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After almost a year without playing for Covid-19, Brazil opened the qualifier for the 2022 World Cup in South America by welcoming Bolivia at home. The last match between the two sides was in the Copa América 2019 and Bolivia lost 0-3 in Coutinho’s match to double.
In fact, Bolivia is not at all easy to cope with if you play in the “land of evil” La Paz located at an altitude of 3,600 meters above sea level. Almost all teams tire easily when playing soccer here because they cannot adapt to the extremely harsh air conditions.
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| Brazil vs Bolivia |
But in the away field, Bolivia returned to the familiar weak form and today also has to face Brazil, the number one name in South America with 5 World Cup championships.
In this match, the Selecao coach, Tite, did not have the service of goalkeeper Alisson Becker and striker Gabriel Jesus due to injury. However, facing Bolivia, the 59-year-old military leader suddenly did not use Ederson, an equally stylish goalkeeper from Alisson, and dressed Man City.
Instead, he gave Palmeiras a shot at Weverton, a rather anonymous goalkeeper who plays at home. The reason probably lies in the fact that he wants to put the staff to the test, not the professional factor because Bolivia clearly lags behind them, not to mention there is no field advantage.
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What some Man Utd fans are hoping for is that the name just got recruited by the beloved team on the last day of the 2020 summer transfer window, Alex Telles playing in the Selecao jersey didn’t happen. This game, the main left back is for Renan Lodi from Atlético de Madrid. In fact, Telles had only once for Brazil in March last year in a friendly match against Panama (1-1 draw).
In attack, coach Tite threw the two big stars of the team at the moment: Neymar vs Firmino. The other name is Everton, a forward who was very interested after the successful Copa América 2019, but in the end, the forward born in 1996 just signed for Benfica (Portugal) in August.
In midfield, a revived Coutinho since coach Koeman took power at Barça will be the main source of the ball for the attack of the other two midfielders (Brazil applies 4-3-3) Casemiro vs Douglas Luiz is defensively oriented .
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| Marquinhos (far left) brought the first match for Brazil |
In the first minute (42 minutes to be exact), Brazil should have scored the first goal. The ball opened on the left wing for Renan Lodi and the 22-year-old defender crossed into the 16m50 area towards Everton’s position. Yet surprisingly and unbelievably, this striker again cushioned the ball from a distance of less than 5 meters.
At 4 minutes, Everton calculated “correct” with a “dizzying” leg reversal on the left wing before Marquinhos sent a high header, but the ball deflected the goal.
With outstanding strength, Brazil completely dominates the game and the ball is almost exclusively on the Bolivian side. Of course, everything to come must also come. At 16 minutes, from a corner, Danilo (Juventus) crossed the ball from the right wing and Marquinhos moved to catch the landing point to close with his head and hit the visitor’s net.
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| Unfavorable weather conditions did not help weak Bolivia in all respects compared to powerful Brazil |
The goal further helped the Samba dancers overwhelm the Highland Legion despite the torrential rain, significantly affecting the quality of the competition. It should be remembered that Brazil’s possession in the first half was close to … 90%. In the 25th minute, Coutinho launched an inside cut and the difficulty increased significantly after the ball hit a Boliva player, but goalkeeper Lampe had a spectacular flight to use one hand to push the ball.
However, it was only up to 30 minutes that the gap doubled. After gently coordinating with Neymar, Renan Lodi stretched out too gently for Firmino to easily enter the ball into the empty goal at a distance of just over 1 meter.
In the 38th minute, Brazil turned something into a free kick from a distance of more than 25 meters. Casemiro instead of being “bait” for Neymar as many think, in the end he was the one who acted with a dangerous kick aimed at the high angle, but once again Lampe played too well to save Bolivia.
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| Firmino (right) easily has two goals |
Until the end of the first half, Bolivia was still stretching to endure the match and could not get a response, even if it was only “scratching” for the Selecao defense.
At the beginning of the second half, Brazil had an attack like “taking a walk” that ended up being able to hit the Bolivian net due to the absence of the visitors. Neymar led the ball as an empty space in the 16m50 area and stretched comfortably for Firmino and the Liverpool forward positioned himself equally calmly, but the slow goalkeeper Lampe still scored.
In the 51st minute, Bolivia finally got the first brilliant situation when Bruno Miranda fired from outside the area and Weverton had a real ‘drill’ after being stopped from the start of the game.
TEAM
BRAZIL XI (4-3-3): Weverton; Renan Lodi, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Danilo; Philippe Coutinho, Casemiro, Douglas Luiz; Neymar, Roberto Firmino, Everton.
BOLIVIA XI (4-4-2): Carlos Lampe; Jose Sagredo, Jose Carrasco, Jesus Sagredo, Juan Gabriel Valverde; Bruno Miranda, Antonio Bustamante, Diego Wayar, Christian Arabe; Fernando Saldias (Cespedes 46 ‘), Cesar Menacho.
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