Endrick’s Brazil put its qualification for the Olympic Games in jeopardy with a narrow defeat against Paraguay in Caracas. The future Madrid player missed a penalty with the score 0-0.
With the goal of midfielder Fabrizio Peralta, Paraguay defeated Brazil this Monday in the first game of the final quadrangular of the South American Pre-Olympic, which will be held in Venezuela; and thus earned the first three points of this stage that will last until Sunday.
In the match, played at the Brígido Iriarte stadium in Caracas, Paraguay showed solvency and a solid attack by facing one of the strongest in the region and left it on the field with a header from Peralta, at the end of the first half
As soon as the initial whistle blew, Albirroja let loose on the attack and got their first scoring chance with a shot from midfielder Diego Gómez, Lionel Messi’s teammate at Inter Miami, that barely missed got
Canarinha tried to get forward, but the Paraguayan attack cornered them in their sector of the field and stopped them.
Brazil’s big missed opportunity came in the 26th minute, when a penalty taken by star Endrick was saved by Paraguayan goalkeeper Ángel González.
At the top of the match, Brazil tried to take control, but Paraguay’s defense prevented them from doing any damage.
For their part, the Guaraníes almost increased their advantage, but goalkeeper Mycael Pontes showed his class and prevented two clear chances.
In the second date, Albirroja will face Argentina on Thursday, while Brazil will face, on the same day, Venezuela, who managed to defeat them in the last match of the group stage.
Brazil hit a home run as group A leader, while Paraguay secured second place in group B by adding seven points.
The Pre-Olympic tournament, which will be held for the first time on Venezuelan soil and gives two places to Paris 2024, will determine a regional champion, a title held by Argentina, and a runner-up, a place occupied in the last edition of Brazil, which ended up taking gold at Tokyo 2020
Source: La Verdad
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