Neymar gets his 100th cap as Brazil draw against senegal

In the first friendly of FIFA Date October, the Brazilian team faced Senegal on Thursday (10) and tied 1-1. At the National Stadium of Singapore, the team led by Tite came out ahead with beautiful goal of Roberto Firmino and saw the African team leave everything the same with Diédhiou.

Canarinho's next game will be on Sunday (13), against Nigeria, again in Singapore, at 9am (Brasilia).

The Brazilian team started the game dominating the actions against Senegal. With good strikes by the right, Canarinho scored well the opponent ball output, which found difficulty in advance. So much so that, after eight minutes of rolling, Tite's men opened the scoring in Singapore. 

After a good rush from the right, Philippe Coutinho started to Gabriel Jesus, who gave Roberto Firmino a great pass to get in the face of the goal and, coldly, give a goofy to kill the goalkeeper and send for cover: 1 to 0. Brazil kept looking more goals, with Coutinho being stopped at the 16th minute, for example. Afterward, the African team tried to find space but saw Ederson make good defenses. At 25, Sadio Mané finished from outside the area, and the defender of Canarinho held.

 At 38, the goalkeeper was safe to defend Diédhiou's strong kick. But at 44, the attacker took a penalty, Ederson went to the right corner, but the ball came in: 1 to 1. In the next play, Coutinho played for Firmino, who went first to Neymar face to face with Gomis, who made a good defense.

Brazil returned to the second half keeping the search for more goals. After three minutes, Arthur stole the ball from the opponent and passed to Casemiro, who played quickly for Coutinho to finish first and send over. In the next move, Casemiro almost covered Gomis in midfield kick, but the goalkeeper got the defense. 

At seven it was the turn of Gabriel Jesus to come face to face with the Senegalese defender, who stopped the play. More organized in the field and well-positioned in defense, Canarinho gave no space for the opponent. In another good chance to score for Brazil, on 23 minutes, Neymar took a direct free-kick but saw the ball go over, very close to the crossbar. 

The final minutes were even busier, with both teams creating a good chance of rocking the net. While Senegal was in danger with Sidy Sarr, standing in Ederson's excellent defense, Brazil almost scored on three occasions. At 41, Neymar saw the ball explode in Sané and went into a corner. Then Richarlison finished first, but the shot went wide. And at 44, Neymar took a direct free-kick into the goal, but Gomis went well to make the save and keep the score 1 to 1.

Brazil: Ederson, Daniel Alves, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos and Alex Sandro (Renan Lodi); Casemiro, Arthur (Matheus Henrique) and Philippe Coutinho (Richarlison); Gabriel Jesus, Roberto Firmino (Everton) and Neymar.

Source [cbf.com]