Colombia is in the chauffeur’s seat of Group D after Brazil stoppedworking to beat Costa Rica in its Copa América group phase opener on Monday.
Here’s whatever that occurred on the 5th day of group play at Copa América:
Colombia 2, Paraguay 1
- Colombia has now won 14 of its last 19 opening group phase videogames at Copa, going 14-3-2 (W-L-D) (since the group phase started in 1975). It has won its last 4 opening group videogames, with a tidy sheet in 3 of them.
- Colombia has won the last 3 conferences versus Paraguay at Copa América and is unbeaten in its last 6 conferences in all competitors, going 4-0-2 (W-L-D).
- Colombia is on a 24-match unbeaten streak — 19-0-5 (W-L-D) in those videogames — and it has won 9 straight matches.
- James Rodríguez endedupbeing the veryfirst gamer to offer 2 helps in the group phase match Copa América match consideringthat André Carrillo did so with Peru versus Chile in the 2019 edition.
- Néstor Lorenzo has not lost as Colombia’s head coach, now 16-0-5 (W-L-D).
- Paraguay lost its opening group videogame in the Copa América for the veryfirst time consideringthat 1975, when they lost to Colombia 1-0 in the veryfirst Copa with a group phase (now 9-2-8, W-L-D). Paraguay has not beaten Colombia in the Copa América giventhat 2007, when they won 5-0 over Colombia in the group phase.
Colombia vs. Paraguay Highlights | 2024 Copa América
Brazil 0, Costa Rica
- Brazil is now 10-1-1 (W-L-) all-time vs. Costa Rica (all competitors), and 2-0-1 (W-L-D) vs. them in Copa América history.
- Brazil is now 11-2-4 (W-L-D) in their last 17 matches played on U.S. soil.
- Brazil had 6 corners in the veryfirst half, more than any other group in the veryfirst half this competition.
- Brazil is now 9-3-1 (W-L-D) all-time versus CONCACAF groups in Copa América; this was their veryfirst draw).
- Marquinhos played in his 16th Copa América match, the 3rd most by a Brazilian in the 21st century (Dani Alves, 19; Thiago Silva, 18)
- Costa Rica got a outcome (win or draw) vs. Brazil for the veryfirst time because1960 It had lost 9 straight goinginto Monday.
- Costa Rica is now 1-3-2 (W-L-D) in its opening group phase videogames at Copa América.
- Costa Rica is the just group so far to register absolutelyno shots in the veryfirst half of a match.
Brazil vs. Costa Rica highlights | 2024 Copa América
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