In the last 1/4 final of the Copa America that ended on July 7, Beijing time, the "five-star" Brazil was forced to draw 0-0 by Uruguay in 120 minutes of regular time, and in the penalty shootout, Brazil lost to Uruguay 2-4 and unfortunately missed the top 4. This is also the worst record in the last three editions of Brazil's Copa America, with the last two teams being champions and runners-up.
In this game, the Brazilian team's 180 million euro goalscorer Vinicius was suspended, but the team also has Raphinha, Endrick and Rodrygo and other famous players who play for Real Madrid and Barcelona in the front. In addition, Uruguay were sent off by one man in the 74th minute. But with as many as one more player in the half, the Brazilian team was stunned and unable to score, which was indeed a big surprise.
In the penalty shootout, the performance of the Brazilian players was even more disappointing. Captain Militão led the first penalty. In addition, Douglas Luiz also failed to hit. Therefore, despite the courage of goalkeeper Alisson to save Jimenez's penalty, it was still difficult to save Brazil.
After missing out on the quarterfinals in this Copa America due to penalty shootouts, Brazil fell to penalties in the last two major tournaments (Qatar 2022 and Copa America 2024), including the last World Cup where they were also eliminated by Croatia on penalties. Four of Brazil's eight penalties were conceded in those two games. The ability to punish points and the ability to resist pressure really need to be improved.
In fact, since the World Cup exit, the Brazilian team has been in terrible form. Since 2023 so far, Brazil has played 17 matches with a record of only 6 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. In the last 8 official games, there is only 1 win, and the record in regular time is 1 win, 4 draws and 3 losses.
In the South American World Preliminaries, Brazil is not even ranked as good as Ecuador at only 6th, although the world ranking is still high at 4th, but it has to be said that "five-star Brazil" has completely fallen.