On the morning of October 16 (Vietnam time), the Brazilian team hosted Peru at the Nacional Mane Garrincha stadium in Brasilia. The match started 15 minutes later than scheduled, but the victory did not slip away from the home team as feared somewhere…
The squad still lacks many stars like the hard-fought victory in Chile 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 averagely. The best performer was Raphinha.
After unleashing a thunderous close-range strike that hit the crossbar after about half an hour of play, the Barcelona player opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 38th minute, when the referee flagged a Peruvian defender for handling the ball in the penalty area.
Nearly 10 minutes into the second half, a similar scenario occurred, Raphinha successfully executed a penalty kick, after Carlos Zambrano - who was penalized for the previous penalty, continued to be the culprit when he fouled Savinho.
The visitors could only manage three shots throughout the match, but committed 15 fouls and picked up five yellow cards in their efforts to stop the home side.
The second half was dominated by the substitutes, with two of the five substitutes, Andreas Pereira and Luiz Henrique, scoring in the 71st and 74th minutes respectively, sealing a 4-0 victory.
Although not as jubilant and having a star like Lionel Messi (scoring 3 goals, assisting 2 goals in the win over Bolivia), 3 points are 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 8th place Venezuela.
World Cup 2026 qualifying round rankings in South America after 10 matches
