Brazil 1-1 Nigeria: Neymar injured again as Selecao's winless streak continues

Brazil's winless run stretched to four matches as they settled for a friendly draw against Nigeria on Sunday.

Match Report

Having last month restored him to the starting XI, Paris Saint Germain will have been especially concerned when Neymar clutched at his hamstring as he headed to the bench in the 12th minute of Sunday's international friendly.

Joe Aribo fired Nigeria into the lead not long later before Casemiro scrambled Brazil level within three minutes of the interval.

The Real Madrid midfielder went closest to winning it, seeing a header cannon against the crossbar on the hour, but the Selecao were unable to end what is now a four-game winless streak.

Match Events

3' NICE TRY! Firmino's shot inches wide

The ball was played into him really quickly and he brought it under control with a brilliant touch. He turned and fires his shot low, but it was just wide of the right post.

6' SAVE! Ederson parries Osimhen's shot

The ball was played into him really quickly and he brought it under control with a brilliant touch. He turned and fires his shot low, but it was just wide of the right post.

13' Neymar replaced by Coutinho with a possible thigh injury

Neymar has been struggling with a hamstring injury for the last few minutes and is now coming off the field, with Coutinho coming on to replace him.

35' GOAL! Brazil 0-1 Nigeria (Aribo)

His first touch looked to have taken the ball away from him but the Brazilian defenders didn't react quick enough. He reached it before Silva and poked it past Ederson and into the bottom left corner. 1-0 Nigeria!

44' CLOSE! Coutinho's free-kick inches wide

48' GOAL! Brazil 1-1 Nigeria (Casemiro)

Alves put a good cross into the box and Marquinhos was in the middle to turn it on goal. His header rebounded off the crossbar and Casemiro reacted quickest in the box to send it over the line and get his team level. 1-1!

56' CHANCE! Jesus' header saved again

Jesus rises highest in the middle to get on the end of the cross and he heads it into the ground. Uzoho gets down really quickly and palms the effort away from the bottom corner.

60' OFF THE CROSSBAR! Casemiro nearly scores

Casemiro just pulls away from his defender on the edge of the six-yard box to get his head to the corner. It's a powerful effort, but it rebounds back off the woodwork.

63' Injured! Uzoho is stretchered off

Uzoho is stretchered off following that injury to a warm reception from the crowd and Okoye comes on in his place.

72' Unbelievable! What a miss from Richarlison

Richarlison whips a brilliant cross to Barbosa at the far post but he gets caught under it and can only glance his header wide of the target. 

Line-ups

Brazil XI: D.Alves, Thiago Silva, Casemiro, Neymar, Roberto Firmino, Marquinhos, Ederson Moraes, Arthur, Everton, Gabriel Jesus, Renan Lodi

Subs: Weverton, A.Sandro, Philippe Coutinho, Santos, Rodrigo Caio, Fabinho, Gabriel Barbosa, Matheus Henrique, Richarlison, Éder Militão, Marcinho, Lucas Paquetá

Nigeria XI: W. Troost-Ekong, A. Iwobi, S. Ajayi, J. Collins, M. Simon, W. Ndidi, F. Uzoho, J. Aribo, C. Awaziem, S. Chukwueze, Osimhen

Subs: I. Ezenwa, R. Azeez, A. Esiti, P. Olayinka, P. Onuachu, A. Shehu, V. Solomon-Otabor, T. Ebuehi, E. Dennis, M. Okoye