São Paulo's Cotia gem scores in Brazil under-20s win over USA | OneFootball

Brazil’s under-20 national team beat the United States 2-0 on Thursday afternoon (1st) in an international friendly played in Spain. Brazil’s win featured direct involvement from São Paulo’s youth academy: right-back Igor Felisberto, a Cotia academy product, scored the goal that opened the scoring.

Starting the match on the bench, Felisberto was brought on by the coaching staff for the second half, and in his first major attacking involvement, in the 23rd minute, the São Paulo full-back sent a dangerous cross into the box and benefited from a mistake by the American goalkeeper to find the net. The goal that sealed Brazil’s victory was scored shortly afterward by forward Heittor, a Palmeiras player.

In addition to Igor Felisberto, two other São Paulo players are part of the youth national team squad during this training period in Europe.

Midfielder Djhordney, who also started the match among the substitutes, came on during the second half and helped preserve the result. Meanwhile, forward Tetê remained on the bench and was not used in this afternoon’s match.

The win over the American team marked Brazil’s second match in this FIFA international window. Last Monday (28th), the green-and-yellow side had already beaten Denmark 4-1.

Brazil’s national team will wrap up its series of friendlies on Spanish soil next Sunday (4th), when it faces Mexico at 6 a.m. (Brasília time) on the pitch at Pinatar Arena in San Pedro del Pinatar. The São Paulo trio will therefore be unavailable for São Paulo’s derby against Santos this Friday (2nd) in a postponed round of the Brasileirão.

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