10/10/2024 20:01hs. Updated on 10/10/2024 11:11 p.m.
With many emergencies, even more nerves and a difficult present, Chile and Brazil met in Santiago with their problems on their backs. On the one hand, the local team, second to last in the Qualifiers table, with Gareca criticized and with Arturo Vidal firing heavy ammunition. On the other side, a Brazil plunged into a crisis rarely seen. With important absences (Alisson, Militao and Vincius were not there), with another in the middle of a sports betting scandal (Lucas Paquetá) and fighting incredibly to get among the six that go to the World Cup. cWith little football and a star drought like it hasn’t suffered in a long time. With Igor Jesus, the Botafogo striker, making his debut as Brazil’s number 9.
The night began without pause and with a lot of morbidity. In the first attack of the match, one minute into the game, Loyola threw a perfect cross for Eduardo Vargas’ lofted header. Chile beat Brazil from the beginning and sank them into the Repechage zone with the same points as Paraguay but better goal difference. Scandal. The stay in Chilean lands would have ended in scandal if Dorival Jr’s team lost its second consecutive game against one of the weakest teams, because they had already lost to Paraguay in September.
Brazil entered asleep and started losing
But Brazil was warming up. The first 20 minutes were difficult for him. He lost the middle and retreated badly. Osorio had the second with a great left foot that passed close to the corner. But it kept getting punctured. The visitor began to handle the ball more and better. They had an exit from below without rival pressure, the midfield played with confidence and those up top were already playing hand in hand against the Chilean line of four. On the sides, Dorival Jr’s men began to overflow. Savinho on the right and Rodrygo on the left did damage. Brazil was missing the final stitch. It went up to three quarters, but it was blurred. He didn’t have any luck either, Maripán was able to put it against him by scoring a cross, but he kissed the post further away from Cortés, Arias’ replacement. The Racing goalkeeper was not summoned.
Brazil’s goals in key moments
In the last half of the first half, in a key moment of the match, Brazil equalized. The play was born from a request for a penalty from Valdés that Herrera did not buy. From there, Savinho attacked from the right and took a cross for the head of Igor Jesus. Yes, the debutant hit a cross and diving header into the ground to make it 1-1 at 46′. It was the boost of confidence the visit needed.
The Already in the ST, History ended up leaning in favor of Brazil. Now without the backpack of being at a disadvantage, he searched for it during the 45 minutes to reach the goal again, the winning one. Luiz Henrique started from the right, hooked to get into the area, feinted a couple of times and took a left footed shot that went into Valdés’ far post. Brazil won and took a breath. Chile, getting worse and worse.
THE GOALS OF THE MATCH
Chile National Team –
Chile’s goals 1 – Brazil 2
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