Casemiro shines for Brazil in spite of friendly defeat to France

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·27 Maret 2026

Casemiro shines for Brazil in spite of friendly defeat to France

Manchester United had numerous players in international action on Thursday.

Casemiro

He played 84 minutes of Brazil’s 1-2 defeat to France in a glamour friendly.

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The Brazilian made three key passes and completed 85% of his passes. He was heavily involved from an attacking perspective, having four shots on goal and missing one big chance in the match.

Casemiro also completed his only dribble attempt and won 100% of his tackles on the night. He also impressively won six out of seven duels against the French.

Casemiro stats vs France

Matheus Cunha

Cunha also started and played 71 minutes for Brazil.

He had one shot and two key passes in the match.

The attacker also completed an impressive 93% of his passes and won three of his duels in a close battle between the two global giants.

Rasmus Hojlund

The Manchester United striker, currently on loan at SSC Napoli, played 81 minutes of Denmark’s 4-0 win over North Macedonia in a World Cup playoff.

He had three shots, with one being blocked, and completed one key pass for his nation.

Hojlund was also strong in the air, winning all three aerial contests, but lost all four of his ground duels.

James Scanlon

The youngster has been unlucky not to get more game time on loan at Swindon Town but is still a key component for Gibraltar.

He played all 90 minutes of his side’s 0-1 loss to Latvia.

Scanlon had one shot but was unsuccessful in both his dribble attempts.

He also completed 100% of his tackles and aerial duels in the match. The youngster was less successful on the ground, winning just two of eight ground contests.