When it comes to the Copa América, the Brazilian National Team has a great advantage over Colombia, their opponent this Tuesday (2) in a match that decides the leadership of Group D of the tournament. In the 11 matches between the two teams, the Seleção came out victorious in 8 games, drew 1 and was defeated in 2 matches. The record represents a 72% success rate.
The last encounter had the Brazilians as the hosts for the 2021 edition. At the Nilton Santos stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, the Cafeteros opened the scoring with a wonderful goal by Luís Diaz, but Brazil secured the victory thanks to Roberto Firmino and Casemiro, who scored with headers in the final stretch of the match, on June 23.
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The biggest rout over Colombia was accompanied by a historic feat. In the 9-0 defeat on March 24, 1957, at the National Stadium of Peru, in Lima, striker Evaristo de Macedo became the first and only player to score five goals for the Brazilian National Team in a single game.
In total, Brazil and Colombia have played 35 matches, with 20 Brazilian wins, 4 Colombian wins and 11 draws. There are 66 goals for the Seleção and 20 for the opponents.
The first match in history was valid for the Copa América. On January 21, 1945, Jorginho, Heleno de Freitas and Jayme de Almeida were responsible for the triumph at the National Stadium of Chile, in Santiago.
See all the confrontations in the Copa América:
1) 21/01/1945 – Brazil 3 x 0 Colombia – Jorginho, Heleno de Freitas and Jayme de Almeida
2) 17/04/1949 – Brazil 5 x 0 Colombia – Ademir Menezes (2), Tesourinha, Canhotinho and Orlando
3) 24/03/1957 – Brazil 9 x 0 Colombia – Evaristo de Macedo (5), Didi (2), Pepe and Zizinho
4) 14/03/1963 – Brazil 5 x 1 Colombia – Flávio (2), Marco Antônio, Osvaldo Taurisano and Fernando Cônsul
5) 07/07/1989 – Brazil 0 x 0 Colombia
6) 13/07/1991 – Brazil 0 x 2 Colombia
7) 19/07/1991 – Brazil 2 x 0 Colombia – Renato Gaúcho and Branco
8) 13/07/1995 – Brazil 3 x 0 Colombia – Leonardo, Túlio, Maravilha and Juninho Paulista
9) 19/06/1997 – Brazil 2 x 0 Colombia – Dunga and Edmundo
10) 17/06/2015 – Brazil 0 x 1 Colombia
11) 23/06/2021 – Brazil 2 x 1 Colombia – Roberto Firmino and Casemiro
