Brazil-Costa Rica is a match valid for the first day of the group stage of the Copa America and is played on Tuesday at 03:00 (Italian time): statistics, probable formations, predictions.
It is Dorival Junior’s Brazil’s turn to take the field in the last match of the first day of the group stage of the Copa America 2024. Seleçao, drawn in Group D, will have to watch out for Colombia, but Paraguay and Costa Rica are not selections to be taken lightly either. The first opponents of the five-time world champions – as well as nine-time continental champions – will be the Central Americans, who are participating in this tournament for the sixth time in their history.
The last Copa America won by the greenoro was in 2019. Since then, Brazil has collected some bitter disappointments, including losing in the final to historic rivals Argentina in its Maracana (2021) and being eliminated in the quarterfinals in the Qatari World Cup at the hands of Croatia. After cherishing the dream of enlisting a top coach such as Carlo Ancelotti, the federation decided to rely on the experienced Dorival Jr., who throughout his career has worked exclusively in his homeland (his last experience was with São Paulo). Brazil has been half-convincing in recent friendlies: from March onward, they beat England and Mexico and drew with Spain and the USA. Badly, the
