A young Costa Rica achieves a historic draw against Brazil in the 2024 Copa América

Costa Rica national team goalkeeper Patrick Sequeira became the man of the match from the confrontation between the Ticos and the Verdeamarela squad of Brazil on Monday night in Los Angeles.

Costa Rica achieved a historic draw with a score of 0-0. The party It was quite close at first, but controversial and controversial in the eyes of the main judge of the match, the Mexican César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos.

Brazil began the match dominating and taking control of the ball with various attacks on the opponent’s goal from all sectors of the playing field, where the Real Madrid forwards, Rodrygo and Vinícius Júnior, and the Barcelona Football Club forward, Raphinha, were simply having a performance. impressive and full of domain without major problems.

Controversy and controversy took over the first half

The 33rd minute of the game would arrive and the first action that aroused controversy in the The match came when the Brazilian striker, Raphinha, sent a cross to the center of the Costa Rica area, so that Rodrygo simply ‘combed’ the ball and placed it in the ‘tica’ nets. Taking advantage of the momentum, Marquinhos would be in charge of sending the ball into the back of the rival goal. However, after the intervention of the VAR, the score ended up being annulled in its entirety due to an offside action by the South American defender. The replays showed that in reality the man ahead was Vinícius.

The first half of the match had not yet come to an end and the name of the head judge, Ramos Palazuelos was once again the protagonist of the night, since after a cross into the area, the ball hit the hand of the Costa Rica defender, Juan Pablo Vargas, but the Aztec referee did not signal the infraction and did not go to the VAR to solve this situation.

The second half began and both teams were looking to open the scoring, but The dynamic shown at the beginning was maintained for the second half, and it was then that an accurate shot by Lucas Paquetá crashed against the post in the 63rd minute of play, and in this way the five-time world champions came close to breaking the zero on the scoreboard and take the lead.

Brazil was showing signs of desperation heading into the final minutes of game and Costa Rica strengthened its defense, trying to stop by all possible means the incessant offensive attack of the Brazilian players. La Verdeamarela made changes seeking to make a difference in the final stage of the match.

Vinícius Júnior left the game when he was relieved by Endrick and immediately Patrick Sequeira, goalkeeper of the Costa Rica’s national team, avoided an own goal, once again saving the ‘Ticos’ from falling in the final score.

Total anxiety and tension took over the final minutes of the match and Not one soul present in the stands of SoFi Stadium of the 67,158 who officially arrived moved at all, but finally Costa Rica was able to resist the tie and at the moment of the final whistle, everything was joy and celebrations for the historic tie they achieved, and the counterpart were the faces of disappointment on the part of the Brazilian national team.

What’s next for Brazil and Costa Rica?

For Matchday 2 of Group D of the Copa América 2024, Brazil will be facing a hurt Paraguay team that fell in its debut with a score of 2 goals to 1, while Costa Rica will measure strength against a Colombia that has accumulated 24 undefeated games and arrives inspired by its extensive dominance against the ‘Ticos’ on the opening day .

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