Brazil lost Vinicius in the match against Uruguay, coach Dorival criticized the referee

Coach Dorival (Brazil) criticized referee Valenzuela

Despite dominating the game, Brazil was disappointed when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Colombia in the final match of Group D of Copa America 2024. Raphinha opened the scoring for “Selecao” with a beautiful free kick in the 12th minute. Colombia’s equalizer came from Daniel Munoz at 45+2′.

With this result, Colombia leads Group D with 7 points after 3 matches, while Brazil ranks 2nd with 5 points. In the quarter-finals of Copa America 2024, Brazil will face Uruguay, while Colombia will face Panama.

Coach Dorival Junior was not happy when the referee showed Vinicius a yellow card. Photo: Getty.

In the last match, striker Vinicius Junior received a yellow card in the 7th minute. Having received 2 penalty cards since the beginning of the tournament, the Real Madrid striker will be absent in the big match against Uruguay.

Speaking after the match, coach Dorival Junior said: “This is an important match so I have no way to keep any player. What Brazil wants is to get a good result.

Brazil started well against Colombia but then my players had difficulty controlling the ball. That allowed Colombia to create dangerous opportunities in Brazil’s penalty area.

The difficulties Brazil encountered in the last match were completely normal, because Colombia had been unbeaten in 25 matches. I believe that my team can still improve in many aspects in the knockout round of Copa America 2024.

In the upcoming match, Brazil will not have Vinicius’ service. The yellow card he received was quite strange.”