On the morning of July 7, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the new Copa America ushered in a key battle, with Brazil facing Uruguay. The two sides drew 0-0 after 90 minutes, and finally on penalties, Uruguay beat Brazil 4-2 to catch the last train to qualify. So far, the semi-finals of the Copa America have all been released, including Argentina vs Canada, Colombia vs Uruguay.
In the history of the Copa America, Uruguay has won the Copa America 15 times, tied with Argentina for the most, and Brazil has won the cup 9 times and ranked second. Prior to the group stage, Uruguay won all 3 games, 9 points to qualify, Brazil meadow, 1 win, 2 draws and 5 points to qualify for the second time, the two teams met again in the Copa America after 17 years, the last time in the 2007 semi-finals, Uruguay lost to Brazil on penalties.
According to German transfer statistics, the Brazilian team is worth 1.27 billion euros, and the Uruguayan team is worth 480 million euros, in addition, Brazil ranks 4th, and Uruguay ranks 14th, and there is a certain gap between the value of the two teams and the world.
In this game, Brazilian star Vinicius accumulated yellow cards and was suspended, and Endrick replaced the starter, forming a forward trident with Raphinha and Rodrygo, and Uruguay sent Maximiliano Araujo and Nunez to form a double striker.
After the opening, the two teams attacked and defended each other, Brazil dominated the positional battle, Uruguay broke the threat from set-pieces, and at the same time, there were frequent physical confrontations, and there were many chaotic scenes. In the 18th minute, Uruguay had a corner kick opportunity, and Nunez's header hit the opposing player out of the bottom line. In the 19th minute, Uruguay had a corner kick opportunity, and Matthias Oliveira headed it high.
In the 34th minute, Nunez missed a good chance with a close-range header in front of the goal. In the 35th minute, Brazil counterattacked quickly, and Raphinha's half-solo shot was blocked, and at the same time missed a good opportunity.
At the end of the first half, the score was still tied 0-0, the possession rate of the two teams was five or five, Uruguay had no one on target in five shots, and Brazil had two on target in four shots, all of which did not score.
In the second half, the offense of both sides did not improve much for a long time.
In the 73rd minute, Rodrygo faced a number of people in front of the field to break through, Uruguayan player Nandez put a fierce tackle on the side, the referee showed Nandez a red card after watching VAR, and the slow motion showed that Rodrygo's ankle was shoveled to deformation and was almost seriously injured.
At the end of 90 minutes of regular time, the two sides exchanged a 0-0 score, and the game went straight to penalties, and finally Uruguay beat Brazil 4-2 to advance to the last four.
In this way, Uruguay defeated Brazil in the Copa America for the first time in 41 years, and it was also the first time in this century that they won two consecutive games. With a population of only 3.56 million, Uruguay will be a night of revelry as the national team advances to the semi-finals.