Brazil were held to a 1-1 friendly draw by Super Eagles of Nigeria. Rangers’ Joe Aribo gave Nigeria the lead in the 35th minute as he slotted past Manchester City’s Ederson. Real Madrid’s Casemiro prodded in from close range to equalize t the 48th minute.
Paris St-Germain forward Neymar limped off after 12 minutes and was replaced by Coutinho. The 27-year-old walked off holding his left thigh and could be a doubt for the Champions League game against Club Bruges on 22 October. After the match Brazil manager Tite said Neymar “felt a muscle injury” and was substituted as a “precaution”. Despite having more possession in Singapore, Brazil were unable to find a winner to remain winless in this international break after drawing 1-1 with Senegal on Thursday.
Line Ups:
Brazil
- 23 Ederson
- 13 Alves da Silva
- 4 Marquinhos
- 3 Thiago Silva (Booked at 90mins)
- 16 Lodi dos Santos
- 9 Gabriel Jesus (Substituted for Tolentino Coelho de Lima at 88′minutes)
- 5 Casemiro
- 8 ArthurSubstituted (Substituted for Fabinho at 80′minutes)
- 19 Sousa Soares (Substituted for Richarlison at 45′minutes)
- 20 Firmino (Substituted for Barbosa Almeida at 62′minutes)
- 10 Neymar (Substituted for Coutinho at 12′minutes)
Substitutes
- 1 Pereira da Silva
- 2 Militão
- 6 Lobo Silva
- 7 Richarlison
- 11 Coutinho
- 12 Melo dos Santos Neto
- 14 Coquette Russo
- 15 de Souza
- 17 Fabinho
- 18 Tolentino Coelho de Lima
- 21 Barbosa Almeida
- 22 Almeida de Oliveira
Nigeria
- 23 Uzoho (Substituted for Okoye at 63′minutes)
- 20 Awaziem
- 5 Troost-Ekong
- 22 Ajayi
- 3 Collins
- 10 Aribo (Substituted for Shehu at 90+4′minutes)
- 4 Ndidi (Booked at 87mins)
- 13 Chukwueze (Substituted for Olayinka at 89′minutes)
- 18 Iwobi (Substituted for Azeez at 84′minutes)
- 15 Simon (Substituted for Dennis at 79′minutes)
- 9 Osimhen (Substituted for Onuachu at 74′minutes)
Substitutes
- 1 Ezenwa
- 6 Esiti
- 7 Azeez
- 11 Dennis
- 12 Shehu
- 14 Olayinka
- 16 Okoye
- 17 Solomon-Otabor
- 19 Onuachu
- 21 Ebuehi