Uruguay vs Brazil Preview & Prediction | 2024 Copa America | Quarter-Final
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With a last eight that has some pretty one-sided ties, this is the one standout heavyweight clash. Marcelo Bielsa’s reinvigorated Uruguayans are taking on the five-time world champions Brazil for a chance of getting into the semi-finals.
KICK-OFF DATE/TIME: Sunday 7th July, 2024 - UK – 2:00am & Saturday 6th July, 2024 - US ET – 9:00pm / US PT – 6:00pm
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – Premier Sports / US – Fox Sports & TUDN
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – Premier Sports / US – UniMas, Univision, DirecTV Stream, Sling Blue & ViX
URUGUAY PREVIEW: OVERWHELMING THE OPPOSITION
Ever since the appointment of Marcelo Bielsa, Uruguay have been impressive and have adopted the style of football of the manager, which is extremely demanding but when successful can be exhilarating to watch and extremely effective, too.
They kicked off their Copa America campaign with an eventually comfortable 3-1 defeat of a stubborn Panama side before then hammering Bolivia by five goals to nil. They rounded off Group A by defeating hosts USA to ensure they kept their 100% record intact.
BRAZIL PREVIEW: THE STUTTERING AND STUMBLING SELECAO
Dorival Junior has been in charge of seven games as Brazil boss and he remains unbeaten – however he has managed just three victories in that time. The Selecao have personnel issues with a fallow generation of stars and some key injuries but this is a poor Brazilian side.
They began their Copa America group stage with a frustrating but famous result, sharing a goalless draw with Costa Rica. That was followed up by beating a poor Paraguayan side by four goals to one and then sharing a 1-1 draw with group winners Colombia.
URUGUAY TEAM NEWS: UNCHANGED URUGUAY
Marcelo Bielsa has taken some big decisions throughout this tournament with the likes of Rodrigo Bentancur and Jose Maria Gimenez on the bench and that is expected to remain the case with an unchanged side against the Brazilians.
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Sergio Rochet; Nahitan Nandez, Ronald Araujo, Mathias Olivera, Matias Vina; Manuel Ugarte, Fede Valverde; Facundo Pellistri, Nicolas de la Cruz, Maximiliano Araujo; Darwin Nunez
UNAVAILABLE:
QUESTIONABLE:
BRAZIL TEAM NEWS: NO VINI
Brazil went into their final group game with several players a booking away from suspension and their talisman, Vinicius Junior, was one of those who once again fell foul of the referee so Manchester City-bound Savio is expected to replace him on the left wing.
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Danilo, Militao, Marquinhos, Wendell; Bruno Guimaraes, Gomes; Raphinha, Lucas Paqueta, Savio; Rodrygo
UNAVAILABLE: Vinicius Junior (Suspended)
QUESTIONABLE:
URUGUAY VS BRAZIL PREDICTION
This could be a classic. This is a Brazilian team that may well thrive on chaos and disorganisation because, unusually, player for player they are arguably weaker than the Uruguayans but Marcelo Bielsa’s side, whilst creating the correct conditions for chaotic energy, do so in a structured and efficient manner that is designed to exploit a team’s weakness; of which there are many in this Brazil side. Uruguay upsetting Brazil could well be on the cards here.
URUGUAY VS BRAZIL TIP: URUGUAY TO WIN
