Bruno Guimaraes and Vinicius Junior struck in the second half as Brazil came from behind to beat a spirited Australia in a friendly at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Tuesday.
Bruno Guimarães brings Brazil back to the top! 🇧🇷
The Arsenal midfielder gets his fourth international goal, finishing off a pinpoint pass from Endrick 👏
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Vanderson scored his first goal in Brazil to give the Selecao a lead in the third minute, but the Benfica centre-back look for them He drew the hosts level from a corner before Connor Metcalfe sent a long-range goal past debutant goalkeeper Otavio to give Australia a 33rd-minute lead.
Ice cream from the place by Raphinha 🥶
The FC Barcelona star equalizes the score for Brazil with a clinical penalty 🎯
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After Refinha level with a penalty at half-time, Bruno Guimaraes came on to complete a fine second-half team move and Vinicius Junior converted from the spot with 10 minutes remaining.
WHAT A STRIKE BY CONNOR METCALFE! 🚀
CommBank’s hero @socceroosThe first match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup is back, with Australia coming out on top! 🔥
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The teams were meeting for the second time in four days, having shared a 1-1 draw in Townsville on Friday after Rayan grabbed a 94th-minute equalizer for the visitors.
Alessandro Circati levels it for CommBank @socceroos after some VAR confusion! 🔥
His flick went perfectly into the back of the net for Australia’s first of the night, with replays showing he wasn’t offside! 💪
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Australia are playing their first matches since being knocked out of the World Cup on penalties by Egypt in the round of 16, while Brazil lost 2-1 to Norway in the round of 16.
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Vanderson gets his first goal for the Seleção, scoring into the top corner in three minutes 🎯
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Australia vs Brazil: Raphinha, Vinicius Jr score in action-packed friendly
Beach made the first of a series of impressive saves with a double save to prevent Brazil from going 2-0 up in the fourth minute, turning away two shots from the Barcelona forward. Refinha from inside the box after Bournemouth’s Rayan had fed the League’s 12-goal top scorer.
Referee Yusuke Araki allowed Circati’s goal after a video assistant referee check and consulted the pitch monitor to adjudge Harry Souttar had fouled Danilo Santos for a Raphinha penalty.
An equally intense second half included a massive tackle following a challenge from Souttar on half-time substitute Endrick, who replaced Raphinha and raced down the left to set up Bruno Guimaraes’ goal from close range.
Vinicius Junior fired home the final goal after being fouled inside the box by Nestory Irankunda, whose spectacular second-half strike had put Australia ahead in the first leg of the double-header.
Selection of Australia vs Brazil
Australia head coach Tony Popovic named an unchanged squad as part of a squad in which two highly experienced players, goalkeeper Mat Ryan and midfielder Mat Leckie, were among the surprise omissions.
Brondby winger Marcus Younis made his Townsville debut and came off the bench. Jacob Chapman, Kealey Adamson, Eli Adams, Yaya Dukuly, Kasey Bos and Dylan Leonard were all set for their first games but remained unused substitutes.
Alex Robertson (medical), Mohamed Touré (shoulder), Cristian Volpato (hamstring), Cameron Burgess (Achilles) and Jordan Bos (knee) were injured.
Australia: Patrick Beach, Jacob Italiano, Alessandro Circati, Harry Souttar, Lucas Herrington, Aziz Behich, Connor Metcalfe, Jackson Irvine, Paul Okon-Engstler, Nestory Irankunda, Tete Yengi
Substitutes: Jacob Chapman, Milos Degenek, Kasey Bos, Jason Geria, Patrick Yazbek, Nishan Velupillay, Marcus Younis, Paul Izzo, Aiden O’Neill, Riley McGree, Dylan Leonard, Eli Adams, Kealey Adamson, Yaya Dukuly
Brazil selection against Australia
Danilo Santos, Bruno Guimaraes, Raphinha and Vinicius Junior were the only players retained in Brazil’s squad from the draw four days earlier.
Santos midfielder Gabriel Bontempo made his debut and PSV winger Mauro Junior received a bow, having come off the bench in the first leg.
Brazil: Otavio, Vanderson, Jair Cunha, Gabriel Magalhaes, Mauro Junior, Gabriel Bontemp, Bruno Guimaraes, Danilo Santos, Rayan, Raphinha, Vinicius Junior
Substitutes: Hugo Souza, Marquinhos, Douglas Santos, Endrick, Willian Estevao, Matheuzinho, Vitor Reis, Arthur Dias, Breno Bidon, Douglas Luiz, Pedro, Matheus Martinelli, Andrey Santos, Samuel Lino, Pedro Morisco
Australia vs Brazil friendly statistics
- Australia’s only win against Brazil is a 1-0 win in the Confederations Cup third-place match in Ulsan in June 2001, Shaun Murphy scoring the goal in the 84th minute.
- More than four hours and four minutes of football had passed between that goal and the next one against Brazil through Irankunda
- Six of the previous nine meetings between the teams had resulted in Brazil winning by a clean sheet, including each of the previous three before last week’s 1-1 draw.
- By scoring those first-half goals in Brisbane, Australia doubled their all-time tally against Brazil and scored twice in a game against the Selecao for the first time.
- Each of their previous three games had finished on aggregate after 90 minutes, four without a win since their 2-0 win against Turkey during the World Cup group stage on June 13.
- This was the only occasion in their last seven matches that Australia had scored more than one goal in a game, since a 5-1 win over Curacao in the FIFA Series in Melbourne on 31 March.
- Twenty-two of the previous 24 goals in the game had been scored by Brazil, including five for the game’s all-time top scorer Romario.
- While a player at Crystal Palace, Popovic spent time learning from current Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti while the Italian was on his way to Milan.
- Brazil have scored in 15 consecutive games since their 1-0 loss to Bolivia in September 2025 World Cup qualifying, although they had scored exactly once in three of their previous four games.
- Including that goal, Raphinha has 15 goals in 10 games in La Liga, Champions League and Brazil games since the start of the season.
