After a goalless draw against Costa Rica, Brazil needed a victory against Paraguay and although it was also difficult at the start of the match, they ended up winning 4-1 against the Guaraníes, who were eliminated from the Copa América after two rounds played in Group D.
Although Paraguay started off strong with Damián Bobabilla coming on after 15 minutes of play, Brazil gradually gained ground on the field, although it had to work for more than 30 minutes to break the tie.
However, before the opening of the score, Brazil had a penalty with Lucas Paquetá, but missed, a situation that filled the Rio team with nervousness, as the tie remained, although later the same player had his revenge to celebrate in the same way. .
Beyond that, Vinicius Junior’s brilliance was there to guide Brazil to victory and also served to motivate his teammates that they could get the three points.
The Real Madrid striker was involved in a bicycle kick, he went off at speed, but after a wall pass, he was able to finish with class against the exit of goalkeeper Rodrigo Morinigo.
From then on, Brazil gained more confidence and before the end of the first half, they managed to score the second and third, goals that came thanks to Sávio (43′) and another brilliant appearance by Vinicius (45+5), who, after a long play, managed to get passed inside the area and managed to finish in front of the Paraguayan goalkeeper to seal the rout.
With that 3-0 win, Brazil’s victory was assured and they only had to wait for them to confirm their good finish from the first half, although Paraguay managed to get some hope after Omar Alderete’s discount, but that was only a small hope because the Brazilians continued scoring.
At 65 minutes Brazil managed to score 4-1 through a penalty taken by Lucas Paquetá, who found revenge and this time he did not fail.
With the result in his pocket, coach Dorival Junior began to make changes to give some players like Endrick, Douglas Luiz and Andreas Pereira some playing time, who had the mission of continuing to do damage, but were not able to be decisive.
The game was becoming more and more overshadowed by the chances, but ten minutes from the end, Paraguayan Andrés Cubas was sent off, after they were already being beaten and had to worry about not allowing any more goals after being one man down.
The minutes went by, Brazil managed to get a 4-1 result and ended up adding its first three points in Group D of the Copa América, but now, they will have the obligation to beat the fearsome Colombia to ensure qualification to the quarterfinals.
