Subtle finish to celebrate. Lucas Paquetá was in charge of opening the scoring at the Arena Neo Química in Sao Paulo this Thursday where Brazil faced Colombia for the 13th round of the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifiers.
With the game entering its final stretch between the Colombian National Team and Brazil (72 minutes), Neymar displayed all his quality to provide a tremendous pass to Lucas Paquetá. As a result, his teammate found himself in front of goalkeeper David Ospina.
With his right foot, the attacking player from Olympique Lyon in the French league did not waste the chance to score against the 'cafeteros'. It was the temporary 1-0 lead for the 'verdeamarela' against Colombia.
Lucas Paquetá and his goal against Colombia in Sao Paulo
This is his second goal in the current pre-World Cup qualifying campaign. He previously scored in the 2-0 victory over Paraguay in Asuncion.
With this victory, Tite's team becomes the first qualifiers from CONMEBOL for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
For this match, Brazil had a starting XI composed of Alisson Becker; Danilo, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Alex Sandro; Casemiro, Fred, Lucas Paquetá; Raphinha, Gabriel Jesus, Neymar Jr.
On the other hand, Reinaldo Rueda's team started with David Ospina; Daniel Muñoz, Davinson Sánchez, William Tesillo, Johan Mojica; Jefferson Lerma, Wilmar Barrios, Yairo Moreno; Juan Cuadrado, Duván Zapata, and Luis Díaz.