Sad debut in the Copa América of a thick Brazil against Costa Rica (0-0)

The football of Brazil continues without finding the way. After a 2023 in which the Brazilian team left a lot of doubts in his way to the Glass of the World 2026, highlighting that it was several months with interim trainers, the situation neither seems can change in the new year, and with the new technician. The arrival of Dorival Junior has not supposed a big change, especially after the dense 0-0 that achieved the group amazónico in his debut in the Glass America 2024.

The 'scratch' could not happen of the tie without goals in front of Costa Rica the night of this Monday in Los Angeles (the morning of this Tuesday in Spain) and finished yielding two points in the first commitment of a tournament that every time has him less like a serious candidate to the title. Unlike Argentina, that also suffered in front of Canada in several moments, the Brazilian group never was able of destrabar the party that corresponded to the group D.

It is necessary to highlight that in the first time yes that it tried it, and showed a bit more than offensive game, especially with a Raphinha that was headline and began very well during the first half hour of the meeting. The forward of the FC Barcelona remained facing the goal in a played to define of volley, but the archer of Costa Rica was very sobrio to put the breast and clear the balloon on the minute 24 of party.

Shortly after, to the 28', Marquinhos put in advantage to the 'verdeamarelha', but after the review of the VAR, the referee cancelled it. It was a centre precisely of Raphinha, that tried to divert the madridista Rodrygo and finished touching with his shoulder and by behind everything appeared the defender of the PSG. However, the action was invalidated by position advanced of the defender in the moment of the pass.

The others two better actions of attack that had Brazil during almost all the meeting arrived of Lucas Paquetá first, and of Rodrygo a bit afterwards. The mediocampista sent a centre of left-handed and the ball touched in the left hand of Juan Pablo Vargas. In spite of the catchwords, there was not penal since the defender did not expand the volume of his body, whereas the player of the Real Madrid had won in speed to his rivals in the closing of the first time, testing with a finish to plant, although the ball went out diverted.

Brazil was more than Costa Rica, but could not break to the team centroamericano that played very ordered deep down and attained to keep his goal in zero. The 'verdeamarelha' controlled the actions and deserved something more the victory. It had of some opportunities and had the goal cancelled by position advanced of Marquinhos, but to end of accounts, the result finished being a 0-0 that generates even more doubts on this Brazilian team.