Brazil x Venezuela: The draw adds to the team’s list of home embarrassments this century

Canarinho scored with an overhead kick at the end of the match, in Cuiabá, in the Qualifiers

In a surprising result, Brazil drew 1-1 with Venezuela, playing in Cuiabá-MT, in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Although it is an unusual result, it is not the only one from the Seleção to play at home this century . Apart from the famous 7-1, at Mineirão, in 2014, Canarinho has disappointed against inferior South American teams for the last 22 years.

Against the Venezuelans themselves, for example, it is not the first time this has happened in recent times. In 2019, in Fonte Nova, for the Copa América, Brazil did not recover from a 0-0 deficit under the guidance of coach Tite.

Ten years earlier, in 2009, in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, the team had hosted Venezuela at Campo Grande-MS and also failed to score 0-0. At that time, the technical direction was four-time champion Dunga, but his place for the World Cup in South Africa was already guaranteed: the match was in the last round.

About a year before the draw against the Venezuelans, it was the turn of Dunga’s Brazil to disappoint against Bolivia, in the same qualifiers: 0-0 at Nilton Santos, amid boos from the fans and requests for the coach’s dismissal.

In the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, when the team was very fluctuating, the embarrassing home draw was against Peru, at Morumbi, under the guidance of Emerson Leão. After taking the lead with Romário, the tie came with Pajuelo: 1 to 1.

Finally, we cannot fail to mention the Seleção’s biggest embarrassment of all time, the 7-1 defeat against Germany in the semi-final of the 2014 World Cup, in Mineirão. The team led by Felipão was defeated by the Germans, was excluded from the final and was beaten 3-0 by the Netherlands in the third place match.

Source: Terra

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