Brazil played an action-stacked 1-1 draw with Colombia in California on Tuesday to set up a mouth-watering Copa América quarter-last against Uruguay. The result suggests Colombia finished top of Get-together D on seven obsessions and will go confronting Panama in the last eight.
Daniel Muñoz’s first-half strike for Colombia offset an unfathomable early free kick from Brazil’s Raphinha. The result loosened up Colombia’s unbeaten streak to 26 matches, but it suggested the fulfillment of their 10-game overwhelming run.
“It was a match we expected to play to survey ourselves in a decent second for the social event,” Colombia mentor Nestor Lorenzo said. “I think we pushed ahead today. With Brazil, you can’t pardon the get-together regardless, rapidly. The penchant is one of satisfaction against a tangled opponent.”
Brazil shield Marquinhos gave up that the party is not completing all chambers yet. “We should be clear with ourselves, we have a ton to grow, a ton to improve, especially in this fundamental intersection,” he said.
The match between Colombia, unbeaten since Walk 2022, and five-time World Cup champions Brazil fulfilled its firecracker charging as the various sides sought after one another straightforwardly from the fundamental shot. In a hurried starting 15 minutes at Levi’s Field, Vinicius Jr was shown a yellow card after suddenly striking James Rodriguez while tussling over a free ball, a booking which drives the winger away from the Uruguay match.
Rodriguez went inside slithers of scoring the opener as he set the crossbar from the subsequent free kick. Notwithstanding, the Colombia veteran was upstaged in the twelfth second by Raphinha, who whipped a stunning free-kick of his own into the top corner to give Brazil the lead.
Colombia thought they had evened out when Davinson Sanchez headed home Rodriguez’s unsafe cross into the case in any event objective was denied for offside after an extensive VAR check. Brazil required discipline in the 42nd second when Muñoz cut down Vinicius in the case yet replays showed the Colombia defender organized a touch.
Jhon Cordoba then, found a pocket of room on the edge of the district and the Colombia striker played a grand through ball to Muñoz, who rifled his work into the net to level out the scores in first-half stoppage time. Despite the consuming California heat neither one of the sides let the power drop after the break and Raphinha almost scored from another free kick in the 59th second, completing just wide of the post.
Colombia other than got their chances to score in the last part, brilliant of which tumbled to substitute Rafael Borre, who shot a shot over the crossbar from short closeness. Colombia gatekeeper Camilo Vargas should be sharp to keep out Brazil substitute Andreas Pereira’s diving long-range effort basic into stoppage time.
Costa Rica forgot to move into the quarter-finals following finishing third in the party on four networks, one behind Brazil, even after two early targets set up a 2-1 victory over Paraguay in their last gathering match.
“This was a remarkably extraordinary social gathering. We were playing against Brazil and Colombia, two of the four top decisions to win the Copa,” Costa Rica tutor Gustavo Alfaro said. “We had our resources, our achievements, and our slips up, at this moment we made and we’re examining the show rather than the results.”
Costa Rica guessed that results ought to end up ideal for them close by a colossal swing in guaranteed qualification to qualify and they consumed no time getting on the stack up when commandant Francisco Calvo and Josimar Alcocer made it 2-0 inside seven minutes. Calvo headed home from the edge of the six-yard keep the third second while 19-year-old Alcocer controlled past a few players going before pulling the trigger from well new to beat the guard.
Paraguay turned out to be perceptive in the last part and Costa Rica’s notions for qualifying dwindled 10 minutes after the restart when Ramon Sosa scored his overall huge target for his country. Costa Rica’s security could do nothing as Mathias Villasanti spilled into the case and set up Sosa, who shot the ball into the top corner past the outstretched hand of goalkeeper Patrick Sequeira.
Costa Rica nearly gave up again from a corner in added time, the ball redirecting off Fabian Balbuena’s head to Angel Romero regardless of his shot forgot to make it past the fingertips of Sequeira. It suggested the secret time starting around 1925 that Paraguay had lost all of their get-together matches.
“It was a horrendous contest, a terrible show,” Paraguay guide Daniel Garnero said.