At the Emirates neutral ground, the two teams entered the match at a high pace and continuously organized heavy attacks. However, from the 15th minute, Brazil began to show their superior class when they completely controlled the midfield area. Senegal tried to deploy the ball from the back but could hardly escape the suffocating pressure created by the South American representative.
In the 28th minute, Brazil opened the scoring. Casemiro's pass accidentally hit Niakhate's foot, the ball bounced right into Estevao's position. The 18-year-old Chelsea star quickly handled the situation and fired an accurate spark into the left corner, giving the Senegal goalkeeper no chance to block it.
8 minutes later, Casemiro himself doubled the gap for Brazil. From Rodrygo's free kick, the midfielder from Man United controlled the ball neatly and then took a curling shot, hitting the post before bouncing into the Senegal net.
In this match, Casemiro plays as a central midfielder pair with Bruno Guimaraes, while Selecao's attack line operates with the quartet Matheus Cunha, Vinicius, Rodrygo and Estevao. Selecao's coordinated and effective playing style shows that this could be the main squad that coach Carlo Ancelotti is aiming for.
However, in defense, Brazil still revealed some problems. In the 52nd minute, goalkeeper Ederson almost " gave" Senegal an equalizer when he lost the ball in the penalty area. Ndiaye immediately rushed in to cushion the ball in front of an almost empty goal, but the ball found its way to the post.
From mid-second half, Ancelotti's team switched to counter-attacking play. Taking advantage of the speed of Vinicius, Rodrygo and Estevao, Brazil continuously made the Senegalese defense shaky. If the La Liga duo had handled the final shots more decisively, the score could have been raised to 3-0.
This is Ancelotti's fourth victory as head coach of Brazil, after 3 victories against Paraguay (1-0), Chile (3-0) and South Korea (5-0). In the remaining 3 matches, Selecao drew Ecuador 0-0, lost to Bolivia 0-1 and lost 2-3 to Japan.
