Brazil 1-1 Ecuador: Copa America hosts’ winning run comes to an end
The point took Ecuador into the quarter-finals, with holders Brazil having previously booked their place in the knockout stages. Eder Militao headed Brazil into the lead from Everton Soares' free-kick for his first international goal.
But Angel Mena rifled home from Enner Valencia's flick-on to equalise and send Ecuador through. Mena was a first-half replacement for injured Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo. Ecuador had only needed to match Venezuela's result against Peru - who had already qualified - in Sunday's other game.
Andre Carrillo scored the only goal in that encounter as Peru won 1-0. Both Brazil - who had won every game since November 2019 - and Ecuador must wait until Group A is over before discovering their quarter-final opponents. Only two of the 10 competing teams go out at the group stages. On Monday in Group A (01:00 BST on Tuesday), Bolivia faces Argentina, and Uruguay plays Paraguay.
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