Uruguay defeated Brazil in a penalty shootout at Copa America 2024, sending house the fourth ranked staff on the earth within the quarter-finals.
Brazil had an underwhelming group stage at Copa America 2024, solely securing one victory and settling for second place of Group D behind Colombia. Whereas James Rodriguez and co. obtained to face Panama within the quarter-finals, Selecao should tackle Uruguay, the Group C winners, with out Vinicius Jr., who’s serving a suspension for yellow card accumulation.
How the sport unfolded
As quickly because the match kicked off, Brazil have been on the again foot. Uruguay loved near-constant possession for the primary 25 minutes, pinning the Selecao in their very own half. Marcelo Bielsa’s squad had a number of attractiveness on aim, together with two harmful headers from Darwin Nunez, however for all their dominance, they didn’t register a shot on the right track.
Endrick and Raphinha slowly obtained Brazil again into the sport, utilizing their pace on the counter assault to provide Brazil’s first possibilities of the match, however they each lacked the standard within the remaining third to actually take a look at Sergio Rochet. Harsh fouls shortly grew to become the story of the remainder of the half, eliminating any fluidity within the remaining quarter-hour. Each side retreated down the tunnel deadlocked at 0-0.
Sadly, the second half was full of extra poor touches and heavy challenges from each side that led to continued damaged play. Tensions reached a boiling level when Nahitan Nandez dedicated a harmful foul on Rodrygo, lunging in studs up and making direct contact with the winger’s ankle. Initially, the Uruguayan was proven a yellow, however after a VAR evaluate, he was despatched off within the seventy fifth minute.
Regardless of being a person up, the Selecao couldn’t produce any noteworthy possibilities within the remaining quarter-hour of the sport. The match ended with 41 fouls earlier than coming all the way down to an inevitable penalty shootout. Eder Militao and Douglas Luiz missed penalties for Brazil. Though Andreas Pereira and Gabriel Martinelli buried their possibilities, and Alisson made one save, it was not sufficient to disclaim Uruguay.
La Celeste superior 4-2 on penalty kicks to the semifinals, sending Brazil house.
GK: Alisson – 6/10 – Alisson saved a clear sheet towards a staff that scored 9 objectives of their three group stage matches. The Liverpool keeper saved one penalty within the shootout, but it surely was not sufficient to ship Brazil by means of to the semifinals.
RB: Danilo – 5/10 – For a second straight recreation, Danilo lacked any affect on Brazil’s assault. Plus, when he tried to push ahead, he left Militao uncovered, forcing the Actual Madrid participant to defend out broad in a single on one conditions.
CB: Marquinhos – 6/10 – Marquinhos did effectively alongside Militao to maintain Brazil’s third clear sheet of the event.
CB: Eder Militao – 6/10 – Militao was the perfect defender on the pitch tonight. Whether or not it was final ditch tackles or locking down Darwin Nunez, the Actual Madrid man was instrumental in retaining Uruguay off the scoresheet. He additionally did effectively to cowl for Danilo when the right-back was out of place. Militao missed a penalty for Brazil.
LB: Guilherme Arana – 5/10 – Arana was a shock addition to Dorival Junior’s beginning XI. He was stable defensively, however he had no memorable moments.
CM: Joao Gomes – 5/10 – Gomes struggled to maintain up with the tempo of Uruguay’s midfield, a lot in order that the Brazilian resorted to poor fouls as a method to cease La Celeste.
CM: Bruno Guimaraes – 5/10 – Bruno didn’t get on the ball and decelerate the tempo of the sport, however was combative within the midfield. He had little assist from the gamers round him.
CM: Lucas Paqueta – 5/10 – After getting subbed off at halftime towards Colombia, Paqueta didn’t bounce again tonight. The midfielder was nearly invisible and didn’t make an influence in any side of the match.
RW: Raphinha – 6/10 – Raphinha had Brazil’s greatest possibilities of the primary half, however the Barcelona man lacked the tip product. He was stable monitoring again on protection, although, to assist his staff when they didn’t have the ball.
ST: Endrick – 6/10 – Endrick’s tempo provides a unique dimension to Brazil’s assault, however his small body let him down tonight because the striker struggled with the physicality of the match. Finally, the long run Actual Madrid participant wanted to be extra egocentric within the remaining third.
LW: Rodrygo – 6/10 – Rodrygo had a quiet first half, however the winger grew into the sport as he discovered himself on the ball way more within the second half. He took on Nahitan Nandez, utilizing his shut management dribbling abilities, and in the end pressured the defender to commit a pink card offense.
Substitutes
SUB: Savio – 5/10 – Savio regarded full of life up prime, however the substitute couldn’t discover the breakthrough for Brazil.
SUB: Douglas Luiz – 4/10 – Douglas Luiz got here on with recent legs to stress Uruguay within the remaining minutes of the match. He missed a penalty within the shootout.
SUB: Andreas Pereira – 5/10 – Pereira got here on the pitch within the 82nd minute and nearly instantly made a poor problem that gifted Uruguay a harmful free kick and subsequent nook. The substitute scored an enormous penalty after Militao’s miss.
SUB: Gabriel Martinelli – N/A – Martinelli got here on for penalties, and he delivered.
SUB: Evanilson – N/A – Evanilson got here on within the 87th minute.
Supervisor
Dorival Junior – 6/10 – Brazil traveled to the US this summer season as one of many favorites to win Copa America 2024, however they failed to depart any lasting impression in three of their 4 matches. Dorival Junior continues to begin the identical midfield that has lacked imaginative and prescient, creativity, and management, and depends too closely on his wingers to beat defenders one on one to create goalscoring alternatives.
Exiting the Copa America within the quarter-finals because the fourth ranked staff on the earth is a disappointing consequence for the Selecao, and Dorival Junior must reply for his staff’s poor event.
