By Gura Garcia
Jun 25, 2024, 09:53 AM EDT
The Brazilian national team, the five-time world champion, disappointed on Monday in what was their debut in the current year’s Copa América that is being held in the United States, by achieving a goalless draw against the Costa Rican team, in a duel that, despite having been dominated by the great Most of the time, he was not able to penetrate the defensive scheme implemented by the Ticos.
The green and yellow team, one of the favorite teams to win with the Copa América, dominated a large part of the match that took place at the SoFi facilities in Inglewood in the city of California, and generated several scoring chances that they could not achieve, since both Rodrygo, Vinícius Júnior and Lucas Paquetá had to see how his accurate shots on goal were deflected by the Costa Rican goalkeeper.
Controversies and arbitration controversies
The central defender Marquinhos was the man who managed to open the scoring for Brazil 30 minutes into the match, after Rodrygo extended a cross sent by Raphinha from the left sector with his head after receiving a foul. However, Mexican referee César Ramos made the decision to annul it due to an advanced position by Marquinhos, after the play was reviewed by the VAR for several minutes.
A new controversy took place at 38 minutes when a cross made by Lucas Paquetá hit the hand of the Costa Rica defending player, Juan Pablo Vargas inside the area, but once again the referee, assisted by the VAR, determined that there was no reason and motive to score a penalty kick, which caused strong complaints by the Brazilian players and the coaching staff.
A draw with a taste of defeat
At the end of the match, the Costa Rica players celebrated the tie, a historic one for them, while in Brazil the frustration, disappointment and how downcast several players were when leaving the field of play could be seen. The Brazil national team is going through a rather turbulent period since being eliminated from the 2022 Qatar World Cup in the quarterfinals against Croatia.
The Rio team will try to improve their performance on the field of play and show a better version without a doubt when next Friday they face Paraguay, who, on the first day of Group D, were defeated 2 goals to 1 against Colombia, who are the leaders of the group.
It didn’t take long for social networks to make themselves felt thanks to the memes that were published before, in the middle and after the match between Brazil and Costa Rica and here we show you some of the most creative and striking by the users of the social network X, formerly called Twitter.
The best memes from the historic draw that Costa Rica achieved against Brazil:
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