The champion shone. Argentina’s soccer team beat its classic rival Brazil 4-1, on a day where the passport to the 2026 World Cup had secured, in a match valid for the fourteenth day of the South American Qualifiers.
With goals from Julián Álvarez (m.3), Enzo Fernández (m.12), Alexis Mac Allister (m.36) and Giulian CONMEBOL.
With the World Cup quota achieved before playing thanks to Bolivia’s 0-0 draw with Uruguay in La Paz, Argentina flourished against Brazil in a new edition of the “South American Super Classic.”
Argentina overwhelmed Brazil from the beginning and quickly found the first goal in minute 4 when after an excellent combination in the last meters of 35 touches, Thiago Almada put a good ball to “La Spider” Álvarez, who took the ball from the Marquinhos and Murillo plants to define with quality before the desperate exit of the goalkeeper Bento.
The “Albiceleste” did not take the foot from the accelerator and in the 12th minute expanded after another great collective play that ended with a center from the right of Nahuel Molina for the definition of Enzo Fernández entering the small area to push the ball to the opposite network.
From that minute the best collective game tickets of the selected playing by Lionel Scaloni who wore a neat touch against an adversary who did not find any response or group or individual were seen.
However, in the 26th minute a false exit of the defender Cristian ‘Cuti’ Romero left only Brazilian striker Matheus Cunha facing the goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez who surpassed with a definition to the stick, putting the discount and giving air to the visit.
From that moment, Argentina took to recover its best version and its game circuit that had its climate point in the 36th minute when midfielder Alexis Mac Allister anticipated a center of Fernández with a placed shot beaten to beat Bento to return the “gauchos” the advantage of two goals.
The outcome was hot with several crosses of the Argentine players with Raphinha who ended with two admonished by side and the referee Andrés Rojas trying not to grow beltly between both templates.
At the beginning of the second stage, the coach of Brazil, Dorival Júnior, rotated with three changes its initial formation with the income of Leo Ortíz, João Gomes and Endrick to look for an alternative.
However, the Argentine National Team did not lose control of the party and was managing the moments of pressure and handling of the ball against an inexpressive “scratch.
The final result came in the 70th minute when the admitted attacker Giuliano Simeone (son of “El Cholo” Simeone) captured a last center to get a strong cross shot that was put over the goalkeeper Bento decreeing the 4-1 lapidary.
Argentina then celebrated with its audience the classification and a historic day with this win against Brazil. He was fired with ovations and will now wait for the next double FIFA date in June against Chile of Visitor and Colombia at home, surely to test new talents with a view to the 2026 World Cup where he will try to revalidate his title.
Brazil, meanwhile, must change the chip, for its double commitment of qualifiers in June against Ecuador at the height of Quito and Paraguay of local. “La Verdeamarelha” has time to replay, recover Neymar and seek to seal his pass to the World Cup to be played next year in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
This team will be in the #Copamundialfifa 26 To defend your title.
See you, @Argentina. 👋 pic.twitter.com/5DPC6YBZBK
– FIFA World Cup 🏆 (@fifaWorldcup_es) March 26, 2025
Thus they aligned
– Argentina (4): Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina Lucero, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi and Nicolás Tagliafico (m.75, Facundo Medina); Rodrigo de Paul, Leandro Paredes (m.81, Ezequiel Palacios), Enzo Fernández, Alexis Mac Allister (m.75, Nicolás Paz); Thiago Almada (M.68, Giuliano Simeone) and Julián Álvarez (m.81, Ángel Correa).
– Coacator: Lionel Scaloni.
– Brazil (1): Bento Krepski; Wesley, Marquinhos, Murillo (m.46, Léo Ortiz) and Guilherme Arana; André (m.83, Ederson) and Joelinton (m.46, João Gomes), Raphinha, Rodrygo Goes (m.46, Endrick) and Vinicius Junior; Matheus Cunha (m.68, Savinho).
– Coacator: Junior Dorival.
– Goals: 1-0, m.3: Álvarez. 2-0, M.12: Fernández. 2-1, m.26: Cunha. 3-1, m.36: Mac Allister. 4-1, m.70: Simeone.
– Referee: The Colombian Andrés Rojas admonished Tagliafico, Almada, Otamendi, from Paul, Murillo, Raphinha, André, João Gomes and Endrick.
– Incidents: Party of the fourteenth day of the South American Qualifiers of the 2026 World Cup played at the Antonio Vespucio “Monumental” stadium in Buenos Aires.
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