The 2024 Copa America Group D match, second match at the Allegiant Stadium, Paraguay, who lost 1-2 to Colombia in the first match, will face Brazil, who drew in the first match Costa Rica 0-0. In this game, the Samba team sent Savio to play in the attacking game and dropped Rafinha to the bench. As for the two players from Real Madrid, Vinicius Jr. and Rodrygo, they still started.
The game started in the 15th minute, the Paraguayan side had a chance before Damien Bobadilla got a shot in the penalty area, but Alisson Becker made an excellent save.
In the 23rd minute, Brazil had a chance to win. Rodrygo launched the ball into the penalty area. Marquinhos headed the ball over the crossbar. And in the 31st minute, “Samba” received a penalty from Andres Cuba’s handball. But Lucas Paqueta ufabet who was responsible for the killing, shot tragically out of bounds.
But in the 35th minute, the Brazilian army came to break the goal and take the lead until they had a great moment. Bruno Guimaraes flowed the ball to Lucas Paqueta who bounced in one moment for Vinicius Junior to enter. penalty area before tapping away from Rodrygo Morinico and shooting in to make it 1-0.
In the 43rd minute, the score moved to 2-0. Rodrigo went into the box to save Rodrigo Morinico, but Savinho followed up again. Then, during injury time, Brazil also scored another goal from the moment. Lucas Paqueta sets up a long ball for Rodrigo to push against the defenders. Paraguay reached the ball first but when they tried to block it, Vinicius Jr., who arrived quickly, shot in to put the team ahead 3-0 at the end of the first half.
Just 3 minutes into the second half, Paraguay came to break the egg. Omar Alderete picked up the ball in front of the penalty area and pressed with his full left. The ball soared into the net beautifully, making it 1-3.
Brazil received a penalty again in the 65th minute from another handball by Mathias Villasanti. This time, Lucas Paqueta took charge again and scored without missing a shot, causing the team to escape 4-1.
Arriving in the 81st minute, Paraguay’s situation became even worse when they were down to 10 men when Andres Cubas was sent off. After that, there were no more goals. The game ended with Brazil winning 4-1, successfully winning their first game. The next game will be against Colombia, while Pagraguay will meet Costa Rica. Both pairs will play in the morning of July 3, time in Thailand.