Why