Peru's head coach Ricardo Gareca (R) speaks beside player Carlos Zambrano during a news conference before a training sessin for the Copa America tournament at Nacional Stadium in Santiago, Chile June 28, 2015. REUTERS/Henry Romero
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile face Peru in the Copa America semi-finals on Monday in one of the fiercest rivalries in South American football, fuelled by politics, border disputes and a 19th century war.
The traditional animosity between the two Andean neighbours dates from the War of the Pacific in the 1880s, which Chile fought against the combined forces of Peru and Bolivia.
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