Spain and Brazil tied in a brilliant friendly match. Six goals, three penalties, a goalkeeper error and a sea of beauty: what happened.
In the previous match the Spanish lost to the Colombians (0-1). It is not known if because of that or because of the usual rotation, but De la Fuente changed almost the entire base: only Laporte remained. Junior was not radical and repeated the composition of the victorious match against England (1-0). Except Danilo gave the captain’s armband to Vinicius, because the match was dedicated to the fight against racism. And the Real Madrid winger is the main ambassador here. Of course, for Vini, 23, that experience in the national team was his debut.
The Spanish castling worked: in the 11th minute, Yamal ran into the box, turned Wendell and almost passed Guimarães, tripping over his leg Sterling-style. There was no obvious foul, but one touch was enough to award an 11-meter penalty. Rodri shot through the center and opened the scoring, as if he had listened to Dziuba’s advice from 2018. The first moment… and immediately a goal!
Yamal’s foul, for which a penalty was awarded in favor of Spain
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Wingers from both teams competed to see which individual pass would be the best. Yamal earned a penalty. Shortly after, Rodrigo took charge of the match, escaped from two rivals and passed it to Vinicius, who wasted the chance with a weak shot. And then Nico Williams’ drive ended with an inaccurate shot into the near corner.
There were enough moments. It is for them that fans watch friendly matches, because without the intrigue of the tournament, footballers tend to play more relaxed. The Europeans had more possession of the ball and shots on goal, generating many more approaches. First of all, because they are Spanish: it is in their blood. Secondly, they were still fresher. As for Vinicius, Le Normant simply “ate” him.
Vini suffers racism to the point of tears:
“There is less and less desire to play.” Why did Vinicius cry at the press conference?
In the 37th minute there was a second goal, and what a goal! Olmo received a pass from Yamal and made fools of three people at once (!): he threw the ball between Beraldo’s legs, beat Wendell and Guimarães and then gracefully put it into the far corner. I only have one question: why is Dani still in Leipzig?
The Spanish relaxed too much and after a couple of minutes Brazil punished them. Simón and Rodri arranged a pass that ended with the goalkeeper’s pass to Rodrigo. Scoop, goal. The five-time world champions cannot be treated with disdain. And it doesn’t matter that they won the last World Cup 22 years ago.
Rodrigo’s goal after Simón’s mistake
Photo: frame of the transmission.
During the break, only Junior castled, and four at the same time: Danilo, Guimarães, Gómez and Rafinha replaced Couta, Trindade, Pereira and Endrick.
The 17-year-old Real Madrid player (with a volley) had recently scored against England and new exploits were expected from him. He did not disappoint: he scored within four minutes! In the stadium, which will soon become his home! I just played on the rebound after a corner, lowered my body and volleyed towards the far corner! There was a slight bounce there, but that doesn’t take away from Endrik’s coolness.
Then the South Americans should have gone ahead: Simón finished off Rodrigo’s shot from close range. Previously, Spain seemed much cooler. Brazil didn’t care: he was encouraged and turned the game around.
How Endrick nailed England:
England could not contain the rising Brazilian star. Endrik, 17, scored his first goal
And then the game calmed down. Vinicius leaves in the 71st minute and Luis appears. The stands applauded the Real Madrid star, but the match was clearly not a success for him. By the way, he could not sit still on the bench: Endrik, excited, vengefully ran after Kukurelya, still knocked him out for the third time and received a yellow card, for which the star teammate began to deal with the referee and almost ran away. to field. Classic. Racism is racism, but Vini clearly needs to turn it up a notch.
Spain did not make its first changes until the 82nd minute: Oyarzabal and Kubarsi replaced Morata and Le Normand. At the same time Galen entered in Rodrigo’s place. He will become one of the heroes of the match, earning a penalty a few seconds before the final whistle with a foul by Carvajal. The shot from the point was converted by Paquetá.
And yet, the score ended in a tie, because it was Beraldo who knocked down Carvajal in his own area. This time Rodri shot into the left corner, but Bento again failed to save. 3:3!
Spectators clearly gathered at the Santiago Bernabéu for good reason. First we saw a great game. Secondly, the goal of the future favorite. Well, Endrik seems to have earned a reputation as the executioner of the best teams.
