Brazil ended the year 2024 with a 1-1 draw with Uruguay, on Tuesday night (19) at Arena Fonte Nova, in Salvador, in the 12th round of the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup . National Radio broadcast the match live.
¡@CBF_Futebol y @Uruguay They fell by hand! 🇧🇷🤝🇺🇾@CBF_Futebol and @Uruguay they tied! 🔚#Eliminatoriasudamericanas pic.twitter.com/dslKMVtnmU
— CONMEBOL.com (@CONMEBOL) November 20, 2024
After this result, the team led by coach Dorival Júnior fell to 5th place in the standings with 18 points, seven less than leader Argentina. Now the Brazilian team will only return to action in March 2025, when they will have commitments against Colombia and Argentina.
Playing in front of the Brazilian fans, the team showed a lot of willingness to start the match well, maintaining more possession of the ball and looking for links in the middle of the opposing defense. However, from the middle of the first half onwards, Uruguay began to create difficulties for Brazil to get the ball out and began to find spaces to reach the goal defended by Ederson with danger, such as Valverde’s finish in the 38th minute.
In between! Interval! ⚽️#Eliminatoriasudamericanas pic.twitter.com/2TLjRiiZZP
— CONMEBOL.com (@CONMEBOL) November 20, 2024
In the first minutes of the final stage, the Uruguayans managed to take advantage of the chances created to open the scoring. In the 9th minute Maxi Araújo found Valverde, who got rid of Bruno Guimarães before hitting the ball to beat Ederson.
But Brazil didn’t take long to equalize the score. In the 16th minute, Gerson took advantage of the ball that was left high up to catch it first time from outside the area to score a beautiful goal. From then on, Dorival Júnior’s team even tried, but failed to close the year 2024 with a victory.
