Brazil suffered until the end, but Chile hit early on Thursday with a 2-1 goal, in a match played in Santiago, counting for the new round of South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
Chile opened the scoring after 2 minutes with a header from striker Eduardo Vargas, after a good cross from Felipe Loyola.
However, the Canaries turned things around, thanks to two goals from two Botafogo players from Artur Jorge: A header from striker Igor Jesus in first-half stoppage time (45’+2) and a shot from Luiz Henrique almost at the end of the day. the game (89′), it was enough for Brazil to score the three points.
With 13 points, Brazil rose to fourth place in the Qualifiers. Chile has five points and is in second last place among the ten teams.
The Brazilian team thus ended a negative sequence of four victories in five games, but doubts arose again about the football presented. The team only managed three shots in 90 minutes.
“In two years we will have a strong team, but we will have to go through some difficulties until then”, said Dorival Junior after the victory.
“We have to have a little patience”, the Brazilian coach responded to the criticism.
Despite the irregularity, it will be very difficult for the five-time world champion team not to qualify for the 2026 World Cup: The seventh-placed team has six straight places to play, among ten teams.
Brazil will host Peru on October 15 and Chile will play away to Colombia on day ten.
Thursday’s results:
Bolivia – Colombia 1 – 0
Ecuador – Paraguay 0 – 0
Venezuela – Argentina 1 – 1
Chile – Brazil 1 – 2
– Friday:
(22:30) Peru – Uruguay
Classification: Pts JVED Gp Gc SG
1. Argentina 19 9 6 1 2 13 5 8
2. Colombia 16 9 4 4 1 9 6 3
3. Uruguay 15 8 4 3 1 13 5 8
4. Brazil 13 9 4 1 4 11 9 2
5. Ecuador 12 9 4 3 2 6 4 2
6. Bolivia 12 9 4 0 5 11 15 -4
7. Venezuela 11 9 2 5 2 7 8 -1
8. Paraguay 10 9 2 4 3 2 3 -1
9. Chile 5 9 1 2 6 5 14 -9
10. Peru 3 8 0 3 5 2 10 -8