England vs Brazil LIVE: Result and final score after late Endrick goal in Wembley friendly tonight
England 0-1 Brazil:The 17-year-old forward Endrick came off the bench to score the winner at Wembley, as Gareth Southgate’s side suffered their first defeat since December 2022
England suffered their first defeat since the Qatar World Cup as a late winner from 17-year-old forward Endrick earned Brazil a deserved 1-0 friendly win at Wembley.
Gareth Southgate’s side were hoping to push on as they continue their preparations for Euro 2024 this summer - but with captain Harry Kane injured and Jude Bellingham frustrated, the Three Lions lacked a creative spark.
Brazil went closest in the first half, hitting the post through Lucas Paqueta, and took the lead in the 80th minute as substitute Endrick tapped in after Vinicius Jr’s shot was saved by Jordan Pickford.
Paqueta was fortunate not to receive a second yellow card after one of several fouls on Bellingham - while another concern for Southgate would have been Kyle Walker joining his lengthy injury list ahead of Tuesday’s match against Belgium.
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England 0-0 Brazil
10 mins: A ball out to Raphinha is promising but Chillwell does well to tackle. England have the ball and are playing it around the back confidently, but there’s been no attacking threat yet.
England 0-0 Brazil
8 mins: Gordon chases down Danilo but it goes out for a throw. England are pressing well in the opening stages.
Vini Jr. carries Brazil into the England half and they get their first shot on target as Raphinha plays it in to Rodrygo, who drives at goal and hits a shot almost straight at Pickford.
England 0-0 Brazil
5 mins: Chilwell takes this one, but Maguire is offside as the ball comes in.
England 0-0 Brazil
4 mins: First cheers of the night as Vini Jr. lets it run out of play as he miscontrols.
England play out nicely from the back and Gallagher carries well until he’s fouled by Paqueta. Another free-kick in almost exactly the same position as a couple of minutes ago.
England 0-0 Brazil
2 mins: Gallagher wins the first England free-kick. Foden whips it in from the right and it’s a good ball, but no England player can get a head to it.
England 0-0 Brazil
1 min: It’s easy to forget that several Brazil players will be playing for a starting place during the Copa America.
People like Guimaraes, Richarlison, Gomes and Raphinha will be looking to impress new Brazil manager Dorival Júnior.
KICK-OFF! England 0-0 Brazil
There is a minute of applause for ex-England manager Terry Venables, who sadly passed away in November 2023. Both teams are wearing black armbands in remembrance.
Brazil get us underway for the evening.
England vs Brazil LIVE: Latest updates from Wembley
The teams are on the pitch as we approach kick-off, and the national anthems are underway.
A lot of the pre-match chat has been about players who aren’t actually starting this evening, and with Brazil’s injury list – to players such as Alisson, Neymar, Martinelli and Casemiro – we may see Brazil’s 17-year-old talent Endrick later this evening.
For England, Kobbie Mainoo will hope to make his debut tonight, as will Ezri Konsa and Jarrad Branthwaite. Players like Rashford, Gomez and Maddison will be particularly keen to be involved tonight as they look to make their mark ahead of Euro 2024.
England vs Brazil LIVE: Latest updates from Wembley
Tonight will be the 27th meeting between these two sides, with the most recent having been in a friendly in 2017.
That game ended 0-0, with the previous meeting also ending in a draw when the sides drew 2-2 at the Maracana in 2013.
England’s last win against the Selecao came in the same year, in a 2-1 win at Wembley.
The two most famous meetings between these teams have both come in the World Cup. In 1970, Brazil ran out 1-0 winners thanks to a goal from Jairzinho, while in 2002, a famous Ronaldinho free-kick won the game for Brazil.
Both games came as Brazil were on their way to collecting yet another World Cup, with the 1970 team winning a famous final 4-1 against Italy and the 2002 side winning the country’s fifth World Cup trophy.
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