It is the first thing you learn in peewee soccer. Don’t touch the ball with your hand.
Peru broke the cardinal rule, but got away with it on Sunday night, and mighty Brazil was eliminated from the Copa América in the group stage.
Brazil needed only a draw in the game in Foxborough, Mass., to advance, and that looked extraordinarily likely: It had not lost a competitive game to Peru since 1985.
But with the game scoreless in the 75th minute, Andy Polo of Peru crossed the ball to Raúl Ruidíaz in front of the net.