The South American teams took advantage of the FIFA window to prepare for the Copa América.
Unlike the
Argentine National Team
, which had to find last-minute rivals for a tour of the United States, its main opponents in order to retain the title it won in 2021 faced European and African powers, although the majority did not fare well. good.
Thus,
Brazil tied on the hour against Spain
in Madrid in a great game with three penalties,
Chile
and
Uruguay
stumbled against
France
and
Ivory Coast
, while the only one that came out well was
Colombia
, which beat
Romania
to reach
18 games undefeated
led by Argentine coach
Néstor Lorenzo
.
The 'excuse' for the confrontation in Madrid was the fight against racism, very pending on the La Liga fields precisely due to the presence of Vinicius Jr. who was captain of the visitors, on Dorival's first tour as coach, who had started with a victory over England last Saturday.
Spain dominated Verdeamarela from the start
and
struck first, although with controversy.
La
Roja
attacked from the right, Lamine Yamal entered the area and Joao Gomes crossed the line.
Although the Brazilian midfielder crossed his leg, there was no contact and the Barcelona forward dropped, referee Nobre awarded the maximum penalty and, since there is no VAR, it could not be reviewed.
PENALTY FOR SPAIN... 😳
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The person in charge of changing it for a goal was the team captain,
Rodri
.
The City
player
hit him hard and in the middle,
Bento
threw himself to his right.
The Spaniard quickly pointed his fingers to the sky and burst into tears over the recent
death of his grandfather
.
MISTAKE by Unai Simón and GREAT GOAL by Rodrygo for Brazil's discount against Spain!
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At 36 minutes,
Dani Olmo
scored the second for
Spain
after a great play in which he eluded two
Brazilian
players with a shot and put it into the upper left corner.
At the end of the first half, a mistake in the start by
Unai Simón
left the ball served to
Rodrygo
so that he could score over the goalkeeper himself and score a goal.
The second half began,
Brazil
moved the bench,
Endrick
came on for
Rodrygo
.
The South American team came out to put Spain against their goal.
Only five minutes had passed after the restart and Dorival
's team
found the equalizer at the feet of young Endrick.
A poorly rejected corner kick left the ball served to the next
Real Madrid
player , he volleyed it on the way, a slight deflection and it went into the back of the net to score his second goal in the
Verdeamarela
and the first in the
Santiago Bernabeu
.
THE FIRST OF HOW MANY?
ENDRICK ALREADY SCORED IN THE BERNABÉU... BUT WITH THE COLORS OF BRAZIL.
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The second half began, Brazil moved the bench so that Endrick came in for Rodrygo.
And the Palmeiras jewel had an unbeatable debut in what will be his home starting in June, when he joins Real Madrid.
Only five minutes had passed after the restart and the Dorival National Team found the tie at the feet of Endrick, who went to celebrate with his family, the same one to whom he had dedicated an emotional letter the day before.
The closing was for all tastes and with controversy.
The strong leg dominated, there were clashes even between members of the substitute benches, and two penalties determined the final tie.
It was
Rodri
- again - who changed for a goal in the first instance and the other captain,
Lucas Paquetá
, who defined the maximum penalty sanctioned 15 seconds from the end of the recovered time with a left foot and which gave him the 3 to 3 final.