Lionel Messi scored the rebound for his 69th international goal. Messi had a penalty saved by Alisson in the friendly. He scored on his first Argentina appearance since July as they beat old rivals Brazil in Saudi Arabia
Meanwhile the Barcelona forward Lionel Messi was returning from a three-month ban for saying the Copa America was "fixed for Brazil", with the hosts beating Argentina in the semi-final and Peru in the July final.
More over, Gabriel Jesus had earlier missed a penalty for Brazil. Brazil - who handed a late debut to Aston Villa striker Wesley - have failed to win in the five games since winning the Copa America.
Argentina are due to face Uruguay in Tel Aviv on Monday (19:15 GMT) but the game could be cancelled due to fighting in Israel. Brazil will play South Korea in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday (13:30 GMT), their last game before the 2022 World Cup qualifiers begin in March.
Argentina Line Up
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Brazil Line Up
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23 Andrada
2 Foyth 6 Pezzella 19 Otamendi 3 Tagliafico 11 Ocampos González 74' 15 de Paul Domínguez 90' 5 Paredes Rodríguez 83' 20 Lo Celso Acuña 59' 10 Messi 22 Martínez Alario 88' |
1 Alisson
2 Danilo 14 Militão 3 Thiago Silva 6 Lobo Silva Lodi dos Santos 64' 8 Arthur Fabinho 55' 5 Casemiro Wesley 86' 10 Tolentino Coelho de Lima Coutinho 45' 9 Gabriel Jesus Richarlison 71' 20 Firmino 19 Willian Rodrygo 71' |
Substitutes
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Substitutes
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1 Musso
4 Saravia 7 Mac Allister 8 Acuña 9 Agüero 12 Martínez 13 Alario 14 Kannemann 17 Domínguez 18 Rodríguez 21 Dybala 24 González |
4 Marquinhos
7 Richarlison 11 Coutinho 12 Cerantola Fuzato 13 Felipe 15 Douglas Luiz 16 Lodi dos Santos 17 Fabinho 18 Wesley 21 Rodrygo 22 Leite de Souza Junior 23 Melo dos Santos Neto |
