The Brazilian team returns to the field this Saturday (15), at 1 pm (Brasília time), to face Senegal in an international friendly that marks the final stretch of preparation towards the 2026 World Cup. This will be the team’s penultimate match in 2025, before the duel against Tunisia, next Tuesday, in France.
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Retrospect between Brazil and Senegal
Brazil and Senegal have faced each other only twice, both in friendlies. In the first duel, in 2019, held in Singapore, there was a 1-1 draw in a balanced match, with a goal from Roberto Firmino for Brazil.
The reunion took place in 2023, when Senegal surprised and beat the Seleção 4-2, in a game that exposed the Brazilians’ defensive weaknesses and generated great repercussion.
- 10/10/2019 – Brazil 1 x 1 Senegal – Friendly (Singapore)
- 06/20/2023 – Brazil 2 x 4 Senegal – Friendly (Portugal)
How Brazil arrives and likely lineups
In the training sessions that preceded the friendly, there was one main change: Ancelotti played Éder Militão on the right flank and carried out tests with other alternatives on the sides of the field.
In general, the Italian coach should maintain the base of the team that beat South Korea 5-0 in the last FIFA Data.
Probable lineup for Brazil: Ederson; Éder Militão, Marquinhos, Gabriel Magalhães and Alex Sandro; Casemiro and Bruno Guimarães; Estêvão, Matheus Cunha, Vini Jr. and Rodrygo. Technical: Carlo Ancelotti.
Probable Senegal lineup: More Daw; Antoine Mendy, Mossa Niakhate, the Kalido of the Malick of Malick Diouf; Idrisssa Gueye beside Gueye; Ilim Ndiaye, Sadio Sadie E Ismaila Srr; Nicolas Jackson. Technical: Pope Thiaw.
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