- The Canarinha defeated La Roja 2-1 as a visitor on the ninth round of the South American Qualifiers.
- Igor Jesús and Luis Henrique scored the goals for the Brazilian comeback at the National Stadium in Santiago.
The Brazilian team had to wait until the last minutes, but with goals from two young forwards, they beat Chile 2-1 this Thursday at the Julio Martínez Prádanos Stadium in Santiago, for Date 9 of the South American Qualifiers for the World Cup. FIFA – United States, Mexico and Canada 2026.
La Roja opened the account quickly, shortly after the first minute of play, thanks to a header from one of their top scorers, Eduardo Vargas, after a great cross from Felipe Loyola.
Almost at the close of the first part, the Selection He managed to bring the tie to the locker room with a header from Igor Jesus, a Botafogo striker making his debut with the Brazilian senior team.
Then, shortly before the start of added time, another Botafogo player, Luis Henrique, managed to score the 2-1 comeback win, so that the team led by Dorival Júnior once again gained three points in the table.
With 13 points, the Brazilian team climbed to fourth place in the South American Qualifiers. Chile accumulates five points and is penultimate of ten teams.
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- Eduardo Vargas’ goal was the fastest of the current edition of the South American Qualifiers (1:08). It was also the fastest goal conceded by Brazil in a match in the last 10 years.
- Igor Jesus was the first player to debut in the Brazilian team under the command of Dorival Júnior who scored in his debut. The Botafogo striker was the 14th to play his first match with the Canarinha during the current coach’s tenure.
- Brazil had 71.4% possession in the draw against Chile. It is the fourth highest record by a team as a visitor in the last four editions of the South American Qualifiers, surpassed by Chile against Uruguay in 2015 (73.4%), Argentina also against Uruguay in 2017 (79.5%) and Argentina against Venezuela in 2021 (72.7 %).
- Brazil won four and lost two of their eight away games against Chile in the South American Qualifiers, as well as two draws. Brazil and Argentina (W6 D1 L1) are the only countries with more wins than losses as visitors against La Roja in the tournament.
- The two players who scored the Brazilian goals play for Botafogo. The last time more than one player from the same team had scored in a match with Brazil was in June 2023, when the Selection They beat Guinea and three Real Madrid players scored: Rodrygo, Éder Militão and Vinícius Júnior.
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