Diego Gómez scored in the first half and secured the victory for the Paraguayans. The Brazilian team has another weak performance
Brazil, with another poor performance, lost against Paraguay 1-0, this Tuesday (10), at the Defensores del Chaco, in the eighth round of World Cup qualifiers. Diego Gómez, in the 18th minute of the first half, scored the winning goal for Paraguay, who had a great defensive performance to keep the Brazilian team at bay. In turn, Canarinho did little during the 90 minutes, was again behind and suffered yet another defeat in the competition.
With this result, the Brazilian team drops to fifth place, but remains in the qualification zone for the next World Cup. Paraguay added three points, jumped to seventh place and is currently in the running for the World Cup play-offs.
First defeat of the Dorival era
In fact, this was Brazil’s first defeat since Dorival Júnior took over the team. In the Copa América, Canarinho fell on penalties against Uruguay, in the quarter-finals, but finished the competition undefeated. In addition, he did not lose any friendly and beat Ecuador 1-0, last Friday (6), in Couto Pereira.
Brazil’s terrible first half
The Brazilian team was nothing in the first 45 minutes in Asunción. After all, without inspiration and little creativity, Canarinho failed to pierce the bolt created by Gustavo Alfaro and had a worrying first phase. So much so that he ended up behind the scoreboard. In the 18th minute, Diego Gómez calmly rejects Bruno Guimarães and hits a great shot, with no chance for Alisson, who scores the 1-0 for Paraguay. The best chance for Brazil came with Guilherme Arana, in the 23rd minute. Vinícius Júnior moved well on the left and made the left back arrive with a shot. However, Júnior Alonso appeared on the line to take the ball away. In addition, Brazil entered the second half at Defensores del Chaco with many things to fix.
Brazil comes back better in the second half, but the goal…
In the second half, Brazil returned to being more offensive with the arrival of Luiz Henrique and João Pedro. In fact, Canarinho had a great opportunity in the first minute of the final phase. Rodrygo received the ball from João Pedro and went in front of the goal, but he took the ball with too much force and isolated it. However, the Brazilian team failed to create a clear goal opportunity. In turn, Paraguay spent the time as best they could and resisted with the support of their fans, who celebrated seeing their team defeat the five-time world champion. Vinícius Júnior still had two, but was stopped by two good saves from Gatito Fernández. The Paraguayans had a scare in the 32nd minute, on a corner kick Bobadilla freed himself and headed the ball. The ball was deflected by Marquinhos and hit the goal of goalkeeper Alisson.
Paraguay emerges victorious in Asunción
In the final minutes, Brazil failed to create anything special on the pitch. Gerson had one last chance from outside the box, but he isolated it. Paraguay closed their defense perfectly and held firm. Thus, they managed to secure three points in front of their fans. In turn, the Brazilian team had another frustrating performance and left Assunção in debt.
PARAGUAY X BRAZIL
Eighth round of World Cup 2026 qualifiers
Date-Time: 9/9/2024, 21:30 (Brasilia time)
Position: Chaco Defenders, Asunción (PAR)
PARAGUAY: Kitten; Cáceres, Balbuena, Alderete (Velázquez, 37’/1°T) and Junior Alonso; Villasanti, Bobadilla, Diego Gómez (Ramón Sosa, 19’/2°T) and Almirón (Cuenca, 39’/2°T); Enciso (Riveros, 39’/2°T) and Pitta (Alex Arce, 19’/2°T) . Technician: Gustavo Alfaro.
BRAZIL: Alisson; Danilo, Marquinhos, Gabriel Magalhães and Guilherme Arana (Estêvão, 39’/2°T); Bruno Guimarães (Luiz Henrique, break), André and Lucas Paquetá (Gerson, 33’/2°T); Endrick (João Pedro, break), Rodrygo (Lucas Moura, 33’/2°T) and Vini Jr. Technician: Dorival Junior.
Goals: Diego Gómez, 18’/1°T (1-0);
Referee: Andrés Matonte (URU)
Assistants: Nicolas Tarán and Andrés Nievas (URU)
VAR: Alberto Feres (URU)
Yellow card: Júnior Alonso, Bobadilla and Almirón (PAR); Lucas Paquetá (BRA)
Red card:-
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