Copa América 2021: the data to take into account before the start of the quarterfinals | Football | sports

Lionel Messi is the scorer of the Copa América 2021 with 3 goals, followed by Neymar, Ayrton Preciado and other players.

Four games will be played between Friday 2 and Saturday 3 July for the quarterfinals of the Copa América 2021, where the eight qualified teams will seek to raise the oldest trophy at the national level on July 10, at the Maracanã stadium.

But before the start of the matches, these are the data to take into account of how each of the teams arrive, who are their most important players and how many times they have met throughout the history of the Copa América.

Peru vs. Paraguay:

Both teams will face each other on Friday, July 2 at the Pedro Ludovico Teixeira stadium, in Goiania, at 4:00 p.m.. This will be the 18th match in which Peru and Paraguay meet in the history of the Copa América.

La Albirroja won 7 times, Peru 3 and tied 7 times. However, the last victory of Paraguay against the Peruvians in the continental competition was as host in the 1999 edition: 1-0 with a goal by Roque Santacruz, when both were in group A.

In their last match in the Copa América, Peru defeated Paraguay 2-0 thanks to the goals of André Carrillo and Paolo Guerrero, in the match for third place in the 2015 edition of Chile.

André Carrillo is his top scorer in this Copa América with 2 goals and in his last 10 meetings, he recorded 5 touchdowns. Against Paraguay, the forward has scored 3 goals in the last five crosses.

In the AlbirrojaJunior Alonso is one of the players to consider, being the player with the most passes (277) in the group stage of this tournament. Ángel Romero is his scorer with 2 goals and is in the Top 5 of the players with the most shots in the group stage with 12.

Brazil vs. Chili:

The match will be played on Friday, July 2 at the Nilton Santos Stadium, at 7:00 p.m., In janeiro river.

Both teams have met on 21 occasions, where Brazil has 16 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. La Canarinha stayed with the last four clashes in the Copa América against Chile: 1-0 in Paraguay 1999; 1-0 in Peru 2004; and in Venezuela 2007 he beat him twice: 3-0 in the group stage and 6-1 in the quarterfinals.

The last victory of Chile against Brazil in the Copa América was in the Ecuador 1993 edition, when they won 3-2 by group B of the tournament.

The host of the tournament finished the group stage as the team that scored the most goals with 10, the one that assisted the most with 7 and as the leader of passes with 2,271.

Neymar is the most outstanding player of Canarinha and the one who had more participation in goals of his selection with 2 goals and 2 assists. In addition, he was on the podium as one of the players with the most shots on goal with 15 and the one who committed the most fouls with 18.

Eduardo Vargas placeholder image He is the most outstanding player of the Chileans in the absence of the participation of Alexis Sánchez, who could not play the group stage due to injury. The Atlético Mineiro player he intervened in all the goals of the Red, with 2 goals and 1 assist.

Uruguay vs. Colombia

The game will be played on Saturday, July 3 at the Mané Garrincha stadium, in Brasilia, at 5:00 p.m. It will be the 12th match in history between the two teams for the Copa América. Uruguay is the team that has the advantage with 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

Uruguayan and coffee growers they will play a match in the tournament again 17 years later, when Celeste won the game for third place in the Peru 2004 edition by defeating Colombia 2-1.

Luis Suárez never lost to Colombia after 7 matches, where he won 5 and tied 2 times. The Uruguayan has scored 4 goals for the coffee growers: 1 in an international friendly in 2008 and the other three in South American qualifiers towards the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018, respectively.

For Colombia, Miguel Ángel Borja has been his player most important in this Copa América 2021, where he contributed with 1 goal, 1 assist and was the player with the most shots in the group stage instance with 9.

Argentina vs. Ecuador:

Both teams will face each other on Saturday, July 3 at the Pedro Ludovico Teixeira stadium, in Goiania, at 8:00 p.m..

La Tri have never been able to beat La Albiceleste in the 15 games in which they have faced each other throughout the history of the Copa América, leaving a balance of 10 victories for Argentina and 5 draws. Both combined they will be measured again in the contest after 17 years, when Argentina defeated Ecuador 6-1 by group B of Peru 2004.

The Argentine team is the team with the most goals scored in the Copa América with 469 goals and Ecuador the one with the most defeated hurdles with 324. In addition, La Tri counts the goal difference in the continental tournament with -190.

Lionel Messi is the leader of the tournament’s scorers table with 3 annotations and the one who shot the goal the most times, being 17 times he did so.

For Ecuador, Ayrton Preciado is his scorer in the Copa América 2021 with 2 goals: the first against Venezuela and the other against Peru.

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