Senegal Bounce Back To Defeat Brazil In An Exciting Game

The next time South America’s national teams will compete for a spot at the 2026 World Cup will be in September 2023, when the qualifiers begin, following the June international break.

After a 4-2 defeat to Senegal in Lisbon, Menezes’plans for the future will be scrutinized. However, things have suddenly turned bad for him.

Ramon Menezes, who is in charge of the under-20 team on a day-to-day basis, was in charge of Brazil. Morocco defeated his team in March of this year. His U20 World Cup campaign came to an end earlier this month when Israel defeated him.

His team then succumbed to yet another humiliating defeat following Saturday’s 4-1 victory over Guinea, where the performance was more important than the outcome.

In fact, Brazil hasn’t given up more than two goals since the World Cup in 2014, when they lost to Netherlands 3-0 in the third-place playoff after losing to Germany 7-1 in the semifinals.

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Brazil has made it clear that they want to hire Carlo Ancelotti, the manager of Real Madrid, and the local media say they are willing to wait until his contract expires in a year. However, what happens after that?

Brazil suffered a devastating loss in Lisbon against Senegal. Vinicius Junior is their best attacker in the absence of the injured Neymar. His made-in-Flamengo partnership with Lucas Paqueta gave Brazil the lead against Senegal.

However, Brazil were alarmingly vulnerable, particularly on the left side, without Casemiro, who was substituted in the last minute.

Fullback Ayrton Lucas had a terrible game in the space behind Vinicius. Every missed Brazilian pass, and there were a lot of them, became an opportunity for Senegal to drive through their ranks, and the African champions came back to take a 3-1 lead in the 55th minute.

Senegal figured out how to beat the fomer World Title holders by 4-2, which many imply the loss to several factors including coaching issue.

Under Tite, the opposition struggled to score against Brazil in Qatar; but, it was absurdly simple in Lisbon for the West Africans. Even though the final score was 4-2, the match demonstrated how crucial it is for a coach to maintain balance and defensive organization for a team with a lot of talent.

On the other hand, Lionel Messi showed that he is still in a class of his own with the wonderful goal he scored at the beginning of Thursday’s 2-0 win over Australia, and he will always have teammates who are ready to run the game.

Alejandro Garnacho and Brighton’s Facundo Buonanotte, who made his Argentina debut in Monday’s 2-0 victory over Indonesia, are blooded alternatives for the team.

Lionel Scaloni, the team’s coach, is beginning to look into other options for veteran center back Nicolas Otamendi, but for the time being, he is easing the team’s transition.