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Brazil National Team beat India 4-0 this Saturday (03)

Brazil’s National Team beat India 4-0 this Saturday (03) at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. Estevão, Pedro, and Samuel Lino (2x) scored Brazil’s goals in the match. The clash was Carlo Ancelotti’s team’s third friendly during this Super FIFA window.

HOW DID THE MATCH BETWEEN BRAZIL AND INDIA START?

Brazil began the match looking to control the action, while Pedro found it easy to make use of his main specialty: hold-up play. However, the Brazilian team played with the ‘handbrake on’ and ran into its own lack of organization, piling up one offside after another.

As the first half approached its midpoint, the picture showed attacking apathy. That was because the green-and-yellow side showed clear difficulties in creating real danger against the extremely weak opposing defense.

Later, the situation changed in the 27th minute, when Estevão took responsibility on the left, cut inside, and unleashed a rocket from outside the box to open the scoring with help from goalkeeper Sandhu. Then, after taking the lead, the team grew in confidence and doubled it in the 41st minute: Estevão slipped a great pass through to Pedro, who controlled it and drove forward freely. One-on-one with the opposing keeper, the striker finished with class into the back of the net.

WHAT ABOUT THE SECOND HALF?

At halftime, five substitutions changed the shape of the Brazilian side: Vanderson, Samuel Lino, Gabriel Magalhães, Douglas Luiz, and Bruno Guimarães came on, while Matheuzinho, Vini Jr., Douglas Santos, Bontempo, and Danilo Santos left the field. Right at the start of the second half, India tried to show some reaction, and Williams, the Indian national team’s center-forward, hit a powerful shot; however, Pedro Morisco did well and gathered the ball at the second attempt.

Later, in the 12th minute, a mistake playing out from the Indian defense made life easier for Brazil: Pedro laid it off with his heel, and Samuel Lino struck it beautifully and hard into the corner to extend the lead. Then, in the 15th minute, four more changes were made, with Endrick, Martinelli, Mauro Jr., and another player coming on to replace Pedro, Andrey Santos, Arthur Dias, and the previous midfielder.

Soon after, in the 23rd minute, Breno Bidon came on for Estêvão, completing the substitution of all the outfield players who had started the match under the coach’s command. As a result, Brazil kept pushing for more goals.

On the other hand, India, even without much technical quality, still tried to threaten the Brazilian goal, though without success. Finally, in the dying moments, in the last minute, Samuel Lino outmuscled his marker, cut toward the middle of the box, and unleashed a ‘thunderbolt’ to wrap things up, sealing the 4-0 rout.

LAST FRIENDLY OF THE FIFA WINDOW?

The friendly against India brought the September/October Super FIFA window to a close, marking the end of the pause in club matches, scheduled to finish this Tuesday (06). As a result, Brazil’s National Team will resume activities in November for a new set of international commitments abroad, playing two friendlies in Singapore against the national teams of Japan and Singapore.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.