Brazil in the quarter-finals

Brazil did not win their last match in the ‘D’ group of the Copa America. The group leaders drew 1-1 with Colombia. By sharing the points, Brazil has placed behind Costa Rica in the quarter finals. With this, Seleção made it to the last eight of the Copa America for the 35th time. Colombia is at the top of the points table with an average of 7 points and +4 goals from 3 matches. Brazil is second with 5 points and +3 goals average from equal matches. Costa Rica is third with 4 points and Paraguay is at the bottom of the table with no points. A draw in this match was enough for Dorival Junior’s side to advance to the quarter-finals. But in the 12th minute of the match, Rafinha dreamed of winning by leading the team with a goal. But Colombia equalized with a goal in first-half stoppage time. And that equality was not broken for the rest of the time. Brazil did not win. Last year’s runners-up could not be the best of the group. Brazil took the lead 12 minutes into the match. At this time, Colombia’s James Rodriguez fouled Joao Gomez in front of the D box. The referee gives a free kick. Rafinha’s deflected shot from the free kick went into the top right corner of the goal post. Colombia had a great chance to equalize on 15 minutes. At this time, the shot taken by James Rodriguez from the free kick hit the crossbar and missed the target. Colombia got a goal in the 20th minute. But it was ruled out for offside. The goal did not pass the VAR check. Then in the added time of the first half (45+2), Colombia equalized with Daniel Munoz’s goal. At this time, John Cordoba gave him the ball from in front of the D box. Munoz on the right gets it in the box. move forward quickly. In front of him was the Brazilian goalkeeper Alison Becker. He also came forward a bit. Munoz made no mistake in beating him and putting the ball into the net. The first half ended with a 1-1 draw. After the break, both teams continued to create chances, as well as rehearse missed goals. No one could break the 1-1 goal. No one got full points. Group champions Colombia and Brazil finished in the last eight as group runners-up sharing points.