📹 Brazil do the job, impress and win their first on road to 2026

On Friday (19), the Brazilian National Team beat Haiti 3-0 in Philadelphia, United States, in a match valid for the second round of the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Needing to “give the fans an answer” after the worrying debut against Morocco (1-1), Brazil did its job and killed the game off in the first half.

Matheus Cunha scored the first two goals and showed that coach Carlo Ancelotti made the right call by starting him in place of Igor Thiago.

The Manchester United player became the ninth Brazilian to score twice before the 37th minute of the first half in a World Cup match.

Before him, Ademir (1950), Vavá (1958), Garrincha (1962), Dirceu (1978), Zico (1982), César Sampaio (1998), Ronaldo Fenômeno (2002) and Neymar (2014) had achieved the feat.

In addition, Matheus Cunha matched Neymar (2014) and Richarlison (2022) as a player to score more than once in his first World Cup match as a starter.

Still in the first half, Vini Jr, who had already been involved in the first goal and provided the assist for the second, got his own by finishing off Lucas Paquetá’s assist.

With that, the Real Madrid star reached six goals and assists in six World Cup matches!

After the break, Brazil took its foot off the gas and even had a few scares against Haiti.

Endrick and Rayan also came on in the second half. This was only the second time in history that Brazil had two players under 20 in the same World Cup match.

Before them, it was simply Pelé and Mazzola, in 1958, who took the field against Wales.

The Vasco academy product became the sixth-youngest player to play for Brazil in a World Cup.

Despite Endrick’s goal being ruled out for offside, the 3-0 win put Brazil back ahead of Germany as the country with the most goals in World Cup history.

It is now 241 goals for the Seleção Canarinho against 239 for the Europeans.

🚦 Standings

With its first win of the 2026 World Cup, Brazil moved to four points and took over the lead in Group C.

Morocco has the same number of points, but an inferior goal difference (+3 to +1).

Brazil will return to the field next Wednesday (24), when it faces Scotland (three points) in Miami at 7 p.m. (Brasília time).

On the same day and at the same time, the African side will face Haiti in Atlanta, also in the United States.

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