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Brazil 0-1 Argentina - World Cup qualifier RECAP: Nicolas Otamendi's header seals win after Joelinton was sent off following delayed kickoff due to fans clashing with police
By Dominic Hogan For Mailonline
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Relive all the action Argentina's 1-0 win over Brazil in a feisty World Cup qualifier at the Maracana with Mail Sport's live blog.
This live blog has now closed.
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Thanks for joining us - match report below
Well thank you very much for joining us for what has been a hugely dramatic game.
It had everything; a delayed start, yellow cards, a red card, tackles flying in - just what you'd expect from a rivalry is old as this one.
It was exactly the best quality game in terms of chances created, but it was a fierce and intense encounter, fought well by both sides.
We hope you enjoyed the game as much as we did - you can check out the match report at the link below if you want to re-live the action from tonight's match.
Thanks everyone - we'll catch you next time!
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Late chance for Brazil
Late chance for Brazil from a free-kick out on the left, and the ball in from Veiga is a good one, but Otamendi gets a good header away.
But it doesn't go far, as Douglas Luiz lines up the shot from range, and although it bounces out of Martinez's grasp at first, he quickly dives upon it and snuffs out the danger.
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Joelinton SENT OFF
He's only been on the pitch a few minutes, but Joelinton has seen red for a challenge on De Paul!
And you'd have to say that is one of the softest sending offs you'll see.
He and De Paul are vying for possession, and he looks to shove De Paul off his arm, and turns to shove him. De Paul goes down like a sack of potatoes, but there seems to have been very very little contact.
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Martinez is down...
The old master Martinez is down in his box.
He's got the face of someone who can't carry on as he gestures vaguely to his hip, but don't be surprised if he gets up within the next 60 seconds and continues - let's just say this isn't his first rodeo.
Ah, almost as soon as the referee indicates he is pausing his watch, the Villa keeper is up on his feet.
Curious...
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Argentina just stepping off
A little of the intensity has just seeped away from Argentina's game in the last few minutes.
You get the feeling they're happy to see this one out from here.
Brazil have not really threatened since that good opportunity from Martinelli about 10 minutes ago, and this is just playing into the world champions' hands now.
The hosts have made some attacking substitutions, but will it bring them anything?
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Close!
Argentina have a free-kick, with Lo Celso stood over it.
In it comes to the back post, and it's a really good ball in, forcing Raphinha into getting something on it and he almost puts it into his own net.
Alisson breathes a sigh of relief as it just trickles out for a corner, which Argentina take short, and ultimately waste.
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GOAL! Brazil 0-1 ARGENTINA!
The second half has not had the stop-start fouling that the first did, with much more aulity play already in the first 15 minutes or so.
In fact, it's been pretty end-to-end and Argentina are the latest to launch a few phases of attack, and Acuna wins a corner after some good work from Messi and Mac Allister.
In it comes to Otamendi, and the former City man thumps it into the top left corner to take the lead!!!
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Brilliant chance for Brazil
Great chance for Brazil!
It's the Arsenal duo, with Gabriel Jesus dribbling brilliantly in off the left amid a huddle of blue-and-white shirts before laying off to Martinelli on the inside run.
The forward takes a touch into the box before letting fly, but Martinez does fantastically to stretch out to his left and keep it out.
Great move from two players that have such great chemistry together.
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Messi is already doing more
Messi already seems to have more of an impact in this half than he did in the whole of the first.
He's still coming deeper to get the ball, but this time he can turn and clip in a cute ball towards Alvarez in the box.
It's slightly off target and the City forward can't bring it immediately under control, but Messi is just showing that he can escape his marker with a little more ease.
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Stunning ball from Guimaraes
Andre does well to pick up a free-kick in the middle of the park after gliding through a few challenges.
A few phases later, Raphinha sends a dangerous looking cross curling in from the right, but Argentina again get a head to it.
Suddenly a stunning ball from Guimaraes picks out Raphinha inside the box, but he is just off balance as he strikes it at Martinez, and Argentina come away unscathed.
Gorgeous, gorgeous ball from Guimaraes to set it up.
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Brazil have come out flying
Raphinha takes a very dramatic dive shoulder-to-shoulder with Acuna, sending himself flying after a slight suggestion of a touch from the defender.
Nothing comes from it, though, and Argentina get the goal kick.
Brazil have defeinitely started the half on teh front foot, with Martinelli and Jesus looking particularly threatening so far.
Argentina have however managed to get back just in time on each occasion thus far.
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A strange but close chance for Argentina
Is that the best chance of the match so far?
It's a corner in from the right for Argentina, and Mac Allister is walking away as though he has spurned a great opportunity but the ball has actually come off his abck at the near post as he jumps to get a head on it.
