Full time! Brazil won 2-1 away to Chile. With 13 points after 9 matches, Selecao climbed to 4th place in the 2026 World Cup qualifying round in South America, 6 points behind the leader Argentina. Chile is still second to last with 5 points.
In the next round, Brazil hosts Peru at home, Chile visits Colombia.
The second half has 5 minutes of injury time.
Minute 89: Goal! Luiz Henrique broke through from the right wing into the penalty area, handled the ball calmly and unleashed a tricky curling shot, raising the score to 2-1 for Brazil.
Minute 85: Brazil increased their attacking personnel with Gabriel Martinelli, replacing Abner.
Minute 81: A mistake by a Brazilian player in midfield opened up an opportunity for Chile to counterattack, however, Osorio's shot was too careless.
Minute 77: Coach Dorival decided to use Endrick. The young Real Madrid player replaced Igor Jesus.
Minute 65: The referee was somewhat lenient with the fouls committed by Chilean players in the past few minutes.
Minute 52: Raphinha escaped comfortably when the Chilean team advanced, passed the home team's goalkeeper and put the ball into the net, but he was offside when he received the ball.
08:05: Second half begins. Brazil makes two substitutions, Gerson and Bruno Guimaraes replace Lucas Paqueta and Andre.
End of first half. Chile and Brazil are temporarily tied 1-1. Vargas opened the scoring for the home team early, Igor Jesus equalized when time entered injury time.
Minute 45+1: Goal! Igor Jesus equalizes for Brazil. Savinho pushes the Chilean defender, breaks through to the right wing and crosses the ball, Jesus heads it into the home team's net. Jesus' first goal in his first time playing for Brazil.
Minute 35: Expectations of improvement from Selecao are increasingly hopeless as the efforts of the yellow shirt players are almost all on an individual level.
Minute 28: Danger! The ball was crossed by Rodrygo from the left wing, the Chilean defender touched the ball and changed direction, luckily for the home team the ball missed the goal.
Minute 25: The yellow players have kept the ball up to 71% but their development is still very deadlocked. Only 1 shot has been made up to this point.
Minute 10: After conceding the goal, the Brazilian team controlled the ball (63%), but they encountered a fierce defense from the home team.
Minute 2: Goal! Great start for hosts Chile. From a cross from the right wing to the far post, Eduardo Vargas headed hard, defeating goalkeeper Ederson.
07:00: The match begins.
Pre-match information
Looking back, the 2026 World Cup qualifiers will be halfway through after the first round of matches of FIFA Days in October. It is easy to see the unusual point at this time that the Brazilian team is in the middle of the rankings, 8 points behind the top team and 7 points ahead of the bottom team.
As in previous qualifying rounds, this position is only for them to play in the play-offs. However, with the change in the number of teams participating in the finals after 2 years, South America has 6 official spots and 1 play-off spot.
In fact, Brazil is currently just one point ahead of 7th-place Paraguay and 8th-place Bolivia.
Winning only 3 and losing 4 after 8 matches is something that has never happened to Selecao in the history of the qualifying rounds. With a series of important players missing from Chile's trip to Santiago, how can they bring back 3 points?
In addition to having to work hard themselves, Selecao fans also want the home team to continue to get into trouble. Chile have not won 5 consecutive matches in the qualifying round (D1, L4) and are second to last in the rankings.
But they will also feel more optimistic if they beat Brazil, then the gap with their opponents will be only 2 points, before visiting another tough opponent, Colombia, on October 16.
