Copa America: Costa Rica's victory closes out the group stage
Winning this match gave Costa Rica a slim chance of making it to the playoffs, and they got off to a flying start, hitting the target twice in the first minutes. Subsequently, the game calmed down, and although Paraguay still lost, this did not give anything to any of the opponents. Thus the group stage of Copa America 2024 has ended.
2024 Copa America
Costa Rica - Paraguay 2:1 (2:0)
Goals: Calvo F., 3 (1:0); Alcocer, 7 (2:0); Sosa Ramón, 55 (2:1)
Costa Rica: Sequeira P.; Taylor; Mitchell; Mora (Cascante, 88); Calvo F.; Brenes (Contreras, 78); Galo; Vargas J. P.; Alcocer (Zamora Alvaro, 68); Campbell (Aguilera B., 68); Madrigal (Bran, 78)
Bench: Chamorro; Cruz A.; Faerron; Quirós; Molina; Sequeira; Lassiter; Vargas K.; Rojas A.
Yellow Cards: Alcocer 16; Galo 82; Contreras 85
Paraguay: Morínigo; Alderete; Balbuena; Giménez N.; Velázquez G. (Romero Gamarra, 74); Bobadilla (Gonzalez D., 83); Almirón (Caballero, 46); Villasanti (Ramírez I., 74); Enciso; Sosa Ramón; Bareiro Ad. (Romero Án., 46)
Bench: Coronel; Aguilar A.; Alonso J.; Gómez Gu.; Sanchez R.
Yellow Cards: Alderete 29; Almirón 34; Sosa Ramón 48
