Argentina sink Peru with late goals
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-10-10 10:10

Captain Juan Pablo Sorin had Argentina's two best first-half efforts, both close range headers which were brilliantly saved by Leao Butron.

Apart from that, Peru's spoiling tactics and massed defence frustrated the hosts.

Argentina continued to struggle after halftime and Peru nearly grabbed a shock lead on the hour when Paolo Guerrero outpaced his marker but shot over the goal.

Peru had another chance in the 73rd minute when Guerrero forced a point-blank save from Roberto Abbondanzieri in a goalmouth scramble.

Two minutes later, Butron made his best save yet when he turned over Hernan Crespo's goal-bound header.

The Peru keeper's luck ran out in the 78th minute when he upended Messi to concede a penalty and was shown the red card.

Play was held up for four minutes as Peru protested the decision before Riquelme sent Erick Delgado the wrong way in the 82nd minute.

Argentina added another in injury-time when Guadelupe turned Carlos Tevez's low cross into his own net.