Brazil claimed a comfortable 4-0 win over India in their first ever meeting in an international friendly at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday.
India kept Brazil quiet during the early stages and goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu produced a fine save to deny Vinicius Jr in the ninth minute.
The visitors finally found the breakthrough in the 28th minute. Estêvão moved past the Indian defence before beating Gurpreet with a left footed finish.
Pedro doubled Brazil’s advantage shortly before half time. Estêvão found the striker inside the box and Pedro finished to send Brazil into the break with a 2-0 lead.
Both teams made several changes at half time. Prabhsukhan Gill came on for India and made his international debut.
India showed more attacking intent after the restart. Ryan Williams and Manvir Singh both had chances, while Brazil were also forced into a goal line clearance.
But Brazil soon took control again. Samuel Lino scored their third goal in the 58th minute after India lost possession near their own box.
India had another opportunity on the counter attack later in the half. Manvir found Williams inside the area, but his effort went wide.
Brazil continued to create chances and added one more deep into stoppage time. Lino struck again in the 95th minute to complete his brace and seal the 4-0 victory.
The result gave Brazil a convincing win in the historic first meeting between the two national teams.
