In the second round of Group D of the 2024 Copa America, Paraguay played against five-star Brazil, after 90 minutes of fierce battle between the two sides, Brazil scored 1 goal each with Savio and Paqueta, and Vinicius scored twice, and finally Brazil defeated Paraguay 4-1, and the Brazilian team won the first victory of this Copa America.
In this game, the Brazilian team opened the goal account in the second half of the first half, but in the 31st minute, Paraguayan player Cuvas was fouled for handball in the penalty area, and Brazil won a penalty, but Paqueta missed the penalty and missed the goal. In the 36th minute, Paqueta distributed the ball to Vinicius in the penalty area, and Vinicius scored the first goal of the Brazilian team in this Copa America with a light push, and Brazil led Paraguay 1-0.
The Brazilian team, which rewrote the score, attacked like a tide, and in the 42nd minute, Guimaraes kicked up in front of the penalty area and blasted the ball off the crossbar. In the 43rd minute, the Paraguayan defense made a mistake in the penalty area, and Savio completed the goal, Brazil 2-0 Paraguay. In stoppage time, it was another gift from the Paraguayan back, Vinicius scored again to complete the brace, Brazil 3-0 Paraguay.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Alderet scored a goal with a long-range shot to make it 1-3 Brazil. In the 65th minute, the Paraguayan player once again handballed the penalty in the penalty area, and Paqueta took the penalty again, this time hitting the target to rewrite the score, Brazil 4-1!
Paraguay, which was behind by a large score, was hit again, and in the 83rd minute, Cuvas's retaliatory action was directly shown by the referee and sent off with a red card, and Paraguay had one less. In the 85th minute, Velázquez headed home from a cross in the box, but the referee signalled offside and Paraguay couldn't close the gap.
At the end of the game, Brazil defeated Paraguay 4-1 and won the first victory of this Copa America, and won 1 win and 1 draw in the group stage with 4 points in the second place, and Brazil will face Colombia, which qualified in advance and is currently ranked 1st in the group, in the last round. Paraguay, which suffered two consecutive defeats, scored 0 points and exited early, becoming the second team to fail to qualify from the group in this Copa America.