The roll in the payroll did not make a dent in the leader and classified Brazilwhich thrashed Paraguay 4-0 this Tuesday in Belo Horizonte and left it with no chance of going to the World Cup in Qatar-2022.
Guided by the speed of its extremes, Vinicius Jr and Raphinha, who scored the first goal in the 28th minute, the five-time champions had a quiet game against the penultimate of the South American qualifier, who played the rest in the stadium Mineirao.
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In addition to opening the account, the England Leeds attacker starred in the hosts’ top picks, backed by the ‘pivots’ striker Matheus Cunha.
The steering wheel Philippe Coutinho, Tite’s confidant, increased the score (62), followed by attackers Antony (86) and Rodrygo (88).
With the victory with two rounds to go, the five-time world champion remains at the top with 39 points, the product of 12 wins and three draws, while those of the Argentine Guillermo Barros Schelottowho needed to win to keep their slim qualifying chances alive, sink with 13 points.
In the last double date of the tie, which will be played in March, Brazil will receive chili and will visit boliviawhile Paraguay will play at home against Ecuador and will travel to Peru.
– Procedure game –
Without Neymar, not called up due to an ankle injury, the ‘Seleção’ he managed to come out ahead in the first two games of 2022.
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To the languid 1-1 draw against Ecuador last Thursday, the Brazilians added a victory against the Guarani despite having made six changes against the roster that equaled in Quito.
Tite gave minutes to players who don’t usually start like Vinicius, Cunha, Fabinho, Alex Telles and Dani Alves. With them, the ‘scratch’ resolved a game in which he only had to worry about attacking.
Without bothering Éderson, the Paraguayans, forced to add, limited themselves to resisting the onslaught of the locals, who tested goalkeeper Antony Silva through a one-on-one from Vinicius and a violent header from Thiago Silva.
After stinging onslaughts of raphinha on the right, and the options already reported by his teammates, it was evident that the Guarani defense was going to fall at some point.
And the winger gave up resistance when receiving a long ball from Marquinhos, from midfield, slip between the central and the lateral and define the goalkeeper’s left post with his left foot.
– Redemption –
The sentence took a while to arrive, and not for lack of will Brazilso many times questioned within its border for the opacity of its football.
Criticized for his irregularity with Barcelona in recent months, Coutinho, who had a promising start to the year with his new club, Aston Villa, silenced the darts against him and responded to the confidence of the coach, who considers him an alternative to the repeated absences of ‘Ney’.
The former azulgrana unleashed a right hand from outside the area that hung Silva to score his 19th goal with the national jersey.
The young Brazilian blood buried the match and incidentally transmitted a message of calm: with starters or without them (Casemiro, Alisson and Fred rested), Brazil he knows how to win, even if he doesn’t hypnotize.
Anthony, outstanding in the last days of 2021, made it 3-0 with a left footed shot on the edge of the area. While Rodrygo scored his first goal with the national team by pushing the ball, with an empty goal, after assistance from Bruno Guimaraes.
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The undefeated leaders, who have not lost in the tie for 32 games (24 wins, eight draws), they served their purpose of testing variants and players with a view to Qatar.
Without lethality and subdued, Paraguay will be left without knowing the Arab country and already has twelve years of World Cup absence.