Unbeknownst to the midfielder, though, he's in a brilliant goalscoring position, and the ball just trickles past the post.
The referee however judges that he had committed a foul in getting to the ball and Brazil will have a free-kick.
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HT: Brazil 0-0 Argentina
There goes the whistle and a first half littered with fould, free-kicks and more fouls comes to an end.
It's not been the best game of all time in terms of the quality of the game, but it has certainly been tense and gripping so far.
There's plenty of room for improvement after the break, but it has still been a very entertaining match so far.
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Expert time-wasting from Romero
This one is less threatening, and Argentina eventually snuff out the danger.
Romero wins a free-kick which should get the clock ticking a little closer to half-time.
Especially if he does that - leaving it for Martinez before running up field in an expert bit of time-wasting.
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Close from Martinelli
Rodrygo is calling for the crowd to wake up and get behind his side after his strike from range deflects behind for a corner.
Not entirely sure how they could be more up for this one, but it seems to have done the trick.
Rodrygo takes the corner and Martinez punches, but only as far as Martinelli, who strikes well, and his effort is just tipped round the past by Romero.
Another corner!
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Brazil starting to threaten
Martinelli now has a chance to stretch his legs and does brilliantly to skip away from both De Paul and Lo Celso before cutting in.
He's just eased off the ball, though, by Otamendi and doesn't get the free-kick.
A few phases later Rodrygo and Raphinha are combining down the righ, but the cut back into the box only finds an Argentina defender.
They're starting to threaten now, the hosts.
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Messi will continue...
Messi's back on the pitch, so it looks like he'll be alright for the time being.
Raphinha looks to send a ball into the back post, but gets it horribly wrong, and it flies a good three or four metres beyond Rodrygo and out into touch.
He won't want to see a replay of that one, the Barcelona man.
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Argentina getting some joy through the middle
Argentina are beginning to have some joy dragging Brazil around the middle of the park now.
This time they manage to get through the double pivot and Acuna picks out a cross towards Lo Celso in the box.
But the midfielder feels he has taken a knock from Andre inside the box and takes a tumble, but the Brazilians get the call and it will be a goal-kick.
Seems the right decision judging by the replays.
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Messi has been quiet
Yes, we began the game under fairly acrimonious circumstances, but we've scarcely had more than three or four passes in a row before someone hits the deck so far.
Would be nice to see some of those players - among the world's best - actually get a chance to play football, rather than make sure the medical teams are on their toes.
Argentina are starting to get a few touches on the ball, but Messi has been pretty out of the game so far.
That being said, he has the ability to switch it on and off like nobdy else does in the game.
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Rodrygo is the latest player down hurt
Guimaraes and Brazil almost have the first real chance of the game after some good work from Raphinha, but the Newcastle man's touch is a little too heavy, and Romero can sweep across and clear the danger.
Rodrygo is down now on the halfway line after a robust challenge on him, and Alisson is all the way out of his box to make sure his team-mate is alright.
Starting to lose track of who hasn't been a) on the receiving end of a meaty challenge or b) who is on their last chance before they go into the book.
At this point there can't be many players left not in either camp.
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A painful one for Raphinha and Mac Allister
Ooooh a painful one that.
Raphinha and Mac Allister are both down after both going for the ball in the air.
A fair one for them both to go for, but De Paul is cleverly making the point that the Brazilian is already on a yellow.
It was at an awkward height for both of them, just out of control.
Don't think he'll get anywhere with his case, but you can understand where he's coming from - you'd expect Raphinha is on his last life now.
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Breathless start
ANOTHER free kick for Argentina inside their own half, and it's Martinelli again on Lo Celso.
Argentina seem to have worked out pretty early that the referee is a little trigger-happy with his whistle, and it's worked in their favour so far.
Brazil are now fuming that De Paul hasn't been booked for a shoulder in the back of Guimaraes, and in fairness they definitely have a case.
Diniz's arguments may have been a little too effusive for the ref's liking and the Brazil boss gets a bit of a telling off.
It's definitely not been a dull start over in Rio, that's for sure!
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Another booking for Brazil
The free-kicks have so far prevented any sort of fluidity flowing through the game, but Brazil earn themselves a corner - the first of the game.
Rodrygo sends it to Raphinha inside the box, low and hard - a move from the training ground no doubt - but they get it horribly wrong.
Argentina can break on the counter, but De Paul is once again on the floor.
Raphinha is shown a yellow for the foul and this time he really did hardly catch De Paul.
Soft, that.
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Six free-kicks inside 12 minutes for Argentina
De Paul is back down on the floor after a particularly late challenge from Martinelli inside the Argentina half.
He's been in the wars already, has De Paul - he'll be feeling this one tomorrow.
Another foul within a minute on Lo Celso and Argentina will have their sixth free-kick of the game inside 12 minutes.
It's fair to say this one is being closely-fought.
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Fair play - De Paul did actually pick up a bit of a whack
On second viewing, De Paul actually did take a bit of a whack, and he's had to change his shirt because of blood.
For some reason, though, that means that Marquinhos and Fernandez have to have a go at one another... obviously.
Messi is stood over the free-kick about 35 yards from goal, and he finds Otamendi, but the header is back across goal, however there's nobody gambling to get on the end of it.
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Very feisty start
First foul of the game already, and it's Acuna who is sent spinning by a challenge from Raphinha.
Definitely not enough in it to warrant the triple roll on the floor, but Argentina have the first free-kick of the game.
Very quickly followed by a second on Fernandez.
Feisty start, but did we expect anything else?
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Messi is visibly fuming
So both teams are out there now, and are going through some warm-ups after the delays so that we don't have any early injury problems.
Messi has looked about as furious as he ever has before, but a chat with former PSG team-mate Marquinhos at the coin toss looks to have gone well.
There are now a group of armed riot police on the field in front of the away end, which should provide an interesting backdrop for this game.
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Brazil's World Cup qualifier against Argentina is delayed as mass brawl erupts in the stands
A mass brawl in the stands of the Maracana broke out ahead of Brazil's World Cup qualifier against Argentina as fans and police clashed in shocking scenes.
It is unclear what sparked the incident but supporters were seen showing one another with some even ripping the seats from the stands and launching them at one another.
Hoards of Rio de Janeiro police swiftly intervened but struggled to curb the melee before shockingly using batons on the brawling fans.
For more on the fan trouble ahead of kick-off, check out the link below!
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Argentina are back!
Well here come the visitors now!
There is a huge boo greeting them as they come back out to what is a hugely hostile Maracana, and it looks as though Messi has a few choice words for Rodrygo now.
De Paul and Romero are also involved, with Emerson racing over to have his say too.
That should calm things down a bit...
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Still no Argentina
Well it looks as though Argentina have not yet come back out onto the pitch.
There is a cluster of suited officials walking up and down the pitch talking to different groups, namely the referees and the home side.
There is no word yet on how long the delay will last, but it does not look like we are anywhere close to kick-off with one of the teams not even on the field yet.
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Brazil are on the field, Argentina are back in the dressing-room
So as it stands, we have Brazil out on the pitch and Argentina back in the dressing-room, the former look incresingly frustrated at the delay, the latter are absolutely seething with scenes out there.
The hosts are in conversation with the referees seemingly asking why they can't get going now that the crowd trouble seems to have died down.
There's a lot of hands on hips and angry muttering going on by the looks of things.
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Argentina are back off the pitch
Security now look to have largely seperated the two groups, but there is still an awful lot of pushing and shoving.
The Argentina players are now heading back off the pitch after asking the fans to stop.
There is still plenty of shouting as the world champions head down the tunnel, with a few cameras seemingly in an unfavourable position.
Hardly the start to the game that either side will have wanted, and the visitors look absolutely furious.
We'll keep you updated as things unfold over at the Maracana.
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Fights breaking out in the stands
Seats are being ripped out of the stands and hurled at security, while some of the home supporters have managed to get into the away end and there are a few clashes going on.
Security are continuing to try and quell the trouble, but it doesn't look like we'll be able to kick-off any time soon.
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A slight delay to the start
Well it looks like we might have a delay to the start here, after some trouble in the crowd.
Stewards are rushing towards the away fans, and it appears that there is an issue from the Albiceleste fans that is holding us up.
The players are all on the pitch waiting while security look to sort the issue.
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A sea of colour at the Maracana
Well we already knew that football is on the whole almost a religion in South America, but the scenes at the Maracana have been pretty febrile for a long time already.
It's a relative sea of colour, too, with both sides parading their shirts in teh crowd with the yellow-and-green and blue-and-white a brilliant and bright mix in the massive Maracana.
It's one of those grounds that every football fan has on their bucket list, and they don't come much bigger than Brazil vs Argentina!
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The threat is somewhat obvious for Argentina
While Brazil will be without Vinicius Jnr there are a number of threats that the Albiceleste will have to be wary of.
For the Selecao, however, there's a fairly obvious route to victory tonight - stop Messi. The only problem is that most teams have spent the best part of two decades trying to work that one out.
Here's what Brail boss Fernando Diniz said ahead of kick-off: 'Sure, you can't not worry about a player of that magnitude.
'But we have to play our game as we try to contain all the creative capacity he has. Dealing with Messi is obviously different and you have to worry.
'It's impossible not to worry about a player of his stature and the decision-making power he has.'
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Scaloni insists his side are 'not unbeatable'
Lionel Scaloni didn't seem too put out about the loss to Uruguay when he faced the media ahead of the game.
Mind you, being the reigning world champion probably lends you a little confidence in your side's ability to roll with the punches.
'We always said we were not unbeatable. It was obvious, beyond the last result. You have to be prepared for that and to continue competing. No one likes to lose and that is clear, we are first ones who want to recover.
'There are times when even if we lose, the form is important. The team, even though they didn't play a good match, never stopped looking for their game, they kept trying to equalize.
'I think the team competed and that makes me feel at ease. We have a great match ahead of us, a great opponent that will be tough. We have to keep doing what we have been doing, compete and try to get the three points. There is no other way.
'We analyzed why the loss happened, we have our idea. We are lucky that we have another game coming up and that is the best thing. The hard thing would be to for us to see each other in a while and it would cost much more, now we have a rematch soon and that is the most important thing.'
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Argentina falter and Lionel Messi chokes someone as the reigning World Cup champions fall 2-0 to Uruguay
Lionel Messi could not help Argentina extend its unbeaten streak since its World Cup title and in a fit of rage, was seen putting his hands around the throat of an opponent.
Uruguay beat Argentina 2-0 at La Bombonera Stadium in Buenos Aires on Thursday in a World Cup qualifying match, its biggest victory so far under new coach Marcelo Bielsa .
At one point in the contest, Lionel Messi was seen putting his hands on the throat of Uruguay defender Mathias Olivera.
For the full report, check out the linke attached!
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Arsenal star Gabriel Martinelli scored superb first goal for Brazil against Colombia
Arsenal star Gabriel Martinelli opened his international account for Brazil with a superb goal against Colombia, only for the Selecao to suffer their second defeat in World Cup qualifying.
Despite starring for Arsenal in the Premier League, Martinelli remains in the early stages of his national team career with Brazil having only made his debut last year.
The 22-year-old gave his nation the perfect start to their World Cup qualifier against Colombia.
For more on the Arsenal forward's stunner, check out the link below.
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Inter Miami DENY they have agreed to play in Saudi Arabian preseason tournament that would see Lionel Messi face off against Cristiano Ronaldo
Inter Miami shutdown reports that the MLS side will compete in the Riyadh Season Cup in a statement Tuesday evening.
Earlier on Tuesday, it was announced that Lionel Messi and co. were set to play against Cristiano Ronaldo and Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia in a blockbuster friendly game in February.
The game was being billed as 'The Last Dance' in what would have been likely the final match-up between two of the all-time greats of the sport.
For more on that one, check out the link below!
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These two go a long way back
These two have met 110 times in the last 109 years, and the hosts tonight lead the head-to-head - but not by much!
The Selecao might have won 43 games against their most bitter of rivals, but the Albiceleste have 41 wins of their own, with 26 draws being played out over the years.
Tonight Lionel Messi's side could edge closer to parity against their old foes, but will they manage to get their qualifying campaign back up and running on the road?
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Argentina top of the group
Argentina are currently top of the group after five games, just two points clear of Uruguay after losing to their neighbours last time round, while the Selecao are only fifth.
It's been a far from routine qualification process so far for Fernando Diniz's side, who have won just two of their games, losing twice and drawing their other match.
And they're up against it tonight with the world champions - who they haven't beaten since 2019 - in town.
Both sides lost their last game - but will one of them come out on top tonight?
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Brazil XI
Here's how the hosts are lining up - as announced by a fantastic graphic!
It's Alisson; Emerson, Marquinhos, Gabriel, Carlos; Guimaraes, Andre; Rodrygo, Raphinha, Martinelli; Jesus
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Hello everybody!
Hello everyone and welcome to Mail Sport's live CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying action and we've got arguably the biggest clash in international football coming up for you.
It's the El Classico of the international game - Argentina vs Brazil!
The game is set to kick off at around 9.30pm local time - about an hour's time - and we'll be bringing you all the latest news, updates and stats around the game as we build up to what should be an absolute thriller!
- Full-time: Brazil 0-1 ARGENTINA!
- SIX ADDED MINUTES
- Joelinton SENT OFF
- Hosts make two changes too
- Double change Argentina
- Double change to the hosts
- Double change for Argentina
- Sub for the visitors
- GOAL! Brazil 0-1 ARGENTINA!
- Brilliant chance for Brazil
- Off we go for the second half
- Sub at the break and Marquinhos is off
- HT: Brazil 0-0 Argentina
- Third Brazil booking
- Brazil starting to threaten
- Argentina getting some joy through the middle
- Another booking for Brazil
- First yellow card already
- At last, we have kick-off!
- Argentina are back!
- Brazil are on the field, Argentina are back in the dressing-room
- Fights breaking out in the stands
- Argentina XI
- These two go a long way back
- Hello everybody!
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