Last year's champion Shahjalal and runner-up Jibon Boli did not participate in this year's competition
Peru beat Paraguay 2-0 to clinch third place at Copa America
Peru beat Paraguay 2-0 at the Copa America early on Saturday BdST to ensure they finished in third place for the second consecutive edition of the tournament.
Published : 4 July 2015, 03:13 AM
Updated : 4 July 2015, 03:22 AM
Midfielder Andre Carrillo gave them the lead three minutes into the second half ay Concepcion.
He stabbed a shot into the bottom corner of the Paraguayan net after striker Paolo Guerrero had nodded down a Christian Cueva corner.
Guerrero swept home a right foot shot in the 89th minute to seal a deserved victory for Peru.
He has now scored seven of Peru's last 10 goals at the Copa America.
Guerrero scored a hat-trick against Bolivia in the quarter-finals and did the same against Venezuela in Peru's final match of the 2011 Copa, when Peru also finished third.
His goal on Friday left him as joint top scorer in the tournament alongside Chile's Eduardo Vargas
Hosts Chile face Argentina in the final at 4am Bangladesh time on Sunday at Santiago, seeking their first title in the 99-year-history of the competition.
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