Brazil 2-0 Argentina: 3 reasons why Brazil won | Copa America 2019

#2 The tormenting Brazilian forward line

Firmino and Jesus both scored vital goals

With the exception of Everton, which was highly surprising, all of Brazil's forwards were in great touch, unlike their Argentine counterparts. Gabriel Jesus and Firmino combined twice to score the goals, each of them getting a goal and an assist in the process.

Jesus pulled off a brilliant solo move, dancing away from Pezzella's challenge, Otamendi's hustle and Foyth's tackle all by himself; and made the right decision to pass to Firmino for the tap-in. Firmino found Jesus with a single touch of the ball in the first half to open the scoring.

Apart from them, Coutinho also provided stability in the attack, completing 27/33 passes, three dribbles, and also making three tackles. Jesus made two key passes despite his 64% pass accuracy, completed three dribbles, and won two aerial duels despite his height disadvantage. Roberto Firmino also hovered dangerously near the opponent box.

Here is an interesting stat. 53, 53, 51. The number of touches for Coutinho, Firmino and Jesus respectively. What do we learn from it? That we workload was brilliantly shared by the three players. Everton however, exited at half time, with a mere 15 touches.