Brazil vs Chile, Copa America 2021: live blog, updates, goals, highlights
Let’s go for the quarter-finals of the Copa America! There are eight nations left at the South American Championships and it promises to be a great knockout stage.
There are three greats in this round and the first match takes place in Rio de Janeiro as Brazil and Chile face off in the Engenhão. Only one Barcelona player is pictured here with Emerson Royal on the Selection bench, but two former Barca stars clash as Neymar and Arturo Vidal seek to lead their teams to a place in the semi-finals.
Brazil dominated the group stage while Chile struggled, but La Roja has enough talent and fighting spirit to snatch surprise. The winner faces Peru in the semi-final, so winning this is a big step towards the title. Here we are!
ALIGNMENTS
BRAZIL
Starting eleven: Ederson; Danilo, Marquinhos, Silva, Lodi; Jesus, Casemiro, Fred, Richarlison; Firmino, Neymar (4-4-2)
Bench: Alisson (GK), Weverton (GK), Militão, Ortiz, Emerson, Fabinho, Douglas Luiz, Paquetá, Ribeiro, Ãverton, Vinicius, Gabigol
CHILE
Starting eleven: well done; Isla, Sierralta, Medel, Vegas, Mena; Vidal, Pulgar, Aránguiz; Sanchez, Vargas (5-3-2)
Bench: Arias (GK), Castellón (GK), Roco, Pinares, Meneses, Galdames, Alarcón, Nuñez, Baeza, Valencia, Palacios, Brereton
MATCH INFO
Competition / Day: Copa America 2021, Quarter-finals
Date hour: Friday July 2, 2021, 9 p.m. local time, 2 a.m. CET (Barcelona, ââSaturday), 1 a.m. BST / WAT (UK and Nigeria, Saturday), 8 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. PT (USA), 5:30 a.m. IST (India, Saturday)
Location: Estádio Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Arbitrator: Patricio Loustau (ARG)
HOW TO WATCH, STREAM COPA AMERICA
How to watch on TV: Fox Sports 1 (USA), TSN 3 (Canada), BBC Red Button (United Kingdom), Canal + Sport 3 (Nigeria), SONY TEN 2 (India), others
How to watch online: FuboTV (United States), BBC iPlayer (United Kingdom), others