On June 29, Beijing time, in the second round of the group stage of the Copa America, Brazil played against Paraguay.
In the first round, Brazil drew 0-0 with Costa Rica, and if they don't win again, Brazil will have trouble qualifying. Fortunately, they did not disappoint the fans again in this game. Under the leadership of Vinicius, the Brazilian team sounded the horn of the championship with a 4-1 victory.
In the 31st minute of the first half, the Brazilian team once got a penalty opportunity, Paqueta took the penalty, but he didn't expect him to fly directly, such a penalty quality, really not worthy of the Brazilian jersey on his body.
Fortunately, four minutes later, Brazil finally broke the deadlock. Vinicius picked up the ball on the left and then linked up with his team-mates to get past a defender in the box and get past the goalkeeper before he could go to the ground to score the ball and give Brazil a 1-0 lead.
After conceding the goal, the nightmare of the Paraguayan team came one after another, they made two consecutive clearance errors, helping Savio and Vinicius score two goals in a row, and at the end of the first half, Brazil led 3-0, and the game basically lost suspense.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Paraguay scored a goal when Adrete's world-class long-range shot finally slotted into the corner to make it 1-3. Although one goal was recovered, the gap between the two sides was still huge, and the Paraguayan team still had no hope.
In the 65th minute, there was another accident on the field, and the Paraguayan team committed a handball foul in the penalty area, and the second penalty of the game was given. Although Vinicius had already scored two goals and had a chance to score a hat-trick, he still conceded a penalty to Paqueta, who lived up to expectations, finally scoring the goal this time to make it 4-1. After that, the score did not change again, and Brazil finally closed the three points.
It was a crucial win for Brazil, who not only picked up a life-saving three points, but also saved up three clean sheets. In Group D, Brazil are second with four points, three points ahead of third-placed Costa Rica, while Paraguay are bottom of the table and knocked out of the tournament early.
In the next game, Brazil will play against Colombia, and a draw will definitely qualify. In the event of a loss, Brazil will have to look at the results of Costa Rica and Paraguay. According to the Copa America group stage ranking rules, the team with the same points first looks at the goal difference, the current Brazil team has a goal difference of 6 ahead of Costa Rica, if Brazil loses 0-6 to Colombia in the next round, then Costa Rica only needs to beat Paraguay, then Brazil will be eliminated. Of course, this is only an extreme result, and with the strength of the Brazilian team, I believe that it will not lose so badly. Now with such a big goal difference, Brazil is left with only the theoretical possibility of elimination. In fact, if Brazil can beat Colombia, they will qualify for the top spot and will likely avoid Uruguay in the last eight, so they will definitely fight to the top of Colombia in the next game!