goal-line technology. As Brazil and Peru battled for a spot in the quarterfinals on Sunday, some form of video review would have provided justice. Peru beat Brazil 1-0 with a late goal that was scored by the arm of Raul Ruidiaz. It was a clear handball, and the ref even spent several minutes discussing it with his linesman and someone else upstairs via his earpiece. It looked like it would be called off, and then it wasn't. ...

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