IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - COPA AMERICA 2024 (QUARTER FINALS)
Picture : James Rodriguez became the first ever player in the history of the Copa América with a direct participation in 3 goals in the first half of a direct elimination match (1 goal, 2 assists).
The statistics on Copa America 2024 quarterfinals (6 July)
Colombia vs Panama 5-0
*Colombia have won a competitive match by 5+ goals for the first time since their 5-0 victory against Bolivia in the 2014 World Cup Qualifying.
*For the first time in their Copa América history, Colombia:
have won a match by 5 goals difference,
have scored 5 goals in a match.
*Colombia have reached 27 consecutive games without losing and equaled their best historical streak, achieved 30 years ago with a Carlos Valderrama's generation.
This is best active such streak in the world football now, ahead of Uzbekistan (16 undefeated games in a row), South Africa (13), Senegal (12).
*Colombia led 3-0 already after the first halftime. Last time the similar happened in Copa America in 2007 (Mexico vs Paraguay 3-0 after the first halftime, 6-0 in the end).
*Colombia became the fifth team to win a knockout match in a Copa América by a margin of 5+ goals, along with Brazil (3 times), Mexico (1), Argentina (1) and Chile (1).
*James Rodríguez is the 2nd player with a goal and assist in the first 15 minutes of a direct elimination match of the Copa América.
The first was Peruvian Roberto Palacios vs Mexico in the 1999 quarterfinals.
*James Rodriguez became the first ever player in the history of the Copa América with a direct participation in 3 goals in the first half of a direct elimination match (1 goal, 2 assists).
*James Rodríguez is the 2nd Colombian player with direct participation (1 goal and 5 assists) in 6+ goals in the same edition of the Copa América. The first was Víctor Hugo Aristizábal (6 goals and 0 assists) in 2001.
*James Rodríguez is the 4th player with 5+ assists in the same edition of Copa América in the last 50 years, after Denilson (Brazil) in 1997, Alex (Brazil) in 2004 and Lionel Messi (Argentina) in 2021.
*James Rodríguez is now 2nd best assistant (7) of Copa America in XXI century, after Messi (18 assists).
*Colombia have for the first time scored 4 headed goals in the same Copa América edition.
*Colombia reached 11 goals in the Copa América 2024. The last time they reached that number in the same edition of the competition was in 2001, when they finished champions.
Uruguay vs Brazil 0-0 (penalties 4-2)
*Uruguay fielded the starting lineup with the lowest average age (26 years 25 days) in a Copa América knockout phase since 2004, when the “Celeste” faced Colombia for third place (25 years 105 days).
*Uruguay are unable to defeat Brazil (not counting shootouts) in the Copa America since 1983.
*Uruguay have suffered an expulsion (Nahitan Nández) in a Copa América knockout match for the first time in 20 years: Gustavo Varela was the last to see red card against Paraguay in the 2004 quarterfinals.
*It was the most terrifying game of Copa America 2024 with 40 fouls (25 of them from Uruguay).
*For the 3rd time, an edition of Copa América saw 3 penalty shootouts in the quarterfinals, after 1995 and 2019.