Marcos Leonardo, Andrey Santos – twice – and Matheus Martins scored for the Scratch, which had a separate duel with Argentine fans in La Plata. The state of the playing field of the Único Diego Armando Maradona stadium left a lot to be desired and sows doubts in the face of the definition for the title: semis and final will be in that venue.
Brazil will face Israel next Saturday, which qualified in agonizing fashion on Tuesday.