On the morning of October 16 (Vietnam time), the Brazilian team hosted Peru at the National Mane Garrincha home stadium in Brasilia. The match took place 15 minutes later than expected, but the victory did not slip away from the home team as worried somewhere...
The squad still lacks many stars such as the hard-fought victory on Chile's field a few days ago, coach Dorival Junior continued to choose Igor Jesus to start as a center forward instead of Endrick.
However, in this match, the 23-year-old striker only played at a round-trip level. The best performer was Raphinha.
After firing a thunderous shot from close range that hit the crossbar after about half an hour of play, the Barcelona player opened the scoring on the 11m mark in the 38th minute, when the referee caught the Peru defender playing with his hand in the penalty area.
Nearly 10 minutes of the second half, the same scenario occurred, Raphinha successfully executed the 11m kick, after Carlos Zambrano - who was blown away in the previous 11m, continued to be a criminal when he fouled Savinho.
The visitors could only have three shots throughout the match, but committed 15 fouls, receiving five yellow cards in an attempt to stop the home team.
The second half of the second half was the voice of the reserve factors, when 2 out of 5 players coming on as substitutes, Andreas Pereira and Luiz Henrique, scored in the 71st and 74th minutes, respectively, sealing a 4-0 victory.
Although not excited and having a prominent star like Lionel Messi (scoring 3 goals, assisting 2 goals in the win over Bolivia), the 3 points were enough to keep Selecao in 4th place on the rankings with 16 points - equal to Uruguay, 6 points behind Argentina, 3 points behind Colombia and 5 points ahead of Venezuela's 8th place.
