🌎 Costa Rica hold Brazil to shock draw; Colombia down Paraguay in Group D | OneFootball

Copa América Group D is finally underway as round one comes to a close Monday evening. Colombia took on Paraguay, while Brazil is set to square off with Costa Rica. Here is what has gone down so far.

Brazil 0-0 Costa Rica

It was one-way traffic from the first whistle, as Brazil’s superstars pinged the ball around the Costa Rican block, but they did little to penetrate in the opening 20 minutes.

Brazil appeared to break the deadlock from a set-piece when Éder Militão tapped home at the back-post, but the goal was chalked off after a lengthy VAR check revealed a Brazilian player to be offside before the ball fell to the Real Madrid man.

While they did little to threaten Brazil at the other end, Costa Rica would have taken great encouragement from reaching the half-time break with the score level.

After the restart, Brazil continued to push, fashioning a handful of chances that were spurned one after another by heroic Costa Rican defending, holding on for a stunning draw.

Colombia 2-1 Paraguay

Scorers: Muñoz 32′; Lerma 42′ ; Enciso 69′

Colombia fended off a late push to earn all three points against Paraguay to kick off Group D.

Néstor Lorenzo were rampant in the early going, putting the Paraguayan rearguard under immense pressure from the very first whistle.

They were finally rewarded for the efforts past the half-hour mark when Daniel Muñoz broke the deadlock to bring the roof of NRG Stadium.

They backed that goal up with one more before the break when Jefferson Lerma was left unmarked in the box to fire home and double the lead.

While it looked like Colombia would cruise to the finish line, Paraguay pulled one back through Julio Enciso, forcing the leaders out of their shell once again.

A late Colombia penalty shout was waved off after a VAR check, but Paraguay could not take advantage of their second chance to find an equalizer.