The last of the four Copa America quarter-finals will take place on Saturday evening when five-time World Cup winners Brazil take on Paraguay at the Estadio Municipal de Concepcion. Four years ago it was Paraguay who knocked out Brazil at the same stage of the competition. The overall record is strongly in favour of Brazil, they have beaten Paraguay 47 times and were defeated on just 12 occasions.
Brazil won Group C with six points out of nine, but their performances have been far from convincing. They barely held out for a narrow 2-1 win over Venezuela in the last group match and were beaten by Colombia. Moreover, they will be without Neymar for the rest of the tournament as the Barcelona star was banned for four matches after being sent off against Colombia.
Paraguay went through the group stage unbeaten, only Chile and Argentina managed a similar achievement. They held Argentina to a 2-2 draw in the opening match, then squeezed past Jamaica 1-0 and played out a 1-1 draw against rivals Uruguay in the last match. Veteran striker Roque Santa Cruz will probably be on the bench again as Valdez and Barrios have been performing well in attack so far.
Probable line-ups:
Brazil: Jefferson - Alves, Miranda, Thiago Silva, Luis - Elias, Fernandinho - Willian, Coutinho, Robinho - Firmino
Paraguay: Villar - Caceres, Da Silva, B Valdez, Piris - Bobadilla, Ortigoza, Benitez, Molinas - Valdez, Barrios
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Brazil win - 1.70 Draw - 3.60 Paraguay win - 6.25
sharpe
8 years ago
I'm really not so surprised by the result, the Brazilians are so shaky after the world cup failure and seems like they are not the same team from that shocking result against Germany. Brazil playing sloppy football for a few years now and all the talents in their squad doesn't automatically guaranteed the wins. They have...
I'm really not so surprised by the result, the Brazilians are so shaky after the world cup failure and seems like they are not the same team from that shocking result against Germany. Brazil playing sloppy football for a few years now and all the talents in their squad doesn't automatically guaranteed the wins. They have to start playing as a team.
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timidi 8 years ago
We saw here big surprise. I know that Brazil is not good as we always expect from them but I expected their win here but they were very very bad. They played without any idea how to create chance and score goal. Paraguay take advantage of that and now they will play against Argentina in semi finals - deserved!
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Johnajax 8 years ago
Brazil is out of Copa America! I am surprised with this result because I was expecting nothing but easy win for Brazil. They lead at half time and I was thinking that they will finish job without any problems but I was wrong. Paraguay played well and they were fighting for every ball and that decided match. Congratulations...
Brazil is out of Copa America! I am surprised with this result because I was expecting nothing but easy win for Brazil. They lead at half time and I was thinking that they will finish job without any problems but I was wrong. Paraguay played well and they were fighting for every ball and that decided match. Congratulations to Paraguay.
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sharpe
8 years ago
With this kind of performances Brazil could be beaten by any team at the tournament so we don't have to think that their win in this game is inevitable. Paraguay is a serious opponent and I think this game will be very tough for Brazil, but still they are the favourites for this quarter final. Have to be a very interesting...
With this kind of performances Brazil could be beaten by any team at the tournament so we don't have to think that their win in this game is inevitable. Paraguay is a serious opponent and I think this game will be very tough for Brazil, but still they are the favourites for this quarter final. Have to be a very interesting game.
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advoghado
8 years ago
In my opinion the Brazil team has not learned to play without Neymar, the team needs the player for all attacks, the ball passes through your feet. I expect a hard game, Paraguay is not a silly team, and knows very well how to play and hold the Brazil team, I do not see any player to replace Neymar, unfortunately
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seculla
8 years ago
This is third match in quarter finals and I think that it will be the more interesting than those two that we've watched. I agree with Alexa, this will not be an easy match for Brazil, especially after punishment that Neymar get from FIFA for really bad and "stupid" thing that he did in match against Ecuador. Anyway, I...
This is third match in quarter finals and I think that it will be the more interesting than those two that we've watched. I agree with Alexa, this will not be an easy match for Brazil, especially after punishment that Neymar get from FIFA for really bad and "stupid" thing that he did in match against Ecuador. Anyway, I still believe that Brazil will manage to win this match and qualify to the semi finals.
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Shumar4life
8 years ago
Brasil is favorite here simply because they play better on this championship. They have better team then Paragauy they play more organized, and I believe that in general they play much better then on World cup. Now they will try to win this trophy and to improve their confidence
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Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
This is very hard match for Brazil.They are going to play without their best player Neymar.Paraguay is good team ,they surely wont be afraid from the power of Brazil.I think that Paraguay must be aware of Firmino,he is most dangerous player of Selecao at the moment.My prediction is 1-0 win for Brazil.
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galata86 8 years ago
I expect a lot from this match. Brazil is extremely frustrating, because Neymar punished, but Firmino has demonstrated that he can replace him. Paraguay has a very good team, but they have several players with more than 30 years. I predict a victory of Brazil, the correct score of 2: 1.
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