{"id":15088,"date":"2025-03-26T08:34:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T03:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=580879"},"modified":"2025-03-26T08:34:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T03:04:56","slug":"world-cup-qualifiers-argentina-blow-brazil-away-in-the-superclasico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/world-cup-qualifiers-argentina-blow-brazil-away-in-the-superclasico\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Qualifiers: Argentina blow Brazil away in the Supercl\u00e1sico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina defeat Brazil in today\u2019s World Cup qualifiers by 4-1. It was a dominating performance from Scaloni\u2019s side who are looking active again for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Alvarez, Enzo Fernandez, Mac Allister and Simeone were the scorers for Argentina. Meanwhile, only one goal scored by Brazil in the game, which also came in the 26th minute by in-form Wolves\u2019 forward Matheus Cunha.<\/p>\n<p>In a commanding display during the South American World Cup qualifiers, Argentina secured a resounding 4-1 victory over Brazil, underscoring their renewed vigor under coach Lionel Scaloni as they set their sights on the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The match commenced with Argentina asserting dominance early on. Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez opened the scoring just four minutes into the game, capitalizing on a precise pass from Thiago Almada. Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez doubled the lead in the 12th minute, finishing off an impressive team move. Brazil managed to pull one back in the 26th minute when Matheus Cunha exploited a defensive lapse by Cristian Romero.<\/p>\n<p>However, Argentina restored their two-goal advantage in the 37th minute, with Alexis Mac Allister converting a well-timed cross from Fern\u00e1ndez. The victory was sealed in the 71st minute when substitute Giuliano Simeone netted his debut goal for the national team, delivering a powerful strike that left the Brazilian defense stunned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina defeat Brazil in today\u2019s World Cup qualifiers by 4-1. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":36474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3468,1347,1019,3796,3445,487,3570],"class_list":["post-15088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-argentina-football-team","tag-brazil-football","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-football","tag-julian-alvarez","tag-lionel-messi","tag-world-cup-2026"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}