History of Emirates’ Brazilian team: victories, defeats and idols

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Brazil will face Senegal at the Emirates Stadium in London, a stadium that brings back fond memories for the Selecao with impressive wins, important debuts and a strong record of seven wins from eight matches.

Brazil will play against Senegal this Saturday, the 15th, at 1pm (Brasilia time) at the Emirates Stadium in London, England. The friendly will be the Selecao’s first on European territory under Carlo Ancelotti, and also their first return to Arsenal’s stadium in seven years.

Canarinho last appeared in the stadium for the 1-0 win against Uruguay on 16 November 2018, just after losing to Belgium in the quarter-finals of the Qatar World Cup. At that time, Neymar found the net.

But this is not the only story of the Brazilian team in this stadium, which was founded in July 2006. Since then, the London venue has already recorded some impressive wins, as well as defeats to old opponents. Remember Brazil’s history with Emirates.

British “house”

Ever since he started appearing in friendlies outside Brazil, yellow shirts have become commonplace at England matches. The stadium that hosted the most matches in the country was Wembley, with 13 matches, followed by Emirates, where the Brazilian appeared in eight matches. The record is 7 wins and 1 loss.

Defeat of an old friend

The setback in question happened to the idol of the Brazilian team. Under coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, known as Felipon, Portugal beat Dunga’s team 2-0 in 2007. Simon and Ricardo Carvalho found the net.

classic crash

Even with Brazil’s loss, Emirates also experienced a moment of glory. The Selecao, playing at this stadium for the first time, defeated Argentina 3-0. The goals were scored by Elano (twice) and Kaka.

Alexandre Pato’s debut work

Pato, still a promising star for Milan, made his first appearance for Brazil at the Emirates Stadium. In the cold of London, the promise revealed by Internacional came on from the start of the second half and scored the winning goal against Sweden, further raising expectations for his performance.

Home of the Summoned Defenders

Against Senegal, the Brazilian team has players who know the home team well and could play an important role in winning the hearts of the nation. Defender Gabriel Magalhães is one of Arsenal’s outstanding players called up by manager Ancelotti. Gabriel Martinelli is also usually called up for the London team. This time, however, the attacker was not called up by the Italian manager.