The new cycle of the Brazilian team began last week, with the duel and victory over England, in the debut of Dorival Júnior as Brazil coach
The new cycle of the Brazilian team began last week, with the duel and victory over England, with the debut of Dorival Júnior as Brazil coach, and on Tuesday evening (26) concluded the friendlies of the first FIFA date of 2024 with a draw against Spain.
The balance of the two matches under the guidance of Dorival, the new coach, is positive. The Seleção won again after four games and a very negative end to the year (2023), and with football below expectations. Brazil started 2024 by showing good football, especially in the 1-0 win over England on March 23.
Endrick scored the only goal of the match, but the team itself did very well against a European team. He was strong and confident, as well as very competitive in front of the team that hadn’t lost for 10 games and was eventually overtaken by Brazil, who had only lost.
In fact, it’s been a long time since the Seleção faced the famous ‘top teams’ in the European Championships in friendly matches. And now he faced him again and won.
The match against Spain was marked by much controversy. The Spaniards took the lead with a goal from a penalty, converted by Rodri. At the time, many complained that João Gomes had not taken the penalty on Yamal, but the referee scored and the opponents took the lead. There was also another disputed penalty, in the second half, and Rodri scored Spain’s third goal with the match tied at 2-2. The Spaniards had opened 2-0 and Brazil equalized through Rodrygo and Endrick. After the 3-2, in the end, Lucas Paquetá, from the penalty spot, equalized 3-3 at the Santiago Bernabéu.
It was a positive balance. The Seleção comes out far behind in the table and takes the lead. He could have done more, but was stopped by goalkeeper Unai Simón’s saves and his own wasted shots. He had other good opportunities with Endrick, Vini Jr and Paquetá.
In two matches, Dorival has already shown himself in the team he created, as well as having brought into the squad other names such as Beraldo, the goalkeepers Bento, Léo Jardim, and as well as Endrick himself, protagonist of the Seleção friendlies. The coach has created a Brazil with already known faces, such as Vini Jr, Paquetá, Danilo and new ones. He gave a good result for this start of work in the Brazilian team.
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NEXT COMMITMENTS
Brazil will return to the field only in June, to prepare for the Copa América. On 8/06 and 12/06 they will face Mexico and the United States respectively in preparatory friendly matches. In the World Cup, the team will begin the group stage by dueling with Costa Rica on June 24. Then they will face Paraguay and Colombia.
Source: Terra
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