Venezuela 1-1 Brazil: Raphinha scores and Vinicius misses penalty

Game is over and the final score is Venezuela 1-1 Brazil. Super sub Segovia holds Selecao to shock draw.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

5' Match Event for Venezuela vs Brazil

9' Vinicius squares the ball to Raphinha but his shot sails above the crossbar

15' Herrera cannot continue and Casseres replaces him

15' Murillo gets the ball in a good position and his shot is blocked by Ederson

22' Vinicius hits the woodwork and then Gerson's shot is saved by Romo

27' Ederson with a horrible mistake to send the ball straight to a Venezuela player

36' Highlight from Venezuela vs Brazil

39' Savio latches on to the ball and tries to find empty net but Navarro blocks it

43' Raphinha's free-kick opens the scoring for the visitors! Venezuela 0-1 Brazil

46' Segovian has scored a stunner for hosts' equaliser! Venezuela 1-1 Brazil

57' Highlight from Venezuela vs Brazil

62' Vinicius misses the penalty and shots the rebound wide!

69' Paqueta and Henrique come on and Jesus and Savio out

71' Vincius’ low cross from the left almost finds Raphinha but Aramburu clears it

82' Casseres sees a yellow card for terrible behavior on Paqueta

89' Gonzalez punches Martinelli on the face and sees a straight red from the referee

Match Report

Substitute Telasco Segovia delivered the pivotal goal that saw 10-man Venezuela hold Brazil to a 1-1 draw in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying.

The shock result leaves Brazil in third place, trailing second-placed Colombia by two points and far short of Argentina in first.

Brazil opened the scoring just before half-time as Raphinha curled a delightful free-kick over the Venezuela wall from 20 yards out to break the deadlock.

On the other side of the break, however, half-time substitute Segovia equalised just 41 seconds after the restart, striking from outside the box, having run onto Jefferson Savarino’s short lay-off.

The visitors were provided with a prime opportunity to restore their lead when Rafael Romo fouled Vinicius Junior in the box. But the Real Madrid forward was unable to capitalise on the resulting penalty, seeing his initial effort saved before firing the rebound wide.

As tensions rose, the game delivered further drama as Alexander Gonzalez received his marching orders in the 89th minute for lashing out at Vinicius after fouling Gabriel Martinelli.

In a farcical ending to the lively affair, sprinklers popped up in the pitch in added time to delay proceedings, but neither side could find a way through.

Data Debrief: Instant impact for super sub Segovia

Segovia's goal, 41 seconds after coming on, is the fastest for a player coming off the bench in the last three editions of the South American World Cup Qualifiers.

Venezuela have now scored two goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half, only Brazil (four) and Colombia (four) have scored more in the 2026 CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers.

Line-ups

Venezuela XI: Rafael Romo, S.Rondón, Wilker Ángel, Jhon Murillo, Rubén Ramírez, Jefferson Savarino, Eduard Bello, Yangel Herrera, José Martínez, Miguel Navarro, Jon Aramburu

Subs: Rincon, Alexander González, Alain Baroja, Darwin Machís, Cadiz, Wuilker Fariñez, Eric Ramírez, Christian Makoun, Cristian Cásseres Jr., Nahuel Ferraresi, Telasco Segovia, Kervin Andrade

Brazil XI: Marquinhos, Ederson, Gerson, Guimaraes, Raphinha, Gabriel, Vinicius, Igor Jesus, Savinho, Vanderson, Abner

Subs: Weverton, Danilo, Pereira, Paqueta, Léo Ortiz, Martinelli, Bento, Luiz Henrique, Murillo, Estêvão