Brazil opens the advantage but hesitates and draws with Ecuador in their first appearance in South America U17 | South America U17

After a crushing first half, in which the team opened 2-0 and missed several opportunities to expand, the Brazilian team lost its breath, fell technically with substitutions and saw Ecuador, who are playing at home, reach 2-2 in four minutes in a row. end of the match. Fluminense’s Kawa Elias scored twice while Reyes and De Jesus equalized at Cristian Benitez Stadium in Guayaquil.

With the result, all teams finished the first round with a point in Group A – Colombia and Uruguay were 0-0 in the preliminary round. Next Saturday, at 6:30pm (Brasilia time), Brazil will take on newcomer Chile, who missed out on the opening round. Soon after, Ecuador and Colombia measured forces.

Brazil appeared to be marching serenely towards victory and were vastly superior in the first stage, despite the poor pitch in Guayquil caused by rain. Dudu, from Atlético-PR, tired of leaving his fellow strikers in good shape behind the defence, Kawa Elias was the only one to win duels against fine goalkeeper Christian Lor.

In the 23rd minute, Matheus Reis pressed the ball and the ball was left to a Fluminense teammate to hit the corner beautifully to open the scoring. In the 36th minute, Kawa took advantage of a cross from the right to score the first goal in a difficult end and made it 2-0, and everything seemed to be under the control of the Brazilian team.

On the way back from the break, Ecuador increased their marking and made it difficult to let go of the ball. However, Brazil kept finding spaces with balls from Dudu, but wasted good chances. Even after 15 minutes, the Ecuadorians took control of the match.

With Felipe Lille replaced, in particular midfielders Matheus Ferreira and Luiz Gustavo, Kendri Paez, Del Valle has already negotiated with Chelsea, controlling the midfield and leading the pressure. Relying on Laurent’s knack for creating from the centre-forward, Brazil got cornered and saw Reyes slip back at 41.

The pressure continued, and Ecuador took advantage of the spaces provided by the team, which advanced the attack, and reached the equalizer in the 45th minute. De Jesus received it quickly, prevailed in defense, and dealt with the exit of Philippe Gabriel.

– We fought to the end. Unfortunately, we lost focus in the last few minutes and conceded goals. We are happy with the two goals, but the results were not what we wanted. Now, in order to continue to pursue our goals in competition – Kawa Ilias lamented.

The final minutes were tense, as Ecuador was in the lead, and Laurent missed the last chance to win at the last second. A frustrating draw for Brazil, but an exciting game in Guayaquil.