On Thursday night (04.06), in New Plymouth, New Zealand - or this morning, in Brazil -, the U-20 team achieved another victory in the category's World Cup. With the red-black full-back Jorge as a starter and Jajá coming on during the match and having a direct role in the victory, Brazil beat Hungary 2-1.

With this result, the Canarinho secured qualification for the round of 2 of the competition, leading Group E. Now the Brazilian junior national team faces North Korea in the third round to confirm its top spot in the group. The match will take place on Sunday at XNUMX:XNUMX am (Brasília time).

It was the Hungarians who opened the scoring. A shot from a tight angle slipped past goalkeeper Jean, and the assistant referee signaled that the ball had crossed the line. But before the 20th minute, Hungary was left with a man down when Tamas received a second yellow card for a foul on Gabriel Jesus. Even so, despite coming close to equalizing, Brazil went into halftime trailing.

Upon returning for the second half, coach Rogéro Micale pushed the team forward. He took off defender Marlon and brought on Flamengo midfielder Jajá and replaced Marcos Guilherme with Andreas Pereira. The equalizer came quickly, with Danilo rising unmarked from a corner kick. The substitutions paid off. Flamengo's Jajá delivered a superb pass to Gabriel Jesus, who lined up inside the box and was fouled. Andreas converted the penalty kick to make it 2-1.