- The Canary against La Roja 2-1 as a visitor in the ninth round of the South American Qualifying Championship.
- Igor Jesús and Luis Henrique scored the goals for the Brazilian replay at the National Stadium in Santiago.
The Brazilian team had to wait until the last minutes, but with goals from two young forwards, they beat Chile 2-1 this Thursday at the Julio Martínez Prádanos Stadium in Santiago, on Matchday 9 of the South American Cup qualifiers World – United States of America, Mexico and Canada 2026.
La Roja opened the scoring quickly, shortly after the first minute of play, thanks to a header from one of their top scorers, Eduardo Vargas, after a great cross from Felipe Loyola.
Almost at the end of the first part, the Selection The tie was taken to the locker room with a header from Igor Jesus, the Botafogo striker making his debut for Brazil’s senior team.
Then, shortly before the start of extra time, another Botafogo player, Luis Henrique, managed to score the 2-1 comeback victory, so that the team led by Dorival Júnior regained three points in the table.
With 13 points, the Brazilian team climbed to fourth place in the South American Qualifiers. Chile collects five points and is penultimate out of ten teams.
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- Eduardo Vargas’ goal was the fastest in the current edition of the South American Qualifiers (1:08). It was also the fastest goal conceded by Brazil in a game in the last 10 years.
- Igor Jesus was the first player to score in his debut match for the Brazil team led by Dorival Júnior. The Botafogo striker was the 14th to play his first game for the Canary during the current coach’s tenure.
- Brazil had 71.4% possession in the draw against Chile. It is the fourth highest record by a team as a visitor in the last four editions of the South American Qualifiers, surpassed by Chile against Uruguay in 2015 (73.4%), also by Argentina against Uruguay in 2017 (79.5%) and Argentina in against Venezuela in 2021 (72.7 %).
- Brazil have won four and lost two of their eight games against Chile in the South American Qualifiers, as well as two draws. Brazil and Argentina (6W 1D 1L) are the only countries with more wins than losses as visitors against La Roja in the competition.
- Both players who scored Brazil’s goal play for Botafogo. The last time more than one player from the same team scored in a match against Brazil was in June 2023, when Selection They beat Guinea and three Real Madrid players scored: Rodrygo, Éder Militão and Vinícius Júnior.
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