Copa América: Competitive Debut For Andreas

Andreas Pereira made his competitive debut for Brazil in their 4-1 win over Paraguay on Friday night.

Having drawn their opening Copa América match, the Samba Boys turned on the style in Las Vegas, racing into a 3-0 half-time lead courtesy of Vinicius Junior’s brace either side of a Savio tap-in.

Paraguay pulled one back after the break through Omar Alderete’s thunderbolt, but Lucas Paqueta’s penalty restored the three goal lead, making up for sending an earlier spot kick wide while the game was goalless.

Andreas replaced the West Ham midfielder in the 79th minute as Brazil comfortably saw out the game, aided by a straight red card shown to Paraguay’s Andres Cubas for kicking out at Douglas Luiz.

Brazil next take on Colombia in California on Tuesday, with the winner topping Group D.