Brazil and Argentina do not fail against Egypt and Honduras in their preparation for the World Cup

The Argentina team, current world champion, beat Honduras (2-0) without Leo Messi in its penultimate preparation match for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, while Brazil defeated Egypt with goals from Bruno Guimaraes and Endrick (2-1).

At the Kyle Field stadium in Texas, Lionel Scaloni did not want to risk his great star, who did not play a single minute due to muscle fatigue, and took advantage of the opportunity to give players like Santiago Beltrán, Tomás Aranda, Joaquín Freitas and Nicolás Capaldo their senior debuts.

The albiceleste’s push was felt from the first minute, with Giuliano Simeone and Lautaro Martínez, ultimately the scorers of the match, offering the first warnings. A few minutes before the break, after a shot against the crossbar by Giovani Lo Celso, Christopher Melendez brought down Nicolas Tagliafico and the referee awarded a penalty; Lautaro did not miss from eleven meters (min.37).

Before the intermission, Menjívar appeared to prevent a backheel goal from Simeone, but the Atlético de Madrid player was able to make up for it in the second half, finishing perfectly after an assist, also with a backheel, from Lautaro Martínez (min.54).

Facundo Medina was able to increase the score shortly after entering the field of play, but Denil Maldonado took the ball under the sticks. Argentina will play its last pre-World Cup friendly, before making its debut against Algeria, this Tuesday against Iceland.

For its part, five-time world champions Brazil, with Madrid player Vinícius Jr. and Barcelona player Raphinha as starters, won their last match before the World Cup against Mohamed Salah’s Egypt, who came out in the second half.

It took just seven minutes for Bruno Guimaraes to open the scoring at Cleveland Browns Stadium, after stealing the ball from a clueless Mohanad Lasheen. Just four minutes later, the African team neutralized the ‘canarinha’ goal after Mostafa Ziko caught a pass behind Marquinhos and beat Alisson (min.11).

After the quarter of an hour, Wesley Franca had to leave the field of play, leaving his place for Danilo, while Vinícius and Igor Thiago besieged the Shobeir area. Carlo Ancelotti made eight changes after passing through the locker room, and one of them, Endrick, was in charge of putting the Brazilians ahead again; From the left, Raphinha assisted the Real Madrid striker, who first sent the ball into the back of the net.

Brazil will debut in the World Cup next Saturday against Morocco, on the first day of Group C, while Egypt, which interrupts a series of three games without losing, will do so on Monday the 15th against Belgium in Group G.