The match was not an option for Brazil, who were in a bad position in the points table. In the end, the Selecao won a great victory against Chile. The hosts lost 2-1.
Darival Junior’s team will take on the host Chile in Chile’s Estadio Nacional Julio Martinez Pradanos today at 6 am Bangladesh time.
The visitors had to concede a goal in the second minute of the match. Eduardo Vargas put the team ahead with a great header from Felipe Loyola’s cross. After that, Brazil wasted several opportunities. However, Igor Jesus equalized in the first minute of extra time in the first half. This forward scored for the first time after being called up to the national team.
Both teams played a sloppy game in the second half. Luiz Henrique came on as a replacement for Saviniho in the 68th minute of the match. He is the difference maker of the match. In the 89th minute of the match, Henrik entered the D-box from the right and scored with a Konakuni shot. If there is no goal in extra time in the match, the victory is guaranteed for Brazil.
With this victory, Brazil climbed to fourth place in the table of the World Cup qualifiers. Brazil’s points in 9 matches are now 13. Argentina tops with 19 points in equal matches.
Incidentally, Brazil had the worst start in their history in World Cup qualifiers. The five-time world champions were not in a very good position in the points table with almost half of the qualifiers over. In such a situation, Chile faced the team without Neymar-Vinicius in the important World Cup qualifying match.
