Brazil come from behind to draw friendly against Spain; Germany beat Netherlands in comeback win - Football News
Brazil's Lucas Paqueta scored a penalty deep in added time to rescue a fortunate 3-3 draw with Spain in an ill-tempered friendly at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Tuesday (March 26) as part of an anti-racism campaign.
The hosts dominated proceedings early on and youngsters Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams were a constant menace running in the channels.
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It was the 16-year-old Yamal who earned Spain a contentious penalty in the 12th minute as he went down under a challenge from Joao Gomes after fine individual play on the right wing.
The two coaches heaped praise on Yamal's performance, as well as that of future Real Madrid star Endrick, who scored in his first game at Madrid's stadium to level at 2-2.
Spain got back in front in the 86th minute following another contentious refereeing decision which sparked fury on the visitors' bench, with stadium security forced to intervene. Rodri slotted away his second penalty of the game before Paqueta's penalty at the death ended the match 3-3.
Germany win against Netherlands
Niclas Fuellkrug headed in an 85th minute goal to give Euro 2024 hosts Germany a 2-1 comeback victory over Netherlands in their international friendly on Tuesday (March 26) and make it two victories from two matches in the past four days.
The Germans had scored after only seven seconds in their 2-0 win over France on Saturday but this time it was their opponents who struck after four minutes with Joey Veerman volleying in following a mistake by defender Maximilian Mittelstaedt.
The hosts, who had more than 70% possession in the first half hour, levelled seven minutes later with Mittelstaedt making amends with perfectly curled
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