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Australia 2-4 Brazil: Report, result, goals as Selecao come from behind to win thriller

Australia and Brazil swapped the lead in a thrilling friendly

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Australia 2-4 Brazil: Report, result, goals as Selecao come from behind to win thriller

Bruno Guimaraes and Vinicius Junior struck during the second half as Brazil came from behind to beat spirited Australia in a friendly at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Tuesday.

Vanderson arrowed in his first Brazil goal to give the Selecao a third-minute lead but Benfica centre-back Circati flicked the hosts level from a corner before Connor Metcalfe sent a long-range strike past debutant goalkeeper Otavio to give Australia a 33rd-minute lead.

After Raphinha equalised with a penalty on the stroke of half-time, Bruno Guimaraes slotted in to complete a slick second-half team move and Vinicius Junior converted from the spot with 10 minutes remaining.

The teams were meeting for the second time in four days, having shared a 1-1 draw in Townsville on Friday after Rayan scored a 94th-minute equaliser for the visitors.

Australia are playing their first games since being knocked out of the World Cup on penalties by Egypt in the round of 32, while Brazil lost 2-1 to Norway in the last 16.

Australia vs Brazil: Raphinha, Vinicius Jr score in action-packed friendly

Beach made the first of a string of impressive stops with a double save to stop Brazil moving 2-0 ahead in the fourth minute, repelling two shots by Barcelona forward Raphinha from inside the box after Bournemouth’s Rayan had fed the 12-goal top scorer in La Liga.

Referee Yusuke Araki allowed Circati’s goal after a Video Assistant Referee check and consulted the pitchside monitor to adjudge Harry Souttar to have fouled Danilo Santos for Raphinha’s penalty.

An equally eventful second half included a mass confrontation following a Souttar challenge on half-time substitute Endrick, who replaced Raphinha and raced through on the left to set up Bruno Guimaraes’ close-range goal.

Vinicius Junior fired in the final goal after being fouled inside the box by Nestory Irankunda, whose spectacular second-half strike had given Australia the lead in the first game of the double-header.

Bournemouth and Brazil footballer Rayan clenching his left fist while playing for his national football team in a yellow shirt with green trim and the national badge and Nike tick in green on the chest alongside his number 26

Australia team vs Brazil

Australia head coach Tony Popovic named an unchanged side as part of a squad in which two hugely experienced players – goalkeeper Mat Ryan and midfielder Mat Leckie – were among the surprise omissions.

Brondby winger Marcus Younis made his debut in Townsville and came off the bench. Jacob Chapman, Kealey Adamson, Eli Adams, Yaya Dukuly, Kasey Bos and Dylan Leonard were poised for their first caps but remained unused substitutes.

Alex Robertson (medical reasons), Mohamed Toure (shoulder), Cristian Volpato (hamstring), Cameron Burgess (Achilles) and Jordan Bos (knee) were injured.

Australia: Patrick Beach, Jacob Italiano, Alessandro Circati, Harry Souttar, Lucas Herrington, Aziz Behich, Connor Metcalfe, Jackson Irvine, Paul Okon-Engstler, Nestory Irankunda, Tete Yengi

Substitutes: Jacob Chapman, Milos Degenek, Kasey Bos, Jason Geria, Patrick Yazbek, Nishan Velupillay, Marcus Younis, Paul Izzo, Aiden O’Neill, Riley McGree, Dylan Leonard, Eli Adams, Kealey Adamson, Yaya Dukuly

Brazil team vs Australia

Danilo Santos, Bruno Guimaraes, Raphinha and Vinicius Junior were the only retained players in Brazil’s line-up from the draw four days earlier.

Santos midfielder Gabriel Bontempo made his debut and PSV winger Mauro Junior was given a full bow, having come off the bench in the first game.

Brazil: Otavio, Vanderson, Jair Cunha, Gabriel Magalhaes, Mauro Junior, Gabriel Bontemp, Bruno Guimaraes, Danilo Santos, Rayan, Raphinha, Vinicius Junior

Substitutes: Hugo Souza, Marquinhos, Douglas Santos, Endrick, Willian Estevao, Matheuzinho, Vitor Reis, Arthur Dias, Breno Bidon, Douglas Luiz, Pedro, Matheus Martinelli, Andrey Santos, Samuel Lino, Pedro Morisco

Australia vs Brazil friendly stats

  • Australia’s only win over Brazil is a 1-0 victory in the Confederations Cup third-place match in Ulsan in June 2001, Shaun Murphy heading the goal in the 84th minute
  • They had gone more than four hours and four minutes of football between that goal and their next against Brazil through Irankunda
  • Six of the previous nine meetings between the sides had resulted in Brazil wins with clean sheets, including each of the preceding three before that 1-1 draw last week
  • By scoring those first-half goals in Brisbane, Australia doubled their all-time tally against Brazil and scored twice in a game against the Selecao for the first time
  • Each of their preceding three matches had finished all-square after 90 minutes, going four without a win since their 2-0 victory over Turkey during the World Cup group stage on June 13
  • That was the only occasion in their last seven matches when Australia had scored more than once in a game, since a 5-1 win over Curacao in the FIFA Series in Melbourne on March 31
  • Twenty-two of the previous 24 goals in the fixture had been scored by Brazil, including five for the all-time top scorer in the encounter, Romario
  • While he was a player at Crystal Palace, Popovic spent time learning from current Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti while the Italian was boss at Milan
  • Brazil have scored in 15 consecutive matches since a 1-0 defeat in Bolivia in World Cup qualifying in September 2025, although they had netted exactly once in three of their four preceding games to this
  • Including this goal, Raphinha has 15 goals in 10 appearances across La Liga, the Champions League and Brazil games since the start of the season

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