Brazil and Peru will revive the final of the CONMEBOL Copa América of the last edition, when this Thursday they meet at the Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, for group B of the oldest continental competition in the world.
That July 7, 2019, the joys were for Tite’s ‘Canarinha’. Everton ‘Cebolinha’, Gabriel Jesús and Richarlison closed the triumph 3-1 against the Incas of Paolo Guerrero at the legendary Maracana stadium.
This time they meet in the group stage, with a Peruvian team that will make its debut in the tournament and a Brazil that will try to show once again its superlative level, guided by the feet of its star Neymar.
Although the walk of the ‘Seleçao’ seems perfect. The Bicolor is accompanied by a not too distant antecedent, dating from June 12, 2016, when they beat Dunga’s Brazil by the minimum and eliminated them in the first round of the CONMEBOL Copa América Centenario.
– Data –
- Stadium: Olympic Nilton Santos (Rio de Janeiro)
- Hour: 21:00 local time – (00:00 GMT)
- Referee: Patricio Loustau (ARG)
– Anweavers –
- Brazil and Peru meet again in a CONMEBOL Copa América after playing the 2019 final, which ended with victory for Canarinha (3-1). The Brazilians lost only one of the last ten meetings to Peru in the contest (7V 2E).
- Brazil has seven unbeaten matches in CONMEBOL Copa América (5V 2E): all those matches were played at home in the 2019 editions and in the current one. His last loss was to Peru, who beat him 1-0 in 2016.
- Peru is the last team to beat Brazil as a visitor in the Copa América: the Incas beat them 3-1 in the 1975 semifinal. Since then, the Brazilians have gone 21 games without defeats at home (13V 8E).
- Casemiro was the footballer who recovered the most balls on the first day of the CONMEBOL Copa América (15, 3 more than Juan Cuadrado, his main pursuer). Neymar was the player who completed the most dribbles at the start of the competition (6).
- Ricardo Gareca will lead Peru in its fourth CONMEBOL Copa América: he is the Rojiblanca coach who commanded the most matches in the competition (16).
Data: OPTA
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