Chile vs Brazil 1-2: Vargas gave hope early in the 2nd minute but Jesus equalized, Henrique sealed the 3 points, a classy comeback

Full time! Brazil Chile 2-1 at their field. The Selecao moved up to fourth place in the South American World Cup 2026 qualifying rankings, 6 points behind the winner Argentina. They had 13 points in hand after 9 games. With 5 points, Chile is still in last place.

In the next round, Chile will go to Colombia and Brazil will play Peru at home.

In the second half, there is five minutes of extra time.

Minute 89: Goal! Luiz Henrique came in from the right side and into the penalty area. He calmly handled the ball and scored with a tricky curling shot, making the score 2-1 for Brazil.

In the 85th minute, Gabriel Martinelli replaced Abner to make Brazil’s stronger.

At the National Stadium in Santiago, Chile’s city, the game was quickly put in place. They kept making short passes in sync in the middle of the field, which stretched the wings and then crossed inside or changed their direction to go to the middle. Because they didn’t mark the right player, Brazil paid for it in the second minute. Eduardo Vargas easily took in a cross from the right wing and headed it into the far corner, past Ederson in goal.

 

 

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Ederson played in this game because Alisson Becker was hurt. Brazil was also weaker because they lost their main scorer Vinicius and their main center back Bremer for the same reason.

The middle of Brazil’s defense also couldn’t keep the ball. When they were blocking or striking, Andre, Lucas Paqueta, and Raphinha did not have a voice that they could all agree on. In the 13th minute, Chile almost made it 2-0, but Dario Osorio’s long-range shot missed three Brazilian midfielders and went wide.

From the end of the first half on, Brazil played better. In the 45+1 minute, they scored a comeback from the penalty area that tied the game at 1-1. Igor Jesus went with a cross from the right wing that went into the far corner of the Chilean goal.

Jesus scored in his first game for his country. After four years with Shabab Al Ahli in the UAE, the 23-year-old scorer just moved back to Brazil to play for Botafogo. Coach Dorival believes in Jesus more than Real Madrid star Endrick, who is 18 years old.