South America’s football carnival begun as Brazil faced Venezuela in the first match of Copa America. The tournament was last year due to coronavirus pandemic and the event was shifted to Brazil two weeks ago. The five time world champions, Brazil, hosted the game in Estadio Nacional de Brasilia where the hosts thrashed their opponents by a comfortable 3-0 margin. Marquinhos(23′) scored the first goal followed by penalty from Neymar(64′). Gabriel Barbosa killed the match with a late 89th minute goal.
The opening game of the tournament took place on June 13. The knockout phase starts from July 3 with the first of the quarter-finals. and the final of the tournament will take place on July 11. All of the tournament is set to happen in Brazil.
Top players like Messi, Neymar, Casemiro, Cavani, Alexis Sanchez will be the major attraction of the tournament. With a balanced team Argentina and Brazil seems to be the tournament favorites.