The team fails to pass, appears stuck on the pitch and sees the defender score from a corner to secure the win
A Brazilian team traveled to Peru and won 1-0, in the second round Qualifiers from the World Cup 2026, this Tuesday, 12. With little creativity, many passing errors and slowness on the pitch, Brazil was far from the football it presented on its debut against Bolivia and was saved on a dead ball with a goal from Marquinhos as the lights went out in Lima.
Fernando Diniz’s first away game as Brazil coach was far from expected, but the three points came from set pieces. In this way, Brazil reaches six points in the competition and remains in first place. The Peruvian team has only one and is eighth.
“This will be the face of the team (he will fight until the end). We were already expecting a more difficult match. We have to look for the result, regardless of the result. Today in the end it was a dead ball,” explained defender Marquinhos as he left the pitch.
Unlike their debut in Belém, when they attacked, annoying the opposing defense right from the start, Brazil felt a little more in difficulty. With the Peruvian team scoring a lot in the offensive field, the Brazilians bet on exchanging short passes and committed some errors, which led to dangerous plays for the home team. Despite this, Éderson only had to work a few times and almost always with calm defenses.
Brazil managed to take control of the match shortly after 15 minutes of play and scored for the first time. After a long ball to the left to Neymar, the cross was delivered, Richarlison cleared it and Raphinha scored. However, the action was canceled due to the offside of the number 10. After this moment, Peru chose to score in defense and wait a bit for the Brazilian team.
So Diniz’s men continue to dominate and manage to score once again, this time with Richarlison, but once again the shot is disallowed for offside after a long VAR analysis. In the final minutes of the first half Neymar received a nice pass on the right of the area and forced Gallese into the first great save of the match.
Brazil had the same difficulties playing at the start of the second half. With passing errors in the backfield and little creativity in overcoming the mark in attack, the game seemed to have stalled in Lima. On the Peruvian side, the team preferred to keep to itself and play little. Gradually, counting on the support of the fans in the stands, the home team tried to attack more and had difficulty overcoming the Brazilian defense.
The first major dangerous action of the second half only occurred in the 26th minute. With Neymar managing to get close to the other attackers, Raphinha takes advantage of a good pass and finishes from outside the area for a great save by Gallese.
The rest of the second was prolonged and emotionless until the end, when Brazil scored. In the 44th minute, Neymar took a corner kick to the near post and Marquinhos rose above the mark to deflect it and open the scoring. After the goal, Brazil held the ball until the final whistle and confirmed their second victory in World Cup qualifying.
PERU 0 X 1 BRAZIL
- PERU: Welsh; Corzo, Abram, López and Trauco (Valera); Tapia, Cartagena (Castillo) and Yotún; Carrillo (Ruidiaz), Polo (Grimaldo) and Guerrero. Technician: Juan Reynoso.
- BRAZIL: Éderson; Danilo (Vanderson), Marquinhos, Gabriel Magalhães (Joelinton) and Renan Lodi; Casemiro, Bruno Guimarães, Neymar (Raphael Veiga) and Rodrygo; Raphinha (Martinelli) and Richarlison (Gabriel Jesus). Technician: Fernando Diniz.
- OBJECTIVE: Marquinhos, 44′ of the second half.
- REFEREE: Fernando Rapallini (ARG).
- YELLOW CARDS: Raphinha, Cartaarena, Tapia, López, Bruno Guimarães
- PUBLIC: Not disclosed.
- INCOME: Not disclosed.
- LOCAL: National Stadium of Lima.
Source: Terra
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