Brazil fights back to hold Spain in sixgoal thriller
rienced players, who are seniors and have played a certain amount of IPL, learning from them and enjoying being in the moment,” said the fast bowler.
“Definitely, Kemar and I had a lot of conversations about IPL when we were in Australia. Ambrose, after the (Australia) Tests, also gave me some good advice.
“Life has been great so far. There has been all sorts of kind comments. It is my performance that brought me here. Happy to be here.”
Brazil’s Lucas Paqueta scored a penalty deep in added time to rescue a fortunate 33 draw with Spain in an illtempered friendly at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Tuesday.
Teenager Lamine Yamal earned Spain a contentious penalty in the 12th minute as he went down under a challenge from Joao Gomes after fine individual play on the right wing.
The replay showed there was minimal contact but the referee pointed to the penalty spot and there was no VAR in operation to check the decision.
Spain captain Rodri stroked home and Dani Olmo extended the lead in the 36th minute, nutmegging two defenders before firing into the top corner.
Rodrygo reduced the deficit for Brazil before the break, after a mistake by goalkeeper Unai Simon, and teenager Endrick came off the bench to equalise from a corner four minutes into the second half.
Spain got back in front in the 86th minute following another contentious refereeing decision which sparked fury on the visitors’ bench.
Referee Antonio Nobre awarded a penalty for a challenge by Lucas Beraldo on Dani Carvajal inside the box, and Rodri fired his spot kick into the middle of the goal.
However, Brazil managed to level again five minutes into added time when Galeno was fouled inside the box and Paqueta stroked home, celebrating with the entire Brazil bench.
Bellingham to the rescue
At Wembley, Jude Bellingham struck in stoppage time to earn an impressive England a 22 draw with Belgium after a Youri Tielemans double had threatened a smash and grab victory in an entertaining friendly.
Important results:
At Madrid: Spain 3 (Rodri 12-pen & 87-pen, Olmo 36) drew with Brazil 3 (Rodrygo 40, Endrick 50, Paqueta 90+6-pen).
At Frankfurt: Germany 2 (Fuellkrug 85, Mittelstaedt 11) bt Netherlands 1 (Veerman 4).
At London: England 2 (Toney 17, Bellingham 90+5-pen) drew with Belgium 2 (Tielemans 11, 36).
At Marseille: France 3 (Fofana 18, Muani 25, Giroud 72) bt Chile 2 (Nunez 6, Osorio 82).
At Ljubljana: Slovenia 2 (Cerin 72, Elsnik 80) bt Portugal 0.