2019 Copa América Group B Explained

Group B of the 2019 Copa América took place from 15 to 23 June 2019.^{[1] [2]} The group consisted of Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, and guests Qatar of the AFC.

Colombia and Argentina as the top two teams, along with Paraguay as one of the two best third-placed teams, advanced to the quarter-finals.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
			December 2018		June 2019
B1	style=white-space:nowrap		1	42nd	data-sort-value="1.1"	Winners (1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959 (A), 1991, 1993)	11	11
B2	style=white-space:nowrap		2	22nd	data-sort-value="1.3"	Winners (2001)	12	13
B3	style=white-space:nowrap		3	37th	data-sort-value="1.2"	Winners (1953, 1979)	32	36
B4	style=white-space:nowrap	(invitee)	4	1st	data-sort-value="99"	Debut	93	55

Notes

Standings

In the quarter-finals:^[3]

• The winners of Group B, Colombia, advanced to play the runners-up of Group C, Chile.
• The runners-up of Group B, Argentina, advanced to play the runners-up of Group A, Venezuela.
• The third-placed team of Group B, Paraguay, advanced as one of the two best third-placed teams to play the winners of Group A, Brazil.

Matches

Argentina vs Colombia

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Man of the Match: Roger Martínez (Colombia)^[4] Assistant referees ^[5] Christian Schiemann (Chile) Claudio Ríos (Chile) Fourth official Alexis Herrera (Venezuela) Video assistant referee Julio Bascuñán (Chile) Assistant video assistant referees Piero Maza (Chile) Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay)

Paraguay vs Qatar

width=25 ! width=25 GK 12 Gatito Fernández RB 5 Bruno Valdez CB 13 Júnior Alonso (c) CB 4 LB 18 Santiago Arzamendia RM 17 CM 8 CM 16 Celso Ortiz LM 23 Miguel Almirón CF 7 Óscar Cardozo CF 19 Substitutions: FW 10 MF 6 FW 11 Manager: Eduardo Berizzo

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Saad Al Sheeb RB 15 Bassam Al-Rawi CB 2 Ró-Ró CB 3 LB 16 CM 5 CM 6 CM 10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c) RF 23 CF 19 Almoez Ali LF 11 Akram Afif Substitutions: MF 12 Manager: Félix Sánchez

Man of the Match: Gatito Fernández (Paraguay) Assistant referees ^[6] Jonny Bossio (Peru) Víctor Ráez (Peru) Fourth official Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay) Video assistant referee Raphael Claus (Brazil) Assistant video assistant referees Víctor Carrillo (Peru) Byron Romero (Ecuador)

Colombia vs Qatar

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Man of the Match: James Rodríguez (Colombia) Assistant referees ^[7] Luis Murillo (Venezuela) Nicolás Taran (Uruguay) Fourth official Víctor Carrillo (Peru) Video assistant referee Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela) Assistant video assistant referees Anderson Daronco (Brazil) Richard Trinidad (Uruguay)

Argentina vs Paraguay

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 RB 14 Milton Casco CB 6 Germán Pezzella CB 17 LB 3 RM 7 CM 5 Leandro Paredes CM 20 Giovani Lo Celso LM 16 CF 10 Lionel Messi (c) CF 22 Substitutions: FW 9 MF 11 FW 19 Manager: Lionel Scaloni	<	--Must be fixed first-->	width=25 ! width=25 GK 12 Gatito Fernández RB 2 CB 15 Gustavo Gómez (c) CB 13 Júnior Alonso LB 18 Santiago Arzamendia CM 8 CM 6 Richard Sánchez RW 10 AM 23 LW 20 Matías Rojas CF 9 Substitutions: FW 21 MF 16 DF 3 Manager: Eduardo Berizzo

Man of the Match: Gatito Fernández (Paraguay) Assistant referees Marcelo van Gasse (Brazil) Rodrigo Correa (Brazil) Fourth official Carlos Orbe (Ecuador) Video assistant referee Leodán González (Uruguay) Assistant video assistant referees Raphael Claus (Brazil) Kléber Lúcio Gil (Brazil)

Qatar vs Argentina

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Saad Al Sheeb SW 15 Bassam Al-Rawi CB 16 Boualem Khoukhi CB 14 RWB 2 LWB 5 Tarek Salman CM 10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c) CM 12 CM 6 Abdulaziz Hatem SS 11 Akram Afif CF 19 Substitutions: MF 9 DF 8 Manager: Félix Sánchez

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Franco Armani RB 4 Renzo Saravia CB 2 CB 17 Nicolás Otamendi LB 3 Nicolás Tagliafico CM 16 Rodrigo De Paul CM 5 Leandro Paredes CM 20 AM 10 Lionel Messi (c) CF 22 CF 9 Sergio Agüero Substitutions: MF 8 FW 21 DF 6 Manager: ^[8]

Man of the Match: Lionel Messi (Argentina) Assistant referees Christian Schiemann (Chile) Claudio Ríos (Chile) Fourth official Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador) Video assistant referee Roberto Tobar (Chile) Assistant video assistant referees Gery Vargas (Bolivia) Christian Lescano (Ecuador)

Colombia vs Paraguay

width=25 ! width=25 GK 22 Álvaro Montero RB 4 Santiago Arias CB 2 Cristián Zapata CB 21 LB 17 CM 18 Gustavo Cuéllar CM 16 Jefferson Lerma RW 11 AM 8 LW 14 Luis Díaz CF 9 Radamel Falcao (c) Substitutions: MF 10 FW 7 MF 5 Manager: Carlos Queiroz

width=25 ! width=25 GK 12 Gatito Fernández RB 2 Iván Piris CB 15 Gustavo Gómez CB 13 Júnior Alonso LB 18 CM 8 CM 6 Richard Sánchez RW 10 AM 23 Miguel Almirón LW 20 CF 7 Óscar Cardozo (c) Substitutions: FW 19 FW 11 FW 21 Manager: Eduardo Berizzo

Man of the Match: Gatito Fernández (Paraguay) Assistant referees Jonny Bossio (Peru) Víctor Ráez (Peru) Fourth official Alexis Herrera (Venezuela) Video assistant referee Anderson Daronco (Brazil) Assistant video assistant referees Diego Haro (Peru) Byron Romero (Ecuador)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:^[3]

• first yellow card: minus 1 point;
• indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
• direct red card: minus 4 points;
• yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;

Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.

Team	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Points
	2				3				1				−6
	4				1				2				−7
	3				3				2				−8
	4				4				3				−11

External links

• • Copa América Brasil 2019, CONMEBOL.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: CONMEBOL y Comité Organizador Local definen calendario de la CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019 . CONMEBOL and Local Organizing Committee define the calendar of the CONMEBOL Copa América Brazil 2019 . CONMEBOL.com . 18 December 2018 . 18 December 2018 . Spanish.
2. Web site: Match Schedule. CONMEBOL.com. 25 January 2019. 25 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190125130859/http://www.conmebol.com/sites/default/files/ca2019calendario.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019: Reglamento . CONMEBOL Copa América Brazil 2019: Regulations . CONMEBOL . 26 April 2019 . 29 April 2019 . Spanish . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502035320/http://www.conmebol.com/sites/default/files/reglamento-ca2019.pdf . 2 May 2019.
4. Web site: Man of the Match . copaamerica.com . . 14 June 2019 . 14 June 2019 . 16 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190616113220/https://copaamerica.com/en/man-of-the-match/ . dead .
5. Web site: Designación de árbitros . Referee designations . . 11 June 2019 . 12 June 2019 . Spanish.
6. Web site: Designación de árbitros . Referee designations . . 12 June 2019 . 12 June 2019 . Spanish.
7. Web site: Designación de árbitros . Referee designations . . 12 June 2019 . 12 June 2019 . Spanish . 3 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190703001303/https://copaamericacom.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/Designaciones-%C3%A1rbitros-fecha-2-Grupo-B.pdf . dead .
8. Web site: La amarilla a Scaloni, una amonestación histórica. 24 June 2019.