Brazil beat Colombia 2-1 in a tense Copa America match on Wednesday that featured three extraordinary targets.
Colombia opened the scoring within the tenth minute after Juan Cuadrado crossed from the suitable and located Luis Díaz on their lonesome in the course of Brazil’s penalty field. The striker shot a robust volley to the suitable aspect of goalkeeper Weverton and scored presumably the most effective aim of the match.
Colombia then began defending towards a Brazil group that hardly stopped surrounding its penalty field. It appeared as if Colombia would have the ability to maintain out, till Argentine referee Nestor Pitana’s knee got here into play.
Pitana unintentionally blocked a go by Neymar about 10 meters in entrance of the Colombian space within the 78th minute. Colombian defenders momentarily stopped, however Brazil substitute Lucas Paquetá simply moved the ball to left-back Renan Lodi and his cross discovered Roberto Firmino, whose angled header beat Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina.
The Colombians initially refused to restart the match however Pitana, the referee of the 2018 World Cup ultimate, confirmed Brazil’s aim.
Brazil stored pressuring within the ultimate minutes and located its reward in added time. Neymar took a nook and Casemiro netted the winner.
“They came at us once and then stopped,” Casemiro mentioned after the match.
“It was our attack against their defense. Colombia is a strong team but, as the coach requires, we are very strong mentally.”
Earlier Tuesday, Ecuador and Peru drew 2-2 on the Olimpico stadium in Goiânia. The Ecuadorians opened the scoring with an personal aim by Renato Tapia within the twenty third and obtained their second by way of Ayrton Preciado within the first-half stoppage time.
Peru pulled degree within the second half with targets by Gianluca Lapadula within the forty ninth and André Carrillo within the 54th. Both groups retained their possibilities of advancing to the knockout stage.
Brazil leads the group with 9 factors after three matches. Colombia has 4 from 4 matches. Peru additionally totals 4 factors adopted by Ecuador (3) and Venezuela(2). The high 4 groups advance to the playoff stage.
Brazil will play its final group stage match on Sunday towards Ecuador.
