Brazil eSeleção beat Argentina, unbeaten FIFAe qualifiers champions | OneFootball

Brazil’s eFootball Console National Team beat Argentina in the final and confirmed its dominance in South America, becoming the undefeated champion of the first week of the FIFAe Nations League qualifiers. In total, there were seven wins and two draws in nine matches played, with 26 goals scored and four conceded — numbers that show the chemistry of the duo HenrykinhO and JVictorPRO, with Thiago Avaré as coach. The second week of the competition will take place in the first half of May.

Not even the recent eFootball updates, which changed in-game commands and disrupted the Brazilians’ rehearsed plays, were able to slow down the momentum of the Brazilian duo. On screen, Brazil imposed itself from day one and reached the decisive moment with even greater focus, also reflecting the National Team’s High Performance Program, launched this week by the CBF.

The duo had an almost perfect campaign: seven wins and two draws in nine matchesCredits: Junior Souza / CBF

The first matchup, already in a home-and-away format, was against Venezuela, with wins of 2-0 and 2-1. In the next stage, the Seleção faced Bolivia, winning 5-0 in the first game and drawing the second 0-0. In the final, they met their biggest rival, Argentina, in a clash that also carried the context of the Argentines’ elimination in last year’s qualifiers, which kept them from competing in the FIFAe World Cup Finals.

Once again, the Brazilian duo frustrated the Argentines, virtually deciding the contest in the first match: a commanding 3-0 win. In the second game, Argentina took the lead with a penalty, but Brazil equalized right after the restart and went back to controlling the match.

JVictorPRO highlighted the National Team’s defensive approach: only four goals concededCredits: Junior Souza / CBF

At the final whistle, HenrykinhO, JVictorPRO, and Avaré celebrated the title that marked a great start to the season.

“We leave with the title, with our objective achieved, with our defense solid, our attack mixing up a lot of plays and scoring goals in many different ways. We had some difficulties — and I believe we’ll still have them in the coming weeks — but hopefully we can overcome them and win the next titles,” said the coach.

“I already expected us to play well, because offensively we already understand each other, we have good chemistry, some set plays, and even though the game update disrupted our training routine a bit, we managed to adjust during the tournament and, thank God, everything worked out. And defensively, we followed the standard Avaré gave us: after midfield, we applied safer and more aggressive marking,” said JVictor.

HenrykinhO: beating Argentina in the final had a special flavorCredits: Junior Souza / CBF

About facing their biggest rivals in the final, HenrykinhO admitted that the title feels even more special.

“Playing against Argentina is always special. They’re two great players, there’s already a huge rivalry, not only in football but in everything. It was a great match. I remembered and commented to João that we had eliminated them last year, so we knew they would come with extra effort this time. But everything worked out, thank God we managed to come away with the win again. Winning is good, but beating Argentina is even better,” he concluded.

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