The choice of Brazil He lost this Tuesday Peru 0-1 with a goal from Marquinhos with seconds remaining before the final whistle, in a very close match on the second day of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, played at the National Stadium in Lima.
The winning goal came in the 90th minute with a header from the PSG centre-back following a corner and amid intense attacks from both teams to open the scoring.
With this result, Diniz’s team added a second straight win and leads the table in the South American qualifiers.
Peru added just one point, after a goalless draw with Paraguay and ten players, on the first day of the South American qualifiers, while Brazil handed Bolivia a 5-1 win in the city of Belém.
In the opening minutes, Peru captain Paolo Guerrero led Brazil’s first arrival on the field, but missed a chance to shoot in front of Ederson’s goal. Juan Reynoso’s men started to attack, but Canarinha slowed the game down and tried to go on the offensive with Casemiro taking the initiative.
In the early stages of the match, Rodrygo managed to reach Peru’s place in joint play, but failed to open the scoring. On 15 minutes, Rafinha finished and beat Pedro Gallese while he was offside and the goal was disallowed by the referee after consulting the VAR.
Again, on 28 minutes Richarlison came on, and Peru claimed an offside position, which was confirmed by VAR after a lengthy seven-minute review and the referee disallowed the goal. With Brazil’s two shots disallowed, Raphinha received the first yellow card for a foul on Peru’s captain, Guerrero, an old acquaintance of Brazilian football. At the end of the first half, Gallese blocked a shot from Neymar, who went into halftime demanding play from the referee, a trend he repeated throughout the match.
At the start of the second half, Neymar took a free kick that fell limply into the hands of Gallese. Rodrygo pressed Bicolor again when trying to reach Peru’s area, but the defense blocked and Brazil rearranged Guimaraes to keep the attack going.
When it seemed that each team would take a point, Brazil took a corner from the left side of the field, Marquinhos got ahead of the defense and finished with a header, completely changing the trajectory of the ball, preventing Gallese from obstructive. this.
On the third day of next October, Peru will visit Chile, while Brazil will host Venezuela.
DATA SHEET
0 – Peru: Pedro Gallese, Aldo Corzo, Luis Abram, Miguel Trauco, Renato Tapia, Yoshimar Yotún, Wilder Cartagena (d. 67, Jesús Castillo), André Carrillo (d. 77, Raúl Ruidiaz), Marcos López, Andy Polo (d.46, Joao Grimaldo) and Paolo Guerrero
Coach: Juan Reynoso
1 – Brazil: Ederson, Danilo (m.85, Vanderson), Marquinhos, Gabriel Magalhães, Renan Lodi, Casemiro, Bruno Guimarães, Neymar (m.93, Rafael), Rodrygo, Raphinha and Richarlison. (d. 63, Gabriel Jesús)
Coach: Fernando Diniz
Referee: Argentine Fernando Rapallini warned Raphinha (m.42), Cartagena (m.52), Tapia (m.47), López (m.58), Guimaraes (m.60)
The objectives: 0-1, Marquinhos (m.89)
Incidents: Match on the second day of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, played at the National Stadium in Lima
Source: La Verdad
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