The Brazilian team's performance against Uruguay left something to be desired

This Tuesday (19), Brazil faced Uruguay in the World Cup qualifiers, at Arena Fonte Nova, in Bahia. Federico Valverde opened the scoring for the visitors, while Gerson scored the equalizer for the Brazilian team, both in the second half. The Flamengo midfielder, alongside Raphinha, were the best on the team in the match, which ended in a draw.

Qualifier Classification

This was the team's last match of the year, which ends the season with fifth place in the Qualifiers. If they beat Celeste, they would end the year in second place, behind only Argentina. In addition to Brazil, Argentina itself (1st), Uruguay (2nd), Ecuador (3rd) and Colombia (4th) complete the top 5. Paraguay, Bolivia, Venezuela, Chile and Peru complete the list.

Brazil's performance left something to be desired in the match, with individual and collective failures that ended up compromising the result, in addition to few opportunities to score in the match and players' performance below what is presented in the clubs, as has been the characteristic of Brazil this season. .

GERSON SCORED FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE BRAZILIAN SELECTION AND IT WAS A GOAL!! The result wasn't ideal, but the guy is playing a lot this season! #BrazilianSelection pic.twitter.com/20bBtCtI7b

— TNT Sports BR (@TNTSportsBR) November 20, 2024

_{Goal scored by Gerson (Reproduction/X/TNT Sports)}

Player evaluation against Uruguay

Ederson – He had few effective participation in the match, having barely worked. The ball that arrived ended up going in, but there wasn't much that could be done.

Danilo – He returned to being a starter for the national team, but continues to be unable to perform at a good level. Badly defensively and also bad offensively.

Marquinhos – He hasn’t played well in the Brazil shirt for a long time. In the match, he failed to make some calls and did not take responsibility at any point.

Gabriel Magalhães – Tried to create plays and risk some more offensive passes. However, there was a mistake in Uruguay's goal, when they were unable to clear the danger at the beginning of the play.

Abner – He hid from the match and did not help the attack at the opportune moments, alongside Vinicius Junior. It wasn't a defensive masterpiece again.

Bruno Guimarães – Possibly the worst player on the team in yesterday's match. He made mistakes in everything he tried offensively, with passes and control, and was very bureaucratic in setting up the game. Defensively very bad, arriving late in several moves and failing to score Valverde's goal.

Gerson – He was Brazil's best player in the match, disarming efficiently and setting up the game with quality in the offensive field whenever he could. He hit a beautiful shot from outside the box first time and scored a great goal.

Raphinha – A regular match for number 10. He was the one who tried most to break the Uruguayan lines with deep passes and setting up the play in the middle of the field, but he was unable to be effective, as was the entire Brazilian attack. In the second half, he was sacrificed by Dorival, and had to act as a wing-back.

Savinho – He failed everything he tried. Holds the ball a lot at all times, always wanting to take one more dribble and without effectiveness or collectiveness with his teammates.

Vinicius Jr – He continues without showing the football he presents at Real Madrid. He tried and managed some good dribbles, managed to create some plays, but when it came to the last pass or the shot he left something to be desired.

Igor Jesus – There was no help from the team and he didn't try to get the ball further back. It ended up being too far inside the area and the ball didn't reach it. He had a chance on a corner at the end of the first half and nothing more.

Martinelli – He entered the second half and was unable to fulfill the role of making the team more offensive and with quality. He touched the ball a lot, but with little objectivity.

Luiz Henrique – He almost didn’t appear in the match, since starting in the second half. One of the few times he touched the ball, he shot it out to Estevão.

Stephen – He also entered the second stage and was not intimidated by the Uruguayans. He tried some ineffective dribbles and in a team with Lucas Paquetá he managed to find a space to finish, but without danger.

Lucas Paquetá – He entered at 44 in the second half and only managed to participate in a play with Estevão. He had time to get a yellow card and nothing more.

Andrew – Like Paquetá, he had little time to demonstrate something in the match.

Brazil will now only return to action between March 17th and 25th, when the next FIFA Date will take place. The team will first host Colombia, without a defined location, and will then face the competition leader, Argentina. In the first round, they were defeated by both teams, losing 2-1 to Colombia and 1-0 to Argentina.

Featured Photo: Brazil draws 1-1 against Uruguay (Reproduction/Getty Images/Eurasia Sports Image)