Brazil fight back to draw with Spain in six-goal thriller
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.
The hosts dominated proceedings early on and opened a two-goal lead with a penalty from Rodri and a Dani Olmo strike, but Rodrygo reduced the deficit before the break after a mistake by goalkeeper Unai Simon.
Brazil teenager Endrick came off the bench to equalise from a corner four minutes into the second half, but Rodri put Spain back in the lead from the spot in the 86th minute.
However, Brazil managed to level again five minutes into added time when Galeno was fouled inside the box and Paqueta stroked home from the spot.
Kai Havertz played 74 minutes as Germany came from behind to defeat the Netherlands on Tuesday night.
Niclas Fuellkrug headed in an 85th minute goal to give the Euro 2024 hosts a 2-1 comeback victory over the Dutch in their international friendly 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 shot into the top corner.
Netherlands, winners 4-0 against Scotland on Friday, thought they had done enough for a draw with keeper Bart Verbruggen stopping shots from Jamal Musiala and Thomas Mueller but he was beaten by Fuellkrug, with the ball crossing the line despite the keeper's effort.
Meanwhile France rallied from an early
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