UEFA Friendship Tournament: under-17s beaten by Spain | OneFootball

Kauê Furquim scored Brazil’s goal in the match Credits: Fabio Souza / CBF

Brazil’s U-17 National Team faced a hard-fought match this Sunday (27) in Nyon, Switzerland. Against Spain, the team coached by Carlos Eduardo Patetuci created chances and competed for much of the 90 minutes, but ended up losing 3-1 in the second round of the UEFA Friendship Tournament.

Brazil started the match with Arthur Sehn; Marcos Pesseti, David Brendo, Breno Sales and Richard Wendel; Cerci, Eduardo Pape, Eduardo Conceição, Rodrigo Júnior; Bryan and Kauê Furquim.

The first half was marked by balance. Brazil found space to attack and had moments of good control of the match, but could not turn its chances into goals. Spain, on the other hand, was more efficient when it got forward.

In the 36th minute, the Spaniards won the ball back on the flank. A minute later, Yeremiah opened the scoring. Brazil tried to respond, but Spain found the net again in the 43rd minute through Imga and went into halftime with a two-goal lead.

Brazil came back for the second half determined to respond. Six minutes into the second half, Kauê Furquim tried his luck from outside the box and hit the target to cut the deficit. The goal put Brazil back in the match and increased the pressure on the Spanish defense.

From then on, the Brazilian team pushed harder in attack. Brazil created plays mainly down the wings, using the sides of the field to reach the box, and also threatened with shots from outside the area. At different moments, however, Brazil’s attempts were stopped by the Spanish goalkeeper, who came up big to prevent the equalizer.

Brazil kept searching for a second goal and left the match open until the final minutes. Spain, however, managed the lead and, deep into stoppage time, Sobral scored the third goal to make it 3-1.

The match was Brazil’s second fixture in the UEFA Friendship Tournament. In its opener, the team delivered a dominant performance and thrashed Canada 6-0.

Brazil’s U-17 National Team returns to the field on Wednesday (30), when it faces Ivory Coast in the third round of the tournament. The match will once again be played in Nyon, Switzerland.

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