Starring Vinicius Jrwho scored twice, Brazil managed to beat Paraguay 4-1 for the second matchday of their Group 4 Copa Americaafter the 0-0 draw with Costa Rica in the premiere. This was the first victory of the “seleção” in the last six games, since Dorival took over the technical leadership of the team.
The Brazilians they came into the game very stronglybut Paraguay almost took the lead in the 15th minute through Damian Bombadilla and there was an immediate reaction from Ender Militao.
In the 28th minute, Brazil won a penalty for a handball, but Lucas Packeta missed and finally Vinicius opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Eight minutes later, in the 43rd minute, Girona winger Savio doubled the Seleção’s tally, with Vinicius closing the half with his second personal goal to make it 3-0.
Paraguay came back in the second half with a goal by Omar Alderete from a long distance, but the Brazilians were not affected and continued to pressurize the opposition defense and managed to win another penalty, in the 68th minute, with Paquetas not missing this opportunity.
This was the first “three points” for Brazilhaving Colombia on top, which earlier won 3-0 of Costa Rica and qualified for the knockout phase of the Copa America.
Colombians were domineering, since they had 62% of the balland managed with three different scorers to get the three points, while the Costa Ricans did not have a single shot in the match.
Specifically, in the 31st minute, Luis Dias made it 1-0 with a penalty. Davinson Sanchez doubled the team’s goals in the 59′ and three minutes later (62′) Ion Cordova sealed the final result.
Colombia has won 10 matches in a row and are unbeaten in 25 matches (20 wins-5 draws) after losing to Argentina in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
Source: Sport Fm
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