Brazil wanted an 89th-minute objective by substitute Luiz Henrique to seal a 2-1 win over Chile of their South American World Cup qualifier.
Beneath-pressure coach Dorival Junior’s crew fell behind when veteran striker Eduardo Vargas headed previous goalkeeper Ederson.
Brazil struggled to create clear probabilities, however managed to equalize by Igor Jesus, who got here on as a substitute for injured Actual Madrid ahead Vinicius Junior.
Henrique – who performs for Botafogo – then scored his first worldwide objective from the sting of the world to take the factors.
“This shirt means quite a bit. It’s a nice feeling for us to put on it. We all know what is going on, however we wished to vary it,” stated Henrique. “Our followers will be positive we are going to battle at all times for this crew. We’re the one five-time World Cup champions, we are going to play with ardour.”
Dorival Junior stated: “We can have a really robust crew two years from now.
“However it is just within the dictionary that success comes earlier than work.”
Elsewhere, Lionel Messi made his return to worldwide responsibility as Argentina had been held to a 1-1 draw in opposition to Venezuela.
🏆 #Eliminatorias
⚽ @Argentina 🇦🇷 1 (Nicolás Otamendi) 🆚 #Venezuela 🇻🇪 1 (Salomón Rondón)
👉 ¡Ultimate del partido!
🔜 El próximo martes el equipo comandado por Lionel #Scaloni jugará ante #Bolivia 🇧🇴 pic.twitter.com/0Jd9IyqG1k
— 🇦🇷 Selección Argentina ⭐⭐⭐ (@Argentina) October 10, 2024
Captain Messi, 37, absolutely recovered from an harm sustained within the Copa America remaining in opposition to Colombia in July, was good in establishing Otamendi on a drenched pitch to open the scoring 13 minutes after kick-off, which was delayed by half an hour as a result of heavy rain.
Argentina goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli, filling in for Emiliano Martinez, who’s serving a two-match ban for offensive behaviour, produced a fantastic efficiency to maintain out Salomon Rondon’s first-half efforts.
Nevertheless, the decided Venezuelan striker equalized within the second half with a header from Yeferson Soteldo’s cross.
“It was an unpleasant match. We couldn’t even make two passes in a row, the ball stopped due to the water on the pitch. It’s tough to play in these circumstances, the pitch didn’t assist,” Messi advised TyC Sports activities after the sport.
“The perfect circumstances for us to play is that there’s a good pitch, good climate, that the ball runs. We don’t ask for a lot, can we?” added midfielder Rodrigo de Paul.
Argentina are prime of the standings on 19 factors, forward of Colombia, Uruguay and Brazil.
