On June 20, the ball rolled in the 48th edition of the Copa América 2024, which featured Argentina and Canada, who met at the opening of the oldest national team competition in the world at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. , Georgia.
Now the turn is for the Colombian team, which will face a tough opponent in Paraguay.a rival whom he beat at the end of 2023 in a qualifying round by the slightest difference at the Defensores del Chaco in Asunción, with a penalty goal from Rafael Santos Borré.
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Daniel Garnero’s squad arrives with the need to show a different face after its latest presentations, both in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and in the recent friendly matches.
Against Paraguay, the Colombian team has played 49 games, resulting in 22 wins, 9 draws and 18 losses. In terms of goals, the Tricolor has scored 58 and conceded 52.
As for the Copa América, the record is more balanced, since, of the 11 matches played, Both teams have won five games each, while one ended in a draw..
The last confrontation was in the edition that was held in Brazil. In that match, the Colombian team won 1-0 with a goal from Gustavo Cuéllar, assisted by Santiago Arias. At that time, the Colombian team was under the technical direction of Carlos Queiroz, who was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Chile, who won from the penalty spot.
It is relevant to highlight that the first confrontation between Colombia and Paraguay for the Copa América was in 1947. On that occasion the Guaraníes won 2-0 with a double from Juan Bautista Villalba.
After three matches in which Paraguay won, Colombia would achieve its first victory until 1975. By then, the Copa América had no fixed venue and was played with round-trip matches.
On July 20, 1975, in Nemesio Camacho El Campín vibrated with the score of José Ernesto Díaz, which gave victory to Colombia, which was a finalist in that Copa América, falling in the final against Peru, which won in the third game that It was played at the Olympic Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela, with a goal from Hugo Alejandro the cholo Sotile.
The forty-second edition of the Copa América was played in Venezuela. Jorge Luis Pinto was the coach of that team that shared a group with Argentina, the United States and Paraguay.
Curiously, the debut of the Colombian team was against Paraguay, on June 28 in the Pachencho Romero from Maracaibo, who witnessed the defeat that the Guaraníes, led at that time by Gerardo Tata Martino, they tipped the coffee growers.
The match was an even duel until 28 minutes when Álvaro Caracho Domínguez missed a maximum penalty. Two minutes later, Roque Santa Cruz opened the account for Paraguay, it was the first of the three scored by the forward, who is still active at 42 years old.
The humiliating 5-0 was completed by Salvador Cabañas with a double, which was the great figure of the Albirroja during the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.World Cup that he could not compete due to an attack that occurred months before the start of the orbital competition that was played in South Africa.
This was Paraguay’s last victory over Colombia in the Copa América, since in 2016 and 2019, the Tricolor won, both matches corresponding to the group stage.
