Argentina must be relieved to have avoided a semifinal showdown with arch-rivals Brazil. In a dramatic game on Saturday, Paraguay first equalized from a penalty award and then benefitted from the penalty misses by Everton Ribeiro and Douglas Costa, when the match went to the penalty shoot-out. It was the second consecutive time that Paraguay have eliminated Brazil on penalties in the quarter-finals of the South American tournament. Neymar’s absence saw Brazil playing a powerless game