Santiago de Chile /
Brazil defeated this Thursday Chili 1-2 at the National Stadium in Santiago, with goals from Igor Jesús and Luiz Henrique, Botafogo forwards, the last goal at the end of the match that gave air to the Canarinha in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
With this result, the five-time world champions occupy the fourth place with 13 pointswhile The Red remains ninth with five units, outside the classification positions.
Chile opened the scoring in the first minute of the match with a goal from the forward Eduardo Vargaswhile Brazil equalized with Igor Jesus to leave tied at the end of the first half.
The left-handed shot of Luiz Hnerique in the 89th minute, sank to The Red who struggled to score at least a point with a draw but ended up succumbing.
Eduardo Vargas’ cross header to goalkeeper Ederson’s left post surprised Brazil just seconds after the opening whistle. A play in which Philip Loyola He sent a cross into the area for the Chilean striker.
It was a good start for The Red who then encouraged himself with a Darío Osorio’s deflected shot in the 13th minute, but the Canarinha began to take control of the game and had his first attempt with Rodrygo whose shot was rejected.
Brazil shook off the blow and dominated the ball after 15 minutes of play, but could not create danger in Brayan Cortés’ goal, while Chile tried to pressure the Brazilian exit without success.
The five-time champions generated options on the wings, mostly on the right and The Red She was overwhelmed with multiple rejections of balls that the Verdeamarela tried to filter into the area or directly shoot on goal.
The team of Dorival Junior He looked for the goal with crosses into the area. Savinho from the right corner of the area, and with insistence he broke the Chilean lock for the tie at the end of the first half.
A header from Igor Jesús leveled the score and the striker himself could have scored the second before the break, again with a pass from Savinho.
At the beginning of the second half, Chile was unable to repeat what it did at the start of the match. Brazil maintained its dominance with pressure on Cortés’ goal and the few advances they made were dissipated by turnovers.
The danger that Brazil generated lacked effectiveness, the most promising play was a fall by Rodrygo in the area that was futilely claimed for a penalty. The Redmeanwhile, He had a deflected shot with Diego Valdés that went high.
The touch with which Brazil dominated their attacks in the first half of the match was lost with the departure of Lucas Paquetátheir game became more direct with speed and ended with inaccuracies in recovering the ball for both teams.
The Red He got a second wind ten minutes from the end in which he generated attacking movement in the Brazilian area, with a mobile Lucas Cepeda, who came on as a substitute, and Osorio looking for a goal.
But Brazil punished again at the end with the goal of Luiz Henrique, who took a left-footed shot inside the area given the passivity of the Chilean defense.
Chile will try to look for points next Tuesday when they visit Colombia in Barranquilla, while Brazil will host Peru in Brasilia.
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