Brazil struggled to impose the “jogo bonito” in the 2-1 win over Egypt
Brazil showed many problems in attack to beat Egypt 2-1 in a match where they dominated the duel with good defensive and midfield work.
The Brazilian team completed the procedure by beating Egypt 2-1 in a duel where the eleven led by Carlo Ancelotti struggled too much to impose their famous “jogo bonito”, thereby overshadowing their good defensive and midfield work that made the victory not look too good.
The winning goal was scored by the future star of Real Madrid and who provided his services in the last year with Olympique de Lyon with a shot in the area after a first half of great strength and little brilliance from both squads where they were present by the Amazonian team Bruno Guimaraes and by the Egyptians Mostafa Ziko, after two defensive errors.
The contest was controlled by Brazil, where they showed good defensive order and adequate marking in the midfield, but with many complications in going forward in search of the enemy goal.
Brazil did not take advantage of the fact that Egypt was an opponent that had not shown anything on the field of play, without much vibe or the speed for which its five offensive men are famous, giving the impression that respect for this opponent exceeded expectations.
The victory, however, generated negative things such as defender Wesley with a knee problem that compromises his participation in the now close 2026 World Cup, but at the same time favorable things such as high pressure in the match.
In this way, Bruno Guimarães scored the first goal when he himself shot on goal as soon as the game began. The Egyptians did not take long to respond when Ziko took advantage of a mistake by Marquinhos by giving a wrong pass by inadvertently delaying the ball. But the tie seemed to wake up the Brazilians, who took control of the match and looked for the Egyptians' goal with Vinicius Junior and Raphinha, always trying to generate dangerous actions that could give Brazil total control of the actions, but without having the coolness to nest the ball in the nets.
For the second half, Brazil changed the entire team and that was when they improved, achieving the winning goal scored by Endrick, who had just entered the field; He scored the second with a shot in the big area, with assistance from Raphinha, in a play that was born from Canarinha's high pressure.

