Brazil Under-20s face Bolivia in another friendly this Wednesday | OneFootball

As another step in the build-up to the South American Championship for the age group, in January 2027, the Brazil Under-20 National Team faces Bolivia this Wednesday (12), at 10 a.m., at Granja Comary, in Teresópolis (RJ), with live coverage on CBF TV. It will be the second friendly between the two teams in the city. On Sunday (9), Brazil won 2-0, with goals from Bruninho and Heittor.

Coach Paulo Victor will rotate the squad: he wants to give as many of the 23 called-up players as possible a chance to play. In the previous match, he made as many as nine substitutions, three of them at halftime.

He was pleased with the team’s overall play on Sunday, with the intensity shown by the Seleção, which defended well and created many scoring chances. But he wants more care and focus in finishing moves. Despite the excellent performance by the Bolivian goalkeeper, Paulo Victor warned that the Brazil National Team cannot afford to waste so many shots in clear scoring situations.

Paulo Victor wants the team to be more focused in front of goalCredits: Rafael Ribeiro / CBF

"This new match against Bolivia gives us another opportunity to keep developing as a team, to maintain many of the good things we did in the first friendly, but also to keep seeking progress and improvements in some areas, in order to reach a level of consistency that we consider ideal," said Paulo Victor.

"If it is a game in which we understand and believe we will have a very high attacking volume, the team needs to make the most of every chance created with greater efficiency in the opponent’s penalty area," the coach continued, when asked about the number of missed chances on Sunday (9).

In charge of the Seleção, Paulo Victor has managed five matches, with four wins and one loss — nine goals scored and four conceded. He beat Paraguay twice in March, both by 3-1, in matches played in São Paulo. Then, in June, there were two meetings with Chile in Santiago, with a 1-0 win in the first match and a 2-0 defeat in the second. Added to those is Sunday’s result: a 2-0 win over Bolivia.

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