Brazil's campaign in the ongoing Copa America came to an end. The team led by Dorival Junior was unable to break the 0-0 draw with Uruguay even after Nahitan Nandez was sent off after receiving a red card following a dangerous tackle, which forced Uruguay to play with 10 men from the middle of the match. Brazil finally lost the match on penalties 4-2. Eder Militao and Douglas Luiz missed Brazil's penalties. 

Uruguay will face Colombia in the last-four stage. Columbia humbled Panama 5-0, while Argentina and Canada will play for a place in the final on the other side of the group.

The first half had many of the ingredients of a great world classic: physical dispute, confusion, provocations, and rivalry. The only thing missing was good football, as expected given the greatness of both teams.

Uruguayan coach Marcelo Bielsa opted for a high line marking to stifle Brazil's ball possession, but he did little to scare the opposition with this strategy, only posing any danger with a cross to striker Darwin Núñez, who headed the ball over the bar inside the penalty area. The national team also had difficulties - especially in the absence of Vini Jr, who was suspended - and only managed to get a counterattack with Raphinha.

Overall, it was a match with little shine from Uruguay and Brazil. The context, physical and the fight for space, only changed halfway through the second half when the Brazilian team had one more player on the field after right-back Nández was sent off for a hard tackle on striker Rodrigo.

After that, the elimination duel took on a new face: attack against defense. Brazil had the ball and shook the Celeste defense in an attempt to find space, but Bielsa reinforced the defensive system with the idea of taking the match to a penalty shootout and he succeeded.