All white on the night for Brazil
To mark the centenary of the first time they hosted – and won – the Copa America, Brazil kicked off the 2019 tournament in white shirts, the original colour of the national team. And after struggling to break down Bolivia, they took the lead from a penalty awarded for a modernstyle VAR assisted handball decision.
It seemed an appropriate way to start a tournament that simultaneously looks backwards and forwards. The past is always present because this is the world’s oldest continental competition, the one which led directly to the birth of the World Cup, and CONMEBOL is proud to portray itself as the guardian of tradition. And forward because the Copa begins a new cycle of competitive
