Claudio Baeza avoided the third goal after Brazil's great collective play against Chile for Qatar 2022 Qualifiers

The Chilean national team has not been having a good match and lose 2-0 to their Brazilian counterpart in a commitment valid for the 17th date of the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers. The 'southerners' have seen how the locals are being superior in the length and breadth of the pitch, although they could have increased the score and placed third after a great collective play were it not for Claudio Baeza, who avoided the 'Scratch' goal after a great sweep.

This action took place in the 56th minute and from the arc of the 'Verdeamarela'. Yes, goalkeeper Alisson played flush with Thiago Silva, who controlled and sent a long ball to right-back Danilo. The Juventus defender from Italy played with Lucas Paquetá and he played with Fred, who in turn did it with Casemiro. All at one touch. The Real Madrid steering wheel opened with Neymar and he projected in the center to look for a free partner. Fred controlled the ball and played Antony with a cue, who lifted the ball over goalkeeper Claudio Bravo and when Paquetá was about to score the third goal, Chilean fielder Claudio Baeza swept and sent the football to the corner.

Yes, it was a great collective play of the squad led by Tite, but that the Toluca midfielder saved in time, in what could have been a goal that could have buried 'La Roja' aspirations to get, at least, a draw. And it is that the 'Canarinha' has been much higher and shows the reason why it is in the first place in the standings.

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The teams of Chile and Brazil will meet today, Thursday, March 24 at the Maracaná stadium in a duel valid for the 17th date of the South American Qualifiers. The interests of both teams are completely different. While the 'southerners' have the obligation to win to get into the fight for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the 'cariocas' (already qualified) will be looking to test players for this great sporting event that will take place in November this year. The referee of the match will be the Peruvian Diego Haro.

'La Roja' ranks sixth with 19 points, so it is urgent to win and wait for the results of its competitors such as Peru, Uruguay and Colombia. This is taking into account that on the last date he will receive 'La Celeste' in Santiago. Hence, on this double date it will have to increase its efforts to achieve that long-awaited quota.

The coach Martín Lasarte will have the presence of Arturo Vidal but not Ben Brereton among those called up for this duel. And it is that Vidal saw his penalty imposed by FIFA reduced from 3 to 2 matches due to a hard foul committed in the November match against Ecuador. Meanwhile, the British-born striker comes from injury, so they saved him for the next match with Uruguay. In addition, they add to the casualties of Brayan Cortes, Guillermo Maripán, Erick Pulgar and Luis Jiménez.

In the case of 'Scratch', coach Tite has the slogan to look for new variants for his squad ahead of the World Cup, being first with 39 points. In that sense, one of the novelties has been Guilherme Arana, left back of Atlético Mineiro. In addition, other players such as Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal of England) or Rodrygo Goes (Real Madrid of Spain) would also have options to add minutes to convince the coach to attend the World Cup. As for their casualties, there will be no Raphinha, nor Gabriel Magalhaes.

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