Copa America 2021: Brazil beat 2-1 Colombia
Defending Copa America champions Brazil beat Colombia 2-1 in a tense match fourth round of the Copa America on Wednesday that featured three extraordinary goals at their encunterthat brought the two teams together at the Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos stadium, in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil.
Colombia opened the scoring in the 10th minute after Juan Cuadrado crossed from the right and found Luis Díaz all alone in the middle of Brazil's penalty box.
Pitana accidentally blocked a pass by Neymar about 10 meters in front of the Colombian area in the 78th minute. Colombian defenders momentarily stopped, but Brazil substitute Lucas Paquetá just moved the ball to left-back Renan Lodi and his cross found Roberto Firmino, whose angled header beat Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina.
In the 65th minute, in Brazil’s most dangerous play up to that point, Neymar took advantage of a heel shot from Roberto Firmino and, without rivals ahead, entered the area and eluded Ospina, but crashed the ball into the Colombian right post.
The pressure only had results in the 77th minute when Roberto Firmino, after assistance from Renán Lodi, tied the game with a header that Ospina missed. And when the Colombians already gave the tie as a fact, Casemiro scored the winning goal with a header after a corner kick.
The result leaves Brazil as the leader of Group B, with 9 points, escorted by Colombia, with 4, although without any pending game, and Peru, with 4. The classification is closed by Ecuador and Venezuela with 2.
The match whiteness pressures on both sides, before Néstor Fabián Pitana, the Argentine football referee blew the final whistle, announcing that Seleção had qualified for the quarter-finals.
The match held at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, the home stadium of Brazilian football team.