On Thursday, the Brazilian national team faced a heated duel against Colombia at the Copa America 2021. Already in the 10th minute the Selecao fell behind
Only in the 78th minute could the hosts of this year’s South American Championship equalize with Liverpool striker Firmino. Since the cafeteros protested for minutes against the goal, the game had a record-breaking stoppage time on the program.
In the tenth minute of stoppage time, Casemiro scored after a corner from Neymar to win. In order to national coach Tite celebrated the tenth victory in a row and exceeded its old record.
At the beginning of his tenure from September 2016, the current coach celebrated nine wins in a row with the team. The longest winning stretch of the Selecao dates back to 1997.
At that time, coaching legend Mario Zagallo had won 14 games in a row. Against Colombia, however, the Brazilians also had to accept their first goal after six games.
At the South American Championship, Brazil has of course long since reached the next round with this yield. The Selecao can no longer take victory in the group either.
In addition, the five-time world champion is the big favorite for the title in his own country. Coach Tite has almost all the stars on board at the finals. Currently, at most, Philippe Coutinho (Barca), Alex Telles (Man U) or Arthur (Juve) are missing.
Players like Alisson (Liverpool), Danilo (Juve), Thiago Silva (Chelsea), Marquinhos (PSG), Gabriel Jesus (Man City), Fabinho (Liverpool) or Neymar (PSG) are on the line-up.
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