CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying continues on Thursday evening with three matches in South America.

Here’s what’s happened so far.

Venezuela 1-1 Brazil

Scorers: Segovia 46′; Raphinha 43′

Thanks to a penalty miss by Vinicius Junior in the second half, Venezuela managed to hold on and share the points with Brazil in Monagas.

The two teams traded chances in the first half of the game, and without heroic defending and goalkeeping it could have been a goal-rich affair.

But it took until the final minutes of the half for the deadlock to be broken, and it was done in style as Raphinha kissed a free-kick from the post before doing the Neymar celebration as he donned his number 10 shirt.

The visitors’ lead would not last long, however, as Telasco Segovia fired home the equalizer with aplomb just three minutes into the second break.

Brazil had a chance to find the winner after the hour when Vinicius Junior was cleared in the penalty area, but Real Madrid saw its poor penalty attempt saved.

While Venezuela may have had plans to find a late winner, their efforts were undone when Alexander González was sent off in the final minutes.

Due to the shared points, Brazil rises to third place for the time being, while Venezuela remains in seventh place.

Still to come

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📸 FEDERICO PARRA – AFP or licensors