Brazil will play Colombia on Wednesday night in a huge Copa America 2015 game as the South American giants look to claim and second straight win in the tournament. Today's game has a scheduled start time of 8 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the beIN Sports network, or online through live stream via the link below.
Brazil opened their Copa America 2015 campaign with a win in their first game, although things didn't go exactly as planned. Peru were much more difficult to put away than expected, and in the end the Brazilians had to settle with a 2-1 scoreline.
Ultimately that result will have been a relief for Brazil, as they relied on a stoppage time winner from Douglas Costa, after Neymar's goal had cancelled out Christian Cueva's goal.
However, one game down and three points gained will be satisfactory enough for the Brazilians, as winning games is the most important thing in tournament football.
Today they take on a Colombia team that need to avoid a loss at all costs, as a second straight defeat would see them crash out of the competition with a game to go in the group stages.
Colombia were not able to claim anything from their opening game, which they lost 0-1 to Venezuela. That opening defeat means they are left with it all to do, and must pick up at least a draw here today against Brazil if they hope to stand any chance from qualifying from the group. However, they more likely need a win from today's game to realistically progress.
Colombia's final game will be against Peru, and they will believe they can gain three points in that game. But if they only draw today they would be left with four points in that scenario. If Venezuela defeat Peru in the group's other game tomorrow, they will move to six points, which guarantees their qualification for the knock out stages. That means Brazil would enter the final game against Venezuela on four points already, and playing a team likely looking to rest their best players ahead of the next round.
Ahead of today's game, many have been talking about Colombia's chance at gaining revenge over Brazil, who of course knocked them out of last year's World Cup at the quarter final stage with a 2-1 win.
That game will be remembered for being extremely ill-tempered, and many wonder whether emotions will be heightened again today and perhaps spill over.
Neymar will be a big player again for Brazil. His performance dragged Brazil to the win over Peru, and if he continues to play at such an intense level then Colombia may find him overwhelming. However, if they can find a way to contain Neymar, such is Brazil's reliance on him up front right now, then they may find a way to snatch the win.
Colombia will have noticed how the Brazil defence looked shaky in the opening game against Peru, and if they do not improve then Colombia will feel confident they have the armoury to exploit that weakness even more than the Peruvians.
Today's big Copa America 2015 game between Brazil and Colombia has a start time scheduled for 8 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream by clicking here.
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