Brazil 4-1 Uruguay: Rafinha scored his first international goal for his country as the hosts pushed South American rivals closer to World Cup 2022 Qatar qualification.
rafinha turned in another fascinating performance for Brazil Scoring twice in the home team’s 4-1 win over Uruguay in Thursday’s World Cup qualifiers.
Brazil took the lead after 10 minutes when neymar Cashed a pass from Fred and scored the keeper before firing low between the two defenders on the goal line.
Rafinha took a 2–0 lead after 18 minutes when he swung home a short shot from close range and then made it 3–0 after 58 minutes, a brilliant counter-attack with an angled shot. completed.
Rafinha (right) scored his first international goal for Brazil as Uruguay beat Uruguay 4-1
Luis Suarez scored a consolation goal for Uruguay from a free-kick in the 77th minute before Gabriel Barbosa restored the Brazilian’s three-goal cushion with a header seven minutes earlier.
Rafinha said, ‘It couldn’t be more memorable for me than this. ‘This is me fulfilling my childhood dream. It’s a pleasure to score.
‘It will be very difficult to forget this night.’
Both Neymar and Rafinha could have scored more runs, with Uruguay keeper Fernando Muslera thwarting both early in the second half.
It was a measure of Brazil’s superiority that Muslera was the best player on a bad night for Uruguay’s visitors, who have now won only two of their last nine qualifiers.
Brazil are now six points ahead of the South American qualifying group, ahead of second-placed Argentina, who beat Peru 1-0 on Thursday.
The top four qualify automatically for Qatar 2022 and the fifth-placed team advances to an inter-regional play-off.
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