JAKARTA Costa Rica has very thin hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the 2024 Copa America when they met Paraguay in the last match of Group D.
This party will be presented at Q2 Stadium, Austin, Texas, United States, on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at 08.00 WIB. Costa Rica still has a chance, while Paraguay has already died.
The 0-3 defeat against Colombia in the second match made Costa Rica drop to third in Group D with one point. Therefore, Los Ticos need to win in order to keep their hopes of qualifying for the knockout phase.
On the other hand, the 1-4 versus Brazil defeat left Paraguay without points from the two matches that had been undertaken. The result made them officially eliminated from the tournament.
Costa Rica started their journey in the 2024 Copa America with a 0-0 draw against Brazil. However, they failed to maintain this momentum when they met Colombia in the second match of the group stage.
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The result also ended the record of four games without conceding by Costa Rica. In addition, this is their biggest defeat since the friendly match against the United Arab Emirates in September 2023 (loss 1-4).
Even though they still have a chance, Gustavo Alfaro's men have a difficult task in the last game. They needed a win with a distance of five goals and hoped Colombia would lose the match against Brazil.
However, statistics show that Costa Rica has yet to record a single shot on target at the 2024 Copa America, which is threatened with ending the tournament without a win for the second time as in the 1997 edition.
Los Ticos were actually unbeaten in their previous three meetings against Paraguay. However, the last two games against Paraguay all ended in a 0-0 draw.
Meanwhile, the United States doesn't seem to be suitable for Paraguay. They were eliminated in the group phase in 2016 when this tournament also took place in the United States.
Paraguay has never won a Copa America match played in the United States and has never drawn in this tournament. So, it was a bit difficult for them to avoid losing against Costa Rica.
Daniel Garnero's men have conceded six goals in two group games. The win was the second most conceded in the 2024 Copa America, behind Bolivia (seven conceded), and the most for Paraguay's team in one Copa America group stage since 2001 (six conceded).
Garnero has never lost three games in a row as manager of the national team. Meanwhile, Paraguay has never suffered three consecutive defeats from November 2022 to March 2023.
However, since 2010, Los Guaranies have never beaten Costa Rica even though they have won their only meeting in the 2004 Copa America.
Formation Forecast
Costa Rica (3-4-2-1): Sequeira; Mitchell, Vargas, Calvo; Quiros, Galo, Brenes, Lassiter; Zamora, Campbell; Contreras
Paraguay (4-2-3-1): Morinigo; Velazquez, Balbuena, Alderete, Espinoza; Caballero, Villasanti; Bobadilla, Enciso, Sosa; Romero
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