For the first time, Arsenal’s Gabriel trio appeared on the field together in the Brazilian national team’s colors.
Gabriel Magalhaes played 72 minutes, Martinelli played 78 minutes and Jesus, immediately after returning from injury, played the full 90 minutes against Argentina.
Unfortunately, Brazil lost today’s match. This defeat continues to extend Selecao’s winless streak to 4.
Gabriel Magalhaes outlept for the Argentina goal, which was pretty much his only action in an otherwise uneventful performance.
Gabriel Jesus handed a start despite struggling for fitness with Arsenal. One delightful run almost gave his side the opener.
Gabriel Martinelli largely halted as a one-on-one presence. Fired Brazil’s best chance of the second half right at Martinez.
In the friendly match between Germany and Austria last night, Kai Havertz continued to play in a new role. Perhaps coach Julian Nagelsmann is determined to bring his innovation to next year’s Euro.
77 minutes on the field, Havertz had 2 notable downlines, one of which opened up an opportunity. Havertz also had a 100% long pass accuracy rate (3/3), 5/6 successful duels, was fouled 4 times, cleared the ball 4 times and recovered the ball 5 times.
Germany lost 0-2 to Austria on a day when Leroy Sané received a red card.
Meanwhile, Didier Deschamps’ men took the lead, but swiftly surrendered it in the second half, and didn’t deserve more than a 2-2 draw despite William Saliba’s solid efforts at the back.
William Saliba has some nice defensive work halted a few Greece counter-attacks. Probably deserves to be a starting centre-back for this side.
Takehiro Tomiyasu played 76 minutes in Japan’s 5-0 victory over Syria.
Jakub Kiwior played the full 90 minutes, helping Poland win 2-0 in a friendly match against Latvia.