Brazil starts its campaign at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Tuesday against Costa Rica. 

Dorival Junior's side will also face Paraguay and Colombia in Group E, hopeful of going one better this time around having lost to Argentina in the 2021 final. 

Endrick, who officially joins Real Madrid next month, has scored three goals in his last four games for Brazil but knows he will have to remain patient for his opportunity at the Copa America. 

"Only God knows [when I will start]," he said. "I am very grateful to have Abel [Ferreira] as a coach, he knew when to play me.

"Everything is up to God and Dorival Junior, the professor. He is a spectacular coach. He is doing what is best for the Brazilian team.

"I have always been very precocious in my life and since I became a professional I have played against opponents who have always teased me, insulted me, talked about my family, my girlfriend.

"But I got used to it quickly because I was 16. I'm calm, and I hope I can help. I think it's right, in football you have to destabilise the other player.

"It's been like that since I arrived, so I've adapted, and I'm very confident that I can help the team."

For Costa Rica coach Gustavo Alfaro, he has experience at the Copa America having guided Ecuador to the quarter-finals of the previous tournament in 2021.

The 61 year-old also took them to the 2022 World Cup, where it opened with a 2-0 win against host side Qatar before drawing 1-1 with Netherlands, but failed to reach the knockouts after losing 2-1 to Senegal in its final group game.

However, Alfaro faces a different proposition with Los Ticos. Costa Rica have failed to make it beyond the group stages in each of the last two appearances; it last did so in 2004, but its recent form holds reason for optimism. 

Costa Rica has won four of its previous six international fixtures, losing only once over that stretch (3-1 to Argentina). It has not conceded in any of its last three competitive fixtures, winning 15 of its previous 16 encounters when scoring the opening goal.