0-0！ The biggest upset in the Copa America was born: 180 million superstars were dumb, it was difficult to compete for the Ballon d'Or, and Brazil was upset

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2024-06-25 11:06Published in Fujian

The midsummer of 2024 was a happy one for fans, with the European Championship in full swing in Germany and the Copa America in the United States, with defending champions Argentina beating Canada to get off to a flying start in the opening match. At 9 o'clock in the morning on June 25, Beijing time, the Brazilian team ushered in the first game of this Copa America, the opponent was Costa Rica, in the game, the Brazilian team failed to attack and drew 0-0 with the opponent.

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Brazil are currently ranked No. 4 in the world and have won nine Copa America and five World Cups in their history, most recently in 2019. Brazil lost to Argentina in the final of the last Copa America, and in the World Cup, Brazil has not won the championship again for 20 years since winning the World Cup in South Korea and Japan in 2002.

Brazil announced their starting line-up for the game a day in advance, with Raphinha, Vinicius and Rodrygo up front, Joao Gomez, Guimaraes and Paqueta in midfield, Danilo, Militão, Marquinhos and Alana in the defence and Alisson in the open. Neymar missed the Copa America due to injury. In Costa Rica's starting lineup, Anthony, Alvaro, Josimar, Aguilera and other main players all played. In the history of the two teams, Brazil have won five consecutive games against Costa Rica, scoring 19 goals and conceding three.

At the beginning of the game, Brazil dominated the possession of the ball, and in the 7th minute, Danilo sent a through pass, and Raphinha burst into the box and volleyed from a small angle and was saved by the goalkeeper. In the 25th minute, Rodrygo picked up a pass, Raphinha's forward shot was saved by the goalkeeper, Guimaraes won the ball at the back point and was brought down by a defender, but the referee did not award a penalty. In the 30th minute, Brazil took a free kick opportunity in front, Rodrygo nodded the ball back in the penalty area, and Marquinhos outflanked the cushion and scored at the back point, but after VAR intervention, it was shown that Marquinhos was offside and the goal was invalid, and the Brazilian players protested but could only accept the referee's decision.

In the second half, the two teams changed sides and fought again, and in the 62nd minute, the Brazilian team besieged in front, and Paqueta shot a cold arrow from the edge of the penalty area, and the ball hit the post and popped up, and the Brazilian team once again missed the goal. In the 70th minute, the Brazilian team made adjustments, Vinicius and Raphinha were replaced, Savio, Endrick came on, and the Brazilian team continued to strengthen the attack. In the 83rd minute, the Brazilian team replaced Martinelli and continued to attack. However, Brazil were scoreless on the pitch and eventually drew 0-0 with Costa Rica.

According to the post-match statistics, Brazil had 72% possession and only 3 of their 18 shots on target, while Costa Rica had only 28% possession and 0 shots on target. After this campaign, Brazil is ranked second in the group, and in the next round, Brazil will face Paraguay.

With a whopping 180 million euros, Vinicius is one of the most expensive players in world football, and in the 2023/24 season, Vinicius led Real Madrid to the Champions League and La Liga double, so Vinicius is the biggest favorite for the 2024 Ballon d'Or. In the Copa America, due to Neymar's injury, the attacking core of this Brazilian team is now Vinicius, in the last Copa America, Vinicius only came off the bench 3 times, did not score, did not assist. Now that Vinicius has grown into Brazil's number one star, it now seems that Vinicius will not be able to compete for the 2024 Ballon d'Or if he does not perform well in the Copa America.

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