CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying continues Thursday evening with a trio of games across South America.
Here is what has gone down so far.
Venezuela 1-1 Brazil
Scorers: Segovia 46′ ; Raphinha 43′
A second-half Vinicius Junior penalty miss saw Venezuela hold on to share the points with Brazil in Monagas.
The two teams traded chances in the opening half of play, and were it not for some heroic defending and goalkeeping it could have been a high-scoring affair.
But it took until the dying minutes of the half for the deadlock to broken, and it was done in style when Raphinha kissed a free-kick off the post and in before doing the Neymar celebration while donning his number 10 shirt.
The visitors’ lead would not last long however, as Telasco Segovia fired home the leveller with aplomb in just three minutes into the second interval.
Brazil had the chance to find the winner past the hour mark when Vinicius Junior was taken down in the box, but the Real Madrid saw his poor penalty attempt saved.
While Venezuela may have had plans to find a late winner, their efforts were undone when Alexander González was sent off in the dying minutes.
The shared points sees Brazil move into third for now, while Venezuela remain in seventh.
Still to come
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📸 FEDERICO PARRA – AFP or licensors
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