Brazilian star Neymar was banned for the rest of the Copa America on Friday, stripping the tournament of one of its biggest stars.

A disciplinary panel of the South American confederation ruled that he must sit out four games for his conduct in a match against Colombia, when he was sent off after the final whistle.

The Barcelona forward was also fined $10,000.

Brazil will appeal the ruling.

Neymar picked up a red card after apparently kicking the ball toward Colombia’s Pablo Armero after the referee had blown the whistle in Colombia’s 1-0 victory on Wednesday. He also appeared to head-butt another player who came to confront him, and Brazilian media said he confronted the referee before going into the change-rooms.

Colombia’s Carlos Bacca shoved Neymar from behind during the altercation and also was sent off after the match. He was banned for two matches.

Neymar had already been shown a yellow card during the game, which would’ve been enough to keep him from playing against Venezuela on Sunday. He had received his first yellow card of the tournament against Peru. Players are automatically suspended with two yellow cards.

Brazil, which has been heavily dependent on Neymar, could still be eliminated depending on its result against Venezuela. If it advances to the knockout round, it could play three more games. If Brazil doesn’t make it to the final, Neymar’s suspension will be extended into the next Copa America.

All four teams in Group C have three points each. The top two teams in each of the three Copa America groups advance, in addition to the two-best third-place finishers.

Neymar was key for Brazil in the opening win against Peru in this year’s Copa America, scoring a goal and setting up the last-minute winner by Douglas Costa. He struggled against Colombia, though, and appeared nervous from the start. He got into several confrontations with the Colombian players and constantly complained to Chilean referee Enrique Osses.

After the match, Neymar said everything was caused by a “weak referee.”

Neymar’s substitute has not been announced yet, but veteran striker Robinho is expected to take his spot in the attack.

Chile rout Bolivia, through to next stage

Charles Aranguiz scored twice and Alexis Sanchez added another goal on Friday to help host Chile defeat Bolivia 5-0 and advance from the group stage.

Bolivia also secured a spot in the quarterfinals despite the rout, finishing second. Chile reached seven points, three more than Bolivia and four more than Ecuador, which earlier defeated Mexico 2-1. Mexico was eliminated.

Ecuador can still advance depending on other results.

By advancing in first place, Chile gets to stay in Santiago for the quarterfinals, while Bolivia will head to Temuco.

It is the first time in five Copa America editions that Bolivia has advanced from the group stage.

Aranguiz opened the scoring a with a right-footed shot from inside the area less than three minutes into the match, and Sanchez scored his first goal of the tournament in the 37th, heading in a right-side cross by playmaker Jorge Valdivia. Aranguiz scored his second goal from close range in the 66th, and Gary Medel added to the lead with a shot over Bolivia goalkeeper Romel Quinonez in the 79th after another set up by Valdivia. Ronaldo Raldes’ own goal in the 86th closed the scoring.

Mexico bow out

Rancagua: Mexico was eliminated with a 2-1 loss to Ecuador in the final Group A match.

Miller Bolanos opened the scoring for Ecuador in the 26th minute and teammate Enner Valencia added a second in the 57th. Mexico got one back through Raul Jimenez’s penalty in the 64th.

Mexico  and Jamaica are the guest teams for the Copa.