Brazil has suffered damage in the battle for one of the six direct South American World Cup tickets. The Selection did not get further than a draw against Venezuela (1-1), partly due to a missed penalty from Vinícius Júnior.
Brazil, which did not experience such a flawless World Cup qualification as we know it, did not have Neymar at its disposal. The Brazilian star recently recovered from a cruciate ligament injury, but suffered a hamstring injury. By the way, Dorival Júnior was not yet planning to call up the veteran. As did Endrick, who, according to the national coach, was not eligible due to insufficient playing time at Real Madrid and poor form.
Fortunately, the Brazilian team always guarantees other stars who will step up. Vinícius and Raphinha were present. The latter is in great form at Barcelona and showed his class again on Thursday. The attacker was allowed to line up for a free kick, shot it in via the inside of the post and then scored celebration from Neymar. It is likely that Raphinha wanted to encourage him with this.
Venezuela intervened at halftime and that led almost immediately to success. Telasco Segovia was the player sent on and he immediately did his job by scoring within the minute. Brazil then had an excellent opportunity to take the lead again through Vinícius, who earned a penalty just after the hour. However, the Real Madrid star took aim and missed, causing the well-known football law to come into effect again.
Venezuela finished the match with ten due to a red card from Alexander Gonzales, but no more goals were scored. With that the Selection So damage is expected and what makes this even more sad is that a very tough program is coming up. With Uruguay (home), Colombia (home), Argentina (away) and Ecuador (away), the South Americans face a tough series.
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