Copa América 2015 – Peru 1-0 Venezuela

Copa 2015 – Peru 1-0 Venezula 

A 72nd-minute goal from Claudio Pizarro was all that separated Peru and Venezuela in a 1-0 victory for Los Incas.

Paolo Guerrero attempted to weave a pass through the Venezuelan defense to the Bayern Munich striker. Although a defender looked to have gotten a touch to the ball, Pizarro received the pass and sent a close-range effort into the back of the net.

Pizarro might not be the most fleet of foot, but put him that close to the goal and he's gonna find a way to score.

Peru 1 - 0 Venezuela All Goals and Full Highlights 18/06/2015 - Copa America by Football Daily TV

Coincidentally, Pizarro only played because Jefferson Farfan suffered an allergic reaction earlier in the week, which caused swelling in his foot. Before the match, Pizarro made it known he'd be willing to fill in.

"Jeffry stayed in the hotel because he has some problems, but, if given the opportunity, I would be glad to play," he said, per Goal.com's Tom Webber and Dejan Kalinic.

Not only did the 36-year-old play, but he also handed three critical points to Peru as they try to advance to the quarterfinals.

Goal.com's Ives Galarcep was happy to watch the ageless wonder continue playing at a high level: Of course, Pizarro and Peru were helped out a lot by Fernando Amorebieta's red card in the 29th minute. You can view the incident leading to the card below. Amorebieta looked to have intentionally raked Guerrero's thigh, which would be an obvious red: That forced Venezuela to completely alter their game plan, and they reacted by going into a defensive shell for most of the match. Peru had 66 percent of possession, which was somewhat staggering considering they had just 41 percent possession in a 2-1 defeat to Brazil, who themselves use rather defensive tactics.

Despite all of that possession, the eventual winners had just one shot on target, but they made it count. Venezuela only managed one more shot on target than their opponents.

Venezuela might be frustrated that they allowed a goal in the 72nd minute after pushing the Peru attack for so long. When you play down a man for what will be 61 minutes, though, you have to expect that you're going to allow at least one goal. Sooner or later, the numbers game catches up with you.

The result certainly throws Group C into disarray a bit. Complicating matters further is the fact that all four countries have the same goal differential (0), which is the first tiebreaker used to separate teams with the same point totals.

Colombia get Peru, while Brazil play Venezuela in the last day of the group stage. With any luck, the group table will somehow become even murkier than it already is by the time Sunday's matches are over.