Brazil will face fellow South American heavyweights Uruguay in a mouthwatering Copa America quarterfinal after failing to beat Colombia on Tuesday night time.
On what changed into a troublesome night time for the Selecao, Daniel Munoz canceled out Raphinha’s opener to make sure Colombia stole a draw, and prime spot in Group D.
That implies that Brazil will now must face Uruguay within the quarter-finals, whereas Colombia will line up in opposition to Panama in a far simpler draw.
What’s extra, Brazil should go into the subsequent recreation with out talisman Vinicius Jr., who’s suspended after an accumulation of yellow playing cards.
The opposite half of the draw was selected Monday night time, when the USMNT have been dumped out of the competitors on the first hurdle.
Lionel Messi and Argentina will open the knockout levels in opposition to Ecuador in Houston on Thursday night time, earlier than Venezuela and Canada face off in Arlington 24 hours later.
Panama-Colombia begins a Saturday double-header in Glendale, Arizona, earlier than Uruguay-Brazil face off in Las Vegas to finish the quarterfinal stage.
From there, the event heads again to the east coast of America, with the 2 semi-finals going down in North Carolina and New Jersey, earlier than the ultimate on the Miami Dolphins’ Arduous Rock Stadium.
The USA and Mexico have been probably the most high-profile exits from the group levels of Copa America, they usually have been joined by Chile, Peru, Jamaica, Bolivia, Costa Rica and Paraguay.
Of these, Costa Rica will maybe rely themselves probably the most unfortunate, after they beat Paraguay 2-1 on the ultimate matchday to complete on 4 factors – the identical as Canada and Ecuador achieved to qualify for the knockout rounds.
