The 0-1 against Argentina at the Maracaná is the first home defeat suffered by Brazil in the entire history of the Qualifiers. Throughout the various qualifying competitions for the World Cup, the Seleçao played 66 games at home, of which they won 52, drew 13 and had their only loss tonight.
Playing at home, Brazil scored 173 goals for and suffered 29 against in the World Cup qualifier. In only five matches he had not scored so many so far, in a list that has a sixth precedent with what happened on this date in Rio de Janeiro, according to statistics published by the Globo network.
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In these Qualifiers towards the 2026 World Cup, the last home game had been in Cuiabá for the third date in the 1-1 with Venezuela. Previously, on the first day they had beaten Bolivia 5 to 1 at the Mangueirao de Pará stadium.
Another negative record: three consecutive defeats
In addition to losing undefeated at home, the Brazilian team suffered three consecutive defeats in a World Cup for the first time in history. The match lost at the Maracaná with Argentina adds to the setbacks with Uruguay (2-0) in Montevideo and with Colombia (2-1) in Barranquilla.
🏆 #Eliminatorias#DatoAlbiceleste 🇦🇷
👣 Pases: 🇦🇷 429 vs. 416 🇧🇷
✅ Efectividad de pases: 🇦🇷 86% vs. 86% 🇧🇷
⚽ Posesión de balón: 🇦🇷 52% vs. 48% 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/ZVoFVaATf3— 🇦🇷 Selección Argentina ⭐⭐⭐ (@Argentina) November 22, 2023
These poor results led to Brazil, under the interim leadership of Fernando Diniz and decimated by the injuries of figures such as Neymar, Vinícius Junior and Casemiro, ending the year in sixth place in the Qualifiers table, having achieved only 7 points from the 18 that were in play. Qualifying will resume in September 2024, perhaps with Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti on the bench.
