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A great goal from Raphinha, insufficient for a Brazil that could not beat Colombia (1-1)

Published:3/07/2024 - 09:37h

Updated:3/07/2024 - 09:37h

Brazil added a new setback in the Copa América 2024. After its initial draw against Costa Rica, the Brazilian team was forced to beat Colombia to stay in group D, but finally Raphinha's great goal was not enough

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The Brazil of Raphinha and Vinicius played the morning of this Wednesday the first place of the group D of the Glass America in front of the Colombia of Luis Díaz and James Rodríguez, and finally could not be for the 'scratch'. The tension governed a party that definitely was the most interesting of all the phase of groups, and that precisely marked the closing of the first phase of the Glass America 2024, together with the Panama-Paraguay.

As it has been 'habit' in this edition of the tournament, the Brazil-Colombia finish being a full clash of a lot of nerves, intensity and aggressiveness, and of course, referee's controversy. But yes that to the 6' arrived a decision hit by part of the referee of the party afterwards that Vinicius forgot for one moment to play the football and finish leaving a manotazo in the face of James. Yellow and suspension for the quarter-finals for the extreme of the Real Madrid.

Raphinha Finish margando the best goal of what goes of Glass America

With this conditioning advanced the party for the canarinha in front of a Colombia that perhaps was having too respect and left spaces precisely to Vinicius, as well as Rodrygo. As it is used to suceder in this type of moments, the combined cafetero finished falling in the error to correct with faults near of the area and James left served a free shot executed to perfection by Raphinha to the 12'.

When they completed the first 24 meetings of the tournament, the extreme of the FC Barcelona achieved to mark the first goal of direct fault of the Glass America thanks to his flawless strike of left-handed. Brazil took the leadership in the party and ensured to avoid to Uruguay in quarter-finals, something that finally did not finish achieving in front of the fault of effectiveness to the hour to attack.

Colombia knew to replace and finished closing a tie that left him like leader of the group

Besides, Colombia followed with his spirit, the one who had carried him to be 25 parties invicto, now 26. Although yes that it has to highlight that the 1-1 final that achieved the Colombian team has based a lot to a played key in the 42'. Vini Did one of his in the band and was hit in the area by Daniel Muñoz, in a played of clear penalti in front of the crossing of the defence to the left leg of the player of the Madrid, without touching balloon in any moment besides, but the VAR decided not taking part in the played.

Shortly after, this same Muñoz that it was forgiven finished being the author of the 1-1 in the 45+2, when the first time already began to sack . In the second time, Colombia decided to recover the defensive order and had more confidence to the hour to try handle the party. It looked for more to James to sustain the balloon, especially in front of the little prominence that had Luis Díaz, big aim of the Barça for this summer.

Finally, Santos Erased forgave the 1-2 in the 83' in a played of goal clearly abortive by the forward. Brazil had a last, but Camilo Vargas left a cut across enormous in front of a very good finish of Andreas Pereira from some 25 metres. Like this, Colombia will play the quarter-finals the Saturday 6 July in front of Panama in Phoenix, whereas Brazil will bump in front of the Uruguay of Ronald Araújo, highlighting that both duels will be already in the morning of the Sunday in Spain.

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