India vs Brazil Live Score, FIFA football friendly: Five-time World Cup winners Brazil opened their first senior men’s trip to India with a controlled 4-0 win over the Blue Tigers at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday. Chelsea forward Estevao, Flamengo striker Pedro and substitute Samuel Lino did the scoring as Carlo Ancelotti’s side finished a three-game swing through Australia and India with two wins and a draw.
The fixture was the first meeting between the men’s teams. India’s women had faced Brazil in Manaus in 2021, but a senior Selecao side had never played on Indian soil. Ranked 138th in the world, India are trying to lift the profile of the game in a cricket-first country of 1.4 billion. Brazil, still rebuilding after a shock World Cup exit to Norway in July, arrived from a win and a draw against Australia.
GOOALLLL!!!! Samuel Lino puts the final nail in the coffin with a right-footed screamer in the 90+5 minutes. Brazil win by 4-0.
Another chance wasted. Manvir Singh gets the ball on counter-attack, takes the ball on the left and enters the box. He dribbles and picks Ryan Williams on the right. The Australian-turned-Indian should have done better as he shoots wide. Earlier, India were denied a goal by a goalline save by Mauro. IND 0-3 BRA (67')
GOOAALLLL!!!! Samuel Lino gets his name on the scoresheet in the second half. India themselves have to blame for the third goal. A defensive by Bijoy Vargese gives the ball away, which falls in front of Lino. The Flamengo footballer pounches on it and slots it away past a diving Prabhsukhan Gill. IND 0-3 BRA (58)
Positive start for India in the second half. Ryan Williams gets India's first shot at goal. The no.10 takes the ball forward on the right and shoots. The Brazilian goalkeeper makes an easy shot. A minute later, Manvir Singh had a chance, but his left-footed shot was parried away by the Brazilian custodian. (54')
A lot of changes for both the sides in the second half. Prabhsukhan Gill makes his debut for India, and what a match it is for the Punjab lad. For Brazil, Marquinhos and Vinicius Jr have been replaced by Carlo Ancelotti.
India: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Akash Mishra and Ashique Kuruniyan are replaced by Prabhsukhan Gill, Mohammad Sanan and Jay Gupta
Brazil: Marquinhos, Douglas Santos, Vinicius Jr., Gabriel B and Matheuzinho are replaced by Vanderson, Bruno Guimaraes, Samuel Lino, Douglas Luiz, and Gabriel
GOOAALLLLLL!!!!! Gurpreet Singh Sandhu howler allows Brazil make it 2-0 in the first half. After scoring the first goal, Estevao plays a lovely ball to Pedro inside the box. Pedro has enough time to go for the shot, and he takes it. Gurpreet could have done better, but he fails to collect the ball, allowing it to go inside. IND 0-2 BRA at HT.
Corner for India. Anirush Thapa takes the shot, but Pedro Morisco comes out to put the ball away. GOOAALLLLLL!!!!!!. Estevao gets the ball on the right, dodges the ball past a few Indian defenders, and takes a left-footed shot. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu fails to grab the ball and it goes inside the net. IND 0-1 BRA (28')
The golden chance of the match so far came to Manvir Singh. The Indian forward gets the ball inside the opposition box and tries to go alone. But the Indian lets the ball slip away. Meanwhile, it has been a wayward football by both the teams. The Indian defence has been rock solid so far. IND 0-0 BRA (22')
SAVEEEEE!!! What a save by Gurpreet Singh Sandhu. Vinicius comes in again, he gets past Abhishek by cutting to his right, but Gurpreet produces a brilliant save to deny the Brazilians. IND 0-0 BRA (9)
Time for the National Anthems. Players of both the sides walk out in the middle. Brazil to go first, followed by India. The players take their positions. And the ball gets rolling. Vinicius gets into the business from the onset. The Brazilian no.7 finds right space on the left and passes in the middle. Anirush Thapa clears the ball.
India were out first, and Brazil have followed them onto the pitch. With up to 11 substitutions available, Brazil have time to watch how India set up before they commit to a shape.
Gurpreet (gk, c), Abhishek, Anwar, Bijoy, Akash, Thapa, Sahal, Apuia, Ashique, Manvir, Williams.
Pedro Morisco (gk), Douglas Santos, Marquinhos (c), Arthur Dias, Matheuzinho, Danilo, Andrey Santos, Gabriel Bontempo, Estevao, Pedro, Vinicius Jr.
India’s last outing was a 1-1 draw with Panama. Before that they drew 1-1 with Tajikistan and lost 1-3 to them, then went down 0-1 to Zimbabwe and 0-2 to Jamaica at the Unity Cup. Five games, two draws, three defeats, and no win in this stretch.
India pull in on a blue bus. Brazil arrive in the green-and-yellow coach that has carried them around Kolkata, including the run from the airport to the hotel.
Both sides may use as many as 11 substitutions when India meet Brazil in the men’s international friendly at Salt Lake Stadium. The rule gives each bench far more changes than a usual international.
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