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world cup qualifiers - rodrigo scores a goal as brazil defeats ecuador 1-0 to end three-game losing streak

2024-09-07

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at 9:00 am on september 7, beijing time, the 7th round of the 2026 world cup south american qualifiers continued, with brazil playing against ecuador at the couto pereira stadium. after 90 minutes of fierce battle, brazil defeated ecuador 1-0 at home, ending their three-game losing streak in the world cup qualifiers and rising to fourth place in the south american standings. the only goal of the game came in the 30th minute, with paqueta assisting rodrigo to score.

in this game, real madrid's brazilian striker vinicius and rodrigo started together, luis enrique made his national team debut, and danilo served as the captain of the samba army. for ecuador, valencia, the team's top scorer in history, led the starting lineup. he played for the national team for the 90th time and rose to the 8th place in the team's history scorer list. in the 3rd minute, rodrigo made a free kick cross from the right side of the frontcourt center, and luis enrique headed the ball over the crossbar. in the 12th minute, vinicius's free kick from 28 meters in the middle was directly blocked by ecuadorian goalkeeper galindes. in the 22nd minute, andre made a straight pass, and vinicius got the ball and shot from the right side of the penalty area, but the defender blocked it out of the bottom line.

in the 23rd minute, rodrigo made a cross and paqueta's header was blocked by the defender and went out of the baseline.in the 30th minute, paqueta made a straight pass and rodrigo scored from the top right of the penalty area, 1-0! rodrigo scored his seventh goal in his national team career and his third goal in this world cup qualifier.