Paqueta secures late draw; France, Germany win; Bellingham rescue | OneFootball

Paqueta secures late draw; France, Germany win; Bellingham rescue | OneFootball

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Alex Mott·26 March 2024

Paqueta secures late draw; France, Germany win; Bellingham rescue

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The last international window of the season comes to an end with a host of marquee friendlies across Tuesday evning.

Here’s what happened.


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More late drama

Scorers: Rodri (PEN) 15′ (PEN) 88′, Olmo 36′; Rodrygo 40′

Rodri scored two penalties as Spain beat Brazil 3-2 at Santiago Bernabèu.

It was the hosts who took the lead after only 13 minutes as Rodri scored from the penalty spot.

A second came soon after as Dani Olmo jinked his way into some space and finished expertly.

Just before the break however, Rodrygo pulled one back for the visitors.

The turnaround for Brazil was completed just after the break as Endrick came off the bench and made it two from two for the teenager.

With just a few minutes remaining however, Spain got their second penalty of the match which Rodri converted.

The South American side drew level with the very last kick of the game however as Lucas Paqueta scored his own penalty to earn a draw.


Olivier!

Scorers: Fofana 19′, Kolo Muani 25′ Giroud 73′; Nunez 6′, Osorio 77′

Olivier Giroud was at it again as the veteran striker netted to help France beat Chile 3-2.

Didier Deschamps picked a second-strong France side as Chile tried to inflict a second successive defeat on Les Bleus.

And amazingly after only six minutes it was the South America side who took the lead as Marcelino Nunez finished with a fine effort from the edge of the area.

Youssouf Fofana scored an equaliser for the hosts on 19 minutes and then just six minutes later Randal Kolo Muani headed in to give France the lead.

After the break Olivier Giroud scored yet another goal for his country, tapping in after some fine work from Kolo Muani.

But Chile got one back almost immediately through Dario Osorio.

It wasn’t enough though as France held on for the victory.


Mistakes were made

Scorers: Toney (PEN) 17′ Bellingham 90+4′; Tielemans 11′ 36′

Jude Bellingham scored with the last kick of the game to rescue a draw for England against Belgium.

Kobbie Mainoo and Ivan Toney made their first starts for England as Belgium came to Wembley for one of the final matches before this summer’s European Championships.

In a calamituous opening few minutes for England, John Stones limped off with an injury before Jordan Pickford’s howler saw Youri Tielemans score into an open net.

But England were level a few moments later as Ivan Toney won and then scored a penalty to net his first for his country.

Another man thought he had bagged his first for the hosts midway through the half but Jarrod Bowen’s header was ruled out for offside.

Belgium were clincal at the other end of the pitch though as Tielemans got his second of the evening on 36 minutes after a terrible mistake from Lewis Dunk.

Into the second half and England were once again enjoying most of the ball but struggled to create too many meaningful chances as the weather got worse and worse.


Germany go double Dutch

Scorers: Mittelstadt 11′ Füllkrug 85′; Veerman 4′

Niclas Füllkrug was the hero for Germany as his late header saw them beat Netherlands 2-1.

Julian Nagelsmann’s side came off the back of a stunning win over France at the weekend with their old rivals the Netherlands the next opponent in line.

It was a thrilling opening 10 minutes to this clash as Joey Veerman opened the scoring for the visitors before Max Mittelstadt netted a screamer to draw his side level.

This even encounter stayed that way in the second half as both sides struggled to exploit the few opportunities given to them by their opponents.

The Mannschaft looked like being the side most likely to net a winner in the latter stages as Thomas Müller was introduced to add some craft to their forward line.

But it was Borussia Dortmund striker Niclas Fullkrug who who got the goal late on as he headed into the bottom corner.


Portugal stunned by Slovenia

Scorers: Cerin 72′, Elsnik 80′

Portugal were stunned on Tuesday as Slovenia inflicted Roberto Martinez’s first defeat as national team boss.

Plenty of Portugal’s big names pulled out of this friendly clash with Rafael Leao, Bernardo Silva and Bruno Fernandes all sat out.

Cristiano Ronaldo was named from the start though, but despite that the Selecao struggled in the first half failing to get a shot on target in the opening 45 minutes.

Into the second half and Slovenia stunned Roberto Martinez’s side with 20 minutes to go as Adam Cerin found the back of the net.

The hosts then doubled their lead moments later as Timi Elsnik secured the victory for the Ljublijana side.


Scotland silenced

Scorers: Bradley 32′

Conor Bradley scored the only goal of the game as Northern Ireland beat Scotland 1-0 at Hampden Park.

The one question everyone was asking at Hampden on Tuesday was whether Scotland bounce back after their humiliating defeat to the Netherlands at the weekend?

In an otherwise turgid first half it was Northern Ireland who broke the deadlock with their only shot on target as Conor Bradley continued his fine club form with a neat finish.

Into the second half and the hosts were hit with more bad news as Andy Robertson limped off with what looked like a bad injury.