Costa Rica looks for first victory against Colombia | OneFootball

MIAMI – Costa Rica will look for its first win of the tournament when it faces Colombia in Group D at the 2024 CONMEBOL Copa America on Friday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Los Ticos earned a point thanks to a scoreless draw with Brazil in their opening match of the campaign. As a result, Costa Rica became the third Concacaf team to deliver a clean sheet against Brazil in a CONMEBOL Copa America following Mexico and Honduras.

Patrick Sequeira stood out with three saves as the goalkeeper and his defense took a clean sheet. Sequeira also took man of the match honors against Brazil and was also one of five Concacaf players to star in the team of the week for the first round of group stage matches.

Haxzel Quiros, Jeyland Mitchell and Orlando Galo also stood out defensively with individual performances. Costa Rica players combined for 29 steals to Brazil’s 28 overall.

Mitchell became the youngest player to start for a Concacaf team in the CONMEBOL Copa America since Joel Campbell, a member of the current Costa Rica squad, did so in the 2011 edition.

Campbell himself earned a new milestone by playing in his seventh CONMEBOL Copa America match, the most for any player in the current Costa Rica squad.

Colombia earned a 2-1 victory over Paraguay and, as a result, leads the group with three points. Midfielders James Rodriguez and Jefferson Lerma were named to the team of the week, with Rodriguez taking the player of the match week honors.

Rodriguez assisted both of the Colombia goals scored by Daniel Muñoz and Lerma. Goalkeeper Camilo Vargas had two saves against Paraguay.

They have faced each other 4 times in the group stage of the Copa América, with three wins and one defeat for Colombia.

The first time was in Bolivia 1997, a 4x1 victory for Colombia with goals by Neider Morantes (13’, 23’), Wilmer Cabrera (penalty 62’) and Víctor Aristizábal (78’), for Costa Rica, Mauricio Wright scored (66’).

The second encounter was in 2001, a 1x0 victory for Colombia with a goal by Adrián Ramos (45’) and the last time in the Centenario edition in 2016, a 3x2 victory for Costa Rica with goals by Johan Venegas (2’), Frank Fabra (own goal 34’) and Celso Borges (58’) for Costa Rica, for Colombia Frank Fabra scored (7’) and Marlos Moreno (73’).

In the last 9 games in all competitions, Costa Rica has 8 defeats and one win.

All-Time Series:15 games

4 wins Costa Rica

1 draw

10 wins Colombia

17 goals Costa Rica

31 goals Colombia