Copa América

Brazil vs Costa Rica, 2024 Copa América, Group Stage

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Brazil held scoreless by Costa Rica in Copa América shocker

Brazil missed a string of chances and were left to rue a lack of quality in the final third after they were held 0-0 by Costa Rica in their Copa America Group D opener in Los Angeles on Monday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Foul by Bruno Guimarães (Brazil).
  • 4': Jefferson Brenes (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Manfred Ugalde (Costa Rica).
  • 5': Éder Militão (Brazil) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Bruno Guimarães (Brazil).
  • 5': Manfred Ugalde (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Attempt saved. Raphinha (Brazil) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Danilo.
  • 7': Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Patrick Sequeira.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Rodrygo (Brazil) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Paquetá.
  • 13': Foul by Raphinha (Brazil).
  • 13': Álvaro Zamora (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Ariel Lassiter.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Lucas Paquetá (Brazil) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Lucas Paquetá (Brazil) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior following a fast break.
  • 23': Foul by Bruno Guimarães (Brazil).
  • 23': Álvaro Zamora (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Foul by Éder Militão (Brazil).
  • 24': Álvaro Zamora (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 25': Attempt saved. Raphinha (Brazil) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rodrygo with a through ball.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Lucas Paquetá (Brazil) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 27': Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Ariel Lassiter.
  • 29': Foul by Jefferson Brenes (Costa Rica).
  • 29': Vinícius Júnior (Brazil) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Rodrygo (Brazil) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Raphinha with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 30': Offside, Brazil. Marquinhos is caught offside.
  • 30': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Marquinhos (Brazil) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 33': VAR Decision: No Goal Brazil 0-0 Costa Rica.
  • 34': Bruno Guimarães (Brazil) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Foul by Manfred Ugalde (Costa Rica).
  • 35': Foul by Orlando Galo (Costa Rica).
  • 35': Lucas Paquetá (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 37': Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Francisco Calvo.
  • 39': Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Juan Pablo Vargas.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Lucas Paquetá (Brazil) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior with a cross.
  • 43': Foul by Manfred Ugalde (Costa Rica).
  • 43': Guilherme Arana (Brazil) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Delay in match (Brazil).
  • 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Rodrygo (Brazil) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by João Gomes.
  • 45'+4': Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Haxzel Quirós.
  • 45'+4': Foul by Rodrygo (Brazil).
  • 45'+4': Orlando Galo (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Brazil 0, Costa Rica 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Brazil 0, Costa Rica 0.
  • 46': Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Ariel Lassiter.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Rodrygo (Brazil) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Raphinha with a cross following a corner.
  • 49': Foul by Jeyland Mitchell (Costa Rica).
  • 49': Vinícius Júnior (Brazil) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 50': Foul by João Gomes (Brazil).
  • 50': Manfred Ugalde (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by Manfred Ugalde (Costa Rica).
  • 51': Éder Militão (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 53': Foul by Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica).
  • 53': Rodrygo (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 53': Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Rodrygo (Brazil) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Danilo following a set piece situation.
  • 56': Hand ball by Danilo (Brazil).
  • 57': Ariel Lassiter (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 57': Foul by Danilo (Brazil).
  • 58': Bruno Guimarães (Brazil) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Foul by Manfred Ugalde (Costa Rica).
  • 58': Manfred Ugalde (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 59': Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Jeyland Mitchell.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Rodrygo (Brazil) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
  • 60': Foul by Jefferson Brenes (Costa Rica).
  • 60': Lucas Paquetá (Brazil) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 63': Lucas Paquetá (Brazil) hits the right post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
  • 64': Substitution, Costa Rica. Alejandro Bran replaces Jefferson Brenes.
  • 64': Substitution, Costa Rica. Warren Madrigal replaces Manfred Ugalde.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Zamora (Costa Rica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 70': Substitution, Costa Rica. Joel Campbell replaces Álvaro Zamora.
  • 70': Substitution, Brazil. Savinho replaces Raphinha.
  • 71': Substitution, Brazil. Endrick replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  • 71': Attempt blocked. Endrick (Brazil) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Paquetá.
  • 72': Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Patrick Sequeira.
  • 73': Foul by Guilherme Arana (Brazil).
  • 73': Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Corner, Costa Rica. Conceded by Marquinhos.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Alejandro Bran (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Savinho (Brazil) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
  • 79': Attempt saved. Guilherme Arana (Brazil) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Bruno Guimarães (Brazil) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 79': Foul by Éder Militão (Brazil).
  • 79': Warren Madrigal (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Foul by Éder Militão (Brazil).
  • 80': Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 80': Éder Militão (Brazil) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 81': Delay in match because of an injury Joel Campbell (Costa Rica).
  • 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 82': Offside, Brazil. Savinho is caught offside.
  • 83': Substitution, Brazil. Gabriel Martinelli replaces João Gomes.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Savinho (Brazil) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrygo.
  • 87': Delay in match because of an injury Jeyland Mitchell (Costa Rica).
  • 88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Bruno Guimarães (Brazil) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Savinho.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Costa Rica. Joseph Mora replaces Ariel Lassiter.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Costa Rica. Gerald Taylor replaces Brandon Aguilera.
  • 90'+3': Offside, Brazil. Rodrygo is caught offside.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Lucas Paquetá (Brazil).
  • 90'+5': Joseph Mora (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Brazil 0, Costa Rica 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Brazil 0, Costa Rica 0.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 13
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
1 Corner Kicks 9
4 Saves 0
26.5 Possession 73.5
2 SHOTS 19
0 ON GOAL 3
0.0 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
185 Accurate Passes 630
249 Passes 695
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 5
7 Crosses 29
0.1 Cross % 0.2
51 Long Balls 52
15 Accurate Long Balls 39
0.3 Long Balls % 0.8
2 Blocked Shots 4
9 Effective Tackles 18
19 Tackles 26
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
8 Interceptions 7
34 Effective Clearances 7
34 Clearances 7

Game Information

Competition: Copa América

Venue: SoFi Stadium
Location: Inglewood, California, USA
Attendance: 67,158

Copa América Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Colombia 3 +4 7
2 Brazil 3 +3 5
3 Costa Rica 3 -2 4
4 Paraguay 3 -5 0
Full Table

Line-Ups

BRA Brazil (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Marquinhos
3 Éder Militão Yellow Card
16 Guilherme Arana
2 Danilo
8 Lucas Paquetá
15 João Gomes
5 Bruno Guimarães
7 Vinícius Júnior
10 Rodrygo
11 Raphinha

CRC Costa Rica (5-3-2)

No. Name
23 Patrick Sequeira (GK)
4 Juan Pablo Vargas
15 Francisco Calvo Yellow Card
3 Jeyland Mitchell
11 Ariel Lassiter
22 Haxzel Quirós
13 Jefferson Brenes
10 Brandon Aguilera
14 Orlando Galo
9 Manfred Ugalde Yellow Card
21 Álvaro Zamora

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