💪 Martinelli and Casemiro set records, Brazil break 24-year jinx | OneFootball

Brazil’s dramatic 2-1 victory over Japan this Monday (29) set some important individual milestones.

Casemiro, for example, who scored Brazil’s first goal, drew level with Zagallo, as well as Argentina’s Olarticoechea and the Dutch pair Memphis Depay and Daley Blind, as the player with the most Fifa World Cup matches without ever losing (12).

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For statistical purposes, the elimination against Croatia at the 2022 World Cup was not counted because it happened on penalties. 

In 2018, the midfielder was suspended and did not play in the loss to Belgium, also in the quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, Gabriel Martinelli, who scored the goal that sent Brazil through to the round of 16 at the 2026 Fifa World Cup, became the scorer of the “latest” goal to secure victory in a knockout match in the tournament (excluding extra time).

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By finding the net against Japan in the 95th minute, the Arsenal forward surpassed Italy’s Francesco Totti, who scored against Australia at the 2006 World Cup after 94 minutes and 26 seconds.

Lastly, the stat that “matters most”: Brazil had not managed a comeback win in a World Cup knockout match for 24 years!

In other words, since Rivaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho sealed the 2-1 win over England that secured qualification for the semi-finals at the 2002 World Cup, Brazil had not pulled off another “comeback.”

Superstitious or not, may Martinelli’s goal be extra fuel for Brazil to end the title drought that has lasted since 2002 and finally win a sixth World Cup!

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