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Costa Rica 2-1 Paraguay · Copa America 2024

Costa Rica beat Paraguay 2-1 in the Copa America 2024. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

Costa Rica fixtures and results · Paraguay fixtures and results · Copa America 2024 table

Match report

Costa Rica and Paraguay met in the Copa America 2024 at Q2 Stadium in Austin on Wednesday, 3 July 2024.

Goalscorers

Costa Rica: F. Calvo 3'; J. Alcócer 7'. Paraguay: R. Sosa 55'.

How the match went

Paraguay saw more of the ball, 67% of it. Costa Rica had 2 shots with 2 on target, Paraguay 17 with 6 on target. There were 7 corners in total, 1 to Costa Rica and 6 to Paraguay. Costa Rica conceded 11 fouls, Paraguay 17. The referee showed 6 yellow cards (3 for Costa Rica, 3 for Paraguay).

Line-ups

Costa Rica started in a 3-4-1-2: Patrick Sequeira, Jeyland Mitchell, Juan Pablo Vargas, Francisco Calvo, Gerald Taylor, Orlando Galo, Jefferson Brenes, Joseph Mora, Joel Campbell, Warren Madrigal, Josimar Alcócer.

Paraguay started in a 4-2-3-1: Rodrigo Morínigo, Gustavo Velázquez, Fabián Balbuena, Omar Alderete, Néstor Giménez, Mathias Villasanti, Damián Bobadilla, Miguel Almirón, Julio Enciso, Ramón Sosa, Adam Bareiro.

More from this competition: Copa America 2024 fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 3'Goal! Costa Rica 1-0 Paraguay. F. Calvo (Costa Rica) scores, assisted by J. Mora.
  2. 7'Goal! Costa Rica 2-0 Paraguay. J. Alcócer (Costa Rica) scores, assisted by J. Brenes.
  3. 45'Half-time. Costa Rica 2-0 Paraguay.
  4. 55'Goal! Costa Rica 2-1 Paraguay. R. Sosa (Paraguay) scores, assisted by M. Villasanti.
  5. 90'Full-time. Costa Rica 2-1 Paraguay.
Full commentary (41 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Costa Rica vs Paraguay.
  2. 3'Goal! Costa Rica 1-0 Paraguay. F. Calvo (Costa Rica) scores, assisted by J. Mora.
  3. 7'Goal! Costa Rica 2-0 Paraguay. J. Alcócer (Costa Rica) scores, assisted by J. Brenes.
  4. 12'Attempt blocked. R. Sosa (Paraguay), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  5. 16'Yellow card for J. Alcócer (Costa Rica).
  6. 19'Attempt missed. J. Enciso (Paraguay), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  7. 23'Attempt saved. J. Enciso (Paraguay), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  8. 24'Attempt missed. D. Bobadilla (Paraguay), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
  9. 28'Yellow card for O. Alderete (Paraguay).
  10. 34'Yellow card for M. Almirón (Paraguay).
  11. 45'1 minute of added time.
  12. 45'Half-time. Costa Rica 2-0 Paraguay.
  13. 46'The second half is under way.
  14. 46'Substitution, Paraguay: Á. Romero comes on for A. Bareiro.
  15. 46'Substitution, Paraguay: H. Caballero comes on for M. Almirón.
  16. 47'Attempt missed. M. Villasanti (Paraguay), header. xG 0.11.
  17. 48'Yellow card for R. Sosa (Paraguay).
  18. 55'Goal! Costa Rica 2-1 Paraguay. R. Sosa (Paraguay) scores, assisted by M. Villasanti.
  19. 57'Attempt missed. J. Enciso (Paraguay), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.01.
  20. 60'Attempt blocked. Á. Romero (Paraguay), left-footed shot. xG 0.13.
  21. 61'Attempt saved. R. Sosa (Paraguay), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.07.
  22. 64'Attempt saved. J. Enciso (Paraguay), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
  23. 64'Attempt saved. F. Balbuena (Paraguay), header from a corner. xG 0.09.
  24. 68'Substitution, Costa Rica: Á. Zamora comes on for J. Alcócer.
  25. 68'Substitution, Costa Rica: B. Aguilera comes on for J. Campbell.
  26. 74'Substitution, Paraguay: Kaku comes on for M. Villasanti.
  27. 74'Substitution, Paraguay: I. Ramírez comes on for G. Velázquez.
  28. 78'Substitution, Costa Rica: A. Contreras comes on for W. Madrigal.
  29. 78'Substitution, Costa Rica: A. Flores comes on for J. Brenes.
  30. 82'Yellow card for O. Galo (Costa Rica).
  31. 83'Substitution, Paraguay: D. González comes on for D. Bobadilla.
  32. 84'Attempt blocked. Á. Romero (Paraguay), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.10.
  33. 85'Yellow card for A. Contreras (Costa Rica).
  34. 88'Substitution, Costa Rica: J. Cascante comes on for J. Mora.
  35. 90'6 minutes of added time.
  36. 90+2'Attempt blocked. O. Alderete (Paraguay), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  37. 90+3'Attempt missed. J. Enciso (Paraguay), header. xG 0.02.
  38. 90+4'Attempt blocked. J. Enciso (Paraguay), header from a corner. xG 0.05.
  39. 90+4'Attempt saved. Á. Romero (Paraguay), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.36.
  40. 90+4'Attempt missed. F. Balbuena (Paraguay), header from a corner. xG 0.05.
  41. 90'Full-time. Costa Rica 2-1 Paraguay.
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