In the match between Brazil vs Paraguay, Brazil bounce back with a 4 – 1 win against Paraguay and eliminates Paraguay in the race of Copa America 2024.
Júlio Savinho also netted a goal in the first half for Brazil, while Lucas Paqueta found the back of the net from a penalty kick in the second half. Omar Alderete was the scorer for Paraguay
Vinícius Junior netted two goals in the first half, guiding Brazil to a 4-1 win against Paraguay on Friday evening, securing its spot in a potential run for the Copa America’s top four.
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Júlio Savinho also netted a goal in the first half for Brazil, while Lucas Paqueta found the back of the net from a penalty kick in the second half. Omar Alderete was the scorer for Paraguay
Highlights
The game between Brazil vs Paraguay was filled with intense moments, with five yellow cards and one red card being issued. Andres Cubas received a red card in the 81st minute, which meant Paraguay had to play the remainder of the game with one less player.
Brazil’s Wendell, Junior, and Paqueta were also given yellow cards, along with Paraguay’s Fabian Balbuena and Hernesto Caballero. The win was a remarkable achievement for the Brazilian team, who kicked off the tournament Tuesday with a scoreless draw against Costa Rica, despite shooting 18-2 better than their opponents.
Brazil is currently trailing Colombia by two points, who won over Costa Rica with a score of 3-0 on Friday. If Brazil manages to win or draw against Colombia on Tuesday, it will secure one of the two places in the knockout round.
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Additionally, Brazil holds a six-goal lead over Costa Rica, making it unlikely that a defeat will prevent them from advancing to the Copa America finals, where they have won the tournament nine times.
Brazil faced challenges in its Copa America competition against Paraguay, drawing in their last five encounters. This tied them for the second-longest winning streak against Brazil in this tournament, which Paraguay also participated in from 1963 to 1983.
However, Brazil emerged victorious in their most recent encounter, beating Paraguay 4-0 just two years prior in World Cup qualifying. The result was clear from the late goals that opened the scoring, marking a heated conclusion to the first half
Just seconds after Bruno Guimaraes’s shot was blocked, Savinho scored for Brazil, putting them up 2-0 in the 43rd minute. In the extra time, both sides engaged in a scrum, with Chilean referee Piero Maza Gomez issuing yellow cards to Wendell and Balbuena at three-plus minutes. Subsequently, Junior struck a decisive goal five minutes into the extra time.
Paraguay had its chances and even outshot Brazil 8-5, including 4-3 on goal. Brazil goalkeeper Alisson Becker made a tremendous save diving to his right to prevent a goal from Damián Bobodilla 15 minutes into the match.
Early in the second half, however, Alderete scored to close the deficit to 3-1.Then 17 minutes later, Paqueta made up for a missed penalty kick in the first half by converting to give back Brazil its three-goal lead.
Raphinha came on as a substitute in the final minutes of the game, stepping in at 72nd minute to replace Savinho