Prediction, Odds & Betting Tips for Paraguay vs. Brazil at Copa America 2024
Prediction, Odds & Betting Tips for Paraguay vs. Brazil at Copa America 2024
Brazil’s opening of the 2024 Copa America is disgraceful. Not only did they embarrass themselves against Costa Rica, but their players didn’t seem to care about their development on the field. On the other side, Paraguay lost to Colombia, and they, too, are in problems right now, having to go beyond their limits in the upcoming game and beat the shaken titan.
Paraguay
Paraguay ran into Colombia who didn’t lose for 22 straight until this Monday night. Albirroja was No.23 for Los Cafeteros, who beat them 2-1. Everything was leveled for some 30 minutes, but James Rodriguez set up two goals, giving his unit a 2-0 lead at the pause.
Meanwhile, Paraguay managed to cut the lead during the middle of the second half, yet didn’t have enough juice to completely turn the situation upside down. Colombia took back control and calmly closed the event.
Looking at the overall picture, this was a decent performance by the Paraguayan national team, yet they didn’t have enough consistency to compete with Colombia for all 90 minutes.
Brazil
The fans are frustrated, and the legends are as well. Brazil played without goals against Costa Rica, their fifth competitive game in a row without a victory. A long stretch like this one was rarely seen throughout Brazilian history.
Why are the legends and the public mad? Well, Brazil’s main weapon should be the attack, yet against Costa Rica, Vinicius, Rodrygo, and others were egoistic and selfish, which eventually cost their team too much. To be honest, on several occasions, the Brazilians didn’t have luck, but fortune needs to be earned.
Patrick Sequeira, the goalkeeper of the Spanish third-tier team Ibiza, shut down arguably the most expensive front line in the world, proving to all that sometimes, money doesn’t play. Selecao is now in a difficult position, and they don’t have any room for mistakes after this failure.
Paraguay: Coronel; Velazquez, Balbuena, Gomez, Alonso; Villasanti, Cubas, Almiron; Sosa, Bareiro, Enciso
Brazil: Alisson; Danilo, Marquinhos, Militao, Wendell; Guimaraes, Luiz; Raphinha, Paqueta, Rodrygo; Junior
During the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Brazil faced Paraguay twice, beating them 0-2 on the road and 4-0 at home. Overall, the Selecao has won four games in a row against this rival without allowing a goal.
Albirroja played well, but we simply have to bet on Brazil here. If they don’t show a sense of urgency in this event, the tournament is over for them. Also, they have better individuals in each position and, overall, are better as a unit.
Our verdict: Brazil wins