IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - COPA AMERICA (Match day 3)
Picture : Daniel Muñoz is the first ever Colombian defender to score 2 goals (also vs Paraguay) in the same edition of the Copa América.
The statistics on Copa America 2024 matchday 3 (3 July)
Brazil vs Colombia 1-1
*Brazil have only won 1 of their last 7 competitive matches.
*Brazil are unbeaten in last 60 Copa América matches in which they scored the first goal (49 wins and 11 draws).
The last such game which Brazil have lost was 1-2 vs Bolivia in 1979.
*There are now 26 consecutive matches without losing for Colombia. But they ended their streak of 10 wins.
*Daniel Muñoz is the first ever Colombian defender to score 2 goals (also vs Paraguay) in the same edition of the Copa América.
He has scored 3 goals in his last 7 games with Colombia.
*Brazil scored their first goal from a direct free kick in the Copa América since 11 July 1999 (Rivaldo, vs Argentina).
*Colombia conceded their first goal from a direct free kick in this tournament since 2 July 2007 (Riquelme, vs Argentina).
Costa Rica vs Paraguay 2-1
*Paraguay have lost 3 out of 3 group matches for the first time in the history of their participation in the major tournaments (they have played in total 21 group stages with this format of 4 teams and 3 matches per team in the World Cups and Copa América).
*Costa Rica have defeated a CONMEBOL team in a competitive match for the first time since 3-2 against Colombia in the 2016 Copa América.
Costa Rica have never beaten Paraguay in a a competitive match.
*Costa Rica’s first goal scored at 2 minutes 48 seconds (Francisco Calvo) is their 2nd earliest goal in the Copa América, after Johan Venegas' goal against Colombia in 2016 (at 1 minute 29 seconds).
*Costa Rica's 2-0 lead at 6 minutes and 29 seconds into the match is the earliest seen in the Copa América since 11 July 1995 when Argentina scored 2 goals against Chile (Batistuta and Simeone) exactly 6 minutes after kick-off.
*It was the earliest ever 2-0 lead in the Copa America history for the "guest" teams (invited from other confederations).
The next is Mexico’s 2-0 against Colombia in 1997 at 10 minutes 50 seconds).