On the morning of February 2, Beijing time, in the 16th round of the World Cup qualifiers in the South American region, Brazil defeated Paraguay 4-0 at home, and continued to lead the South American region unbeaten with 12 wins and 3 draws. Coutinho scored a world wave, Rafinha, Anthony and Rodrigo scored one goal each, and Maquinhos and Newcastle new signing Guimarães each assisted.
Game highlights
Coutinho scored 19 goals in 65 games in his national team, 15 goals in 48 games during Tite's tenure, the third in the same period, and the last international goal was the 5-0 world cup win over Bolivia on October 2020.
Rafinha made five starts in 7 of his 7 world cups, scoring 3 goals and 2 assists, tied for the second top scorer in the team, second only to Neymar, who scored seven goals.
Wonderful review
Emerson and Militham were suspended, Tite replaced half of the main players, Alves, Fabinho and Tres appeared, and the forward trident remained unchanged.
In the 2nd minute, Cunha scored, Rafinha broke through and pushed a small angle into the far corner into the net, VAR reminded the referee to watch the video back, changed the judgment of Rafinha handball first, the goal was invalid.
In the 9th minute, Rafinha scored, Coutinho knocked back and Alves fired high from distance.
In the 17th minute, Vinicius crossed and Rafinha pushed high from close range.
In the 28th minute, Maquinhos' long pass from the back was met by Rafinha's right-sided stop in the penalty area that clipped through Janior Alfonso and swept into the near corner to make it 1-0.
On 32 minutes, Vinicius split the ball and Tres fired a shot from the left side of the penalty area into the side-netting.
On 41 minutes, Venicius' long pass, Rafinha's cross from the right wing and Coutinho's header soared high over the top.
A minute later, Venicius split the ball and Cunha's left rib shot from the edge of the box was deflected wide.
In the 47th minute, Coutinho picked out a pass and Vinicius drove the ball straight into the box on the left wing, where he was blocked by the goalkeeper.
On 48 minutes, Rafinha's free-kick crossed and Thiago Silva's header was blocked by the goalkeeper.
On 53 minutes, Tres crossed and Cunha's header deflected off the top.
Three minutes later, Coutinho crossed and Pacquita stopped the ball on his chest and fired high from close range.
In the 62nd minute, Maquinhos went straight into the backfield and Coutinho fired a powerful long-range shot that went straight into the top left corner of the goal and into the net, 2-0.
In the 84th minute, Alves' long-range shot was blocked by the goalkeeper's one-handed palm.
In the 86th minute, Fabinho scored, Eveton Ribeiro knocked back and Anthony shot into the far corner from the right side of the penalty area to make it 3-0.
In the 88th minute, Guimarães crossed the right side of the penalty area and Rodrigo poked into the empty net, 4-0.
Statistics
Appearances line-up
Brazil (4-3-3): Ederson; Alves, Maquinhos, Thiago Silva, Telles; Paqueta (82' Rodrigo), Fabinho, Coutinho (73' Guimarães), Rafinha (82' Everton Ribeiro), Cunha (61' Gabriel Jesus), Venicius (61' Antony)
Paraguay (4-2-3-1): Antoni Silva, Rojas (46' Escobar), Balbuena, Hhouñol Alonso, Asamendia (46' Ugo Martinez); Sanchez, Villasanti (69' Benitez); Ohda, Almiron, Samdio; Carlos Gonzalez (69' Sanafria)