Brazil Vs Spain, Football Match Live Score and Updates, FIFA Under 17 World Cup 2017: Brazil take 2-1 lead against Spain

FIFA U 17 Football Match Live Score, Brazil Vs Spain & Germany vs Costa Rica: Brazil take on Spain in Group D opener.(Express photo by Kevin D’Souza)

If India taking on USA on the opening day of the FIFA U-17 World Cup got you excited, the second day’s contest featuring Brazil against Spain will take that thrill up a notch. To make things even more interesting – and fitting – the contest is going to be played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi – a city notorious for its love and passion for football and especially for their support of Brazil and Argentina. Brazil have arrived in India without the star Vinicius Junior but the three-time champions would aim to wade through this tricky opener with little fuss. But European champions Spain would eye a strong start of their own. Other group games on the day see Germany vs Costa Rica, Iran vs Guinea and Korea DPR vs Niger. Catch live scores and updates from Brazil vs Spain in FIFA U-17 World Cup at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi.

Brazil vs Spain, FIFA U-17 World Cup Live Score and Updates:

72′: Brazil score but the goal has been disallowed because of a foul inside the box. Spain maintain the one-goal deficit by the thick of their skin.

65′: Seconds after that Alan steps on the foot of a Spanish player in the midfield while retrieving the ball and going forward. Referee pulls the game back and Alan is shown a yellow card.

59′: Brazil going for the defensive it seems, replace their defensive midfielder with a central defender. But just after that move, Brazil break and Paulinho comes right in front of goal. A little more space and he would have been in but Spain somehow save themselves.

53′: Sergio Gomez takes a free kick from the right side of the midfield circle. It was a poorly taken one and hardly troubled the Brazilian defence. Spain have started the second half on a more aggressive note and are dominating possession but they are simply unable to get their passes right in the final third.

45′: GOAL! Paulinho makes it 3-1 in favour of Brazil. And that comes right at the stroke of half time. Brazil have been brilliant since they conceded that own goal. Spain have maintained formation and not done too much wrong but even the smallest of lapses have been punished to the full by Brazil. 

41′: U-17 World Cup us not necessarily a reflection of the senior side and this match is proving that. Spain are happy sitting deep and hitting Brazil 0n the counter. Nothing like the possession based football that the senior side is known for

37′: Spanish no. 7 Ferran Torres skippes past the Brazilian full back on the right hand side of the pitch. He then gets past another yellow shirt, gets to his favoured right foot and tries a shot, it doesn’t have the necessary power and the keeper deals with it

 30′: It is in’t too difficult to understand where Kochi’s loyalties lie. There was stunned silence around the stadium when that first goal went in and quite the opposite of that when Lincol equalised. For now,

25′: GOAL! Lincoln equalises for Brazil! Brazil broke on the counter and score against the flow of the game. The balance has been shifting towards the Brazilians since some time now.

17′: Well Spain have taken the lead and it was Wesley’s own goal that gave them that. Brazil have been dominating possession but Spain have remained in control.