[Finished] England 1 - 2 Brazil
England goals: Joel Ndala (26/2T)
Brazil Goals: Kauã Elias (43/1Q), Da Mata (09/2Q)
Lineups:
ENG:Tommy Setford, J. Meghoma, Lakyle Samuel, Harrison Murray-Campbell, Josh Acheampong, F. McAllister (Myles Lewis-Skelly), Michael Golding, Joel Ndala (T. Dibling), Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (Chris Rigg), J. Oboavwoduo (Ethan Nwaneri), Matty Warhurst (Archie Stevens)
BR:Phillipe Gabriel, Esquerdinha, Da Mata, Vitor Reis, Pedro Lima (Vitor Gabriel), Lucas Camilo (Matheus Ferreira), Sidney (Guilherme Batista), Rayan (Souza), Dudu, Estêvão (Lorran), Kauã Elias (Luighi)
Referee: Bryan López (Main Referee)
Statistics England (Left) Brazil (Right)
65% Ball Possession 35%
4/21 (19%) Correct Shots/Total 6/17 (35%)
10 Wrong Finishes 8
1 Finishes on Post 1
7 Blocked Kicks 3
4 Goalkeeper Saves 3
2 Clear Chances 4
410/461 (89%) Correct Passes/Total 191/254 (75%)
8 Corners 5
29 Crossings 10
0 Offsides 0
7 Fouls 7
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
19/1Q Warhurst volleys off the post (0:13)
25/1T Phillipe Gabriel saves Warhurst’s point-blank header (0:32)
32/1Q Estêvão hits the post (0:33)
42/1T ⚽ Goal from Brazil! Kauã Elias takes advantage of the surplus and opens the score (0:54)
47/1T Amo-Ameyaw dribbles beautifully, but shoots wide (0:18)
00/2T Rayan heads dangerous ball wide (0:09)
02/2Q Warhurst misses big chance for England (0:18)
07/2T Almost! Dudu kicks hard, and Setford defends (0:20)
08/2T ⚽ Goal from Brazil! Da Mata takes advantage of the cross and scores with a header (1:07)
23/2Q Referee goes to VAR and awards Pedro Lima a penalty on Ndala (0:52)
25/2T ⚽ England goal! Ndala takes the penalty and reduces it (0:31)
36/2T Luighi heads, and Setford makes a great save (0:11)
42/2T Setford again! Lorran is the one who kicks the ball past the goalkeeper (0:12)
Xerém is having a great week so far, 3 strikers called up (João Pedro, John Kennedy and Kauã Elias) with 2 of them being the NT 9
I’m glad the boys managed to overcome the first defeat and come out of the group stage. We also played very well, but Estevão needs to play and think more collectively.
I was at the match. Joel Ndala looked like the real deal. Head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch.
Can someone example how teams like New Caledonia and Burkina Faso are in this? Like that’s probably a stupid question but you wouldn’t expect them to be in the senior World Cup, have they just got a decent number of good talent at that level? Just seems strange that nations that small are in it compared to senior level where you’d get bigger nations, especially since I can’t see teams like the Netherlands there?