Brazil were knocked out of the Copa América on Saturday after failing to reach the semi-finals of the Copa América. The former champions surrendered to Uruguay in a game that went into a penalty shootout. The fate of the quarterfinal match, which progressed without scoring a goal in the stipulated time, went straight to the tiebreaker. Eder Militao and Douglas Lewis wasted kicks as the former world champions went down 2-4 in the shootout.
In the 74th minute, Nandez was sent off with a red card, and despite the dwindling number of men, Uruguay extended the verdict to the shootout. In the final stage, the yellow brigade was unable to take advantage of the low numbers for their opponents. Uruguay will face Colombia in the semifinals. This time, Brazil have won just one of the four games they have played in the Copa América and are returning home.
Uruguay had the first kick in the shootout. Alisson jumped right into Valverde’s grounder to the left corner but could not hold his hand. Militao started for Brazil. However, the waste of that kick dented their confidence. Roche’s brilliant save gave the ball the way out of the net. Alisson’s calculations were correct for the next kick from Rodrygo Baintankar to the right, but this time too he could not touch the ball. Andreas Pereira, who scored Brazil’s second kick, did not give Roche any chance this time around. D’Arascata gave Uruguay a 3-1 lead when he beat Alisson with a raised kick. The next sight was when Douglas Luiz’s kick hit the post and gave Brazil a lot of disappointment. The moment when Uruguay’s victory was more or less certain. However, Alisson put Brazil back on hopes by blocking the next kick taken by Jose Maria Jimenez. Gabriel Martinelli found the target with ease, and the score was 2-3. However, the crucial fifth kick was headed into the net by Manuel Ugarte. This time Alison jumped to the other side. The Uruguayans were starting the celebrations.
It’s not the history and tradition of play that bloomed on the grassland of paradise in Las Vegas. The decoration of the red card in the match, which was boring with fouls and scuffles, also discolored the charming tradition of ‘Jogo Bonito’. The game between the mighty men of South America was boring most of the time without impressive moves and impeccable bounce. While most of the players were more interested in the brawl than playing, the flashy moves were a sight to behold from the competition.
Uruguay were the best in attacks. Despite constantly climbing into Brazil’s half, their forward rate went aimless at all. Despite making a dozen advances to the net in the first hour, they only hit the ball at the net once. Only five advances at this time in Brazil’s calculations. Two of them, however, were on target. In the 74th minute, the Argentine referee sent Vandez off with a red card for kicking Rodrygo from behind. After that, they were able to dominate the ball, but there were no sharp advances from Brazil’s side.
In the first half, Uruguay got a golden opportunity, and Darwin Nunez failed to find the net. Nunez’s header from the right flank was deflected out of the net by Nandez, who deceived Edgar Militao. In the very next minute, Rafinha’s goal-scoring shot was deflected away by goalkeeper Sergio Roche. Brazil went into the game without a suspended Vinicius Jr.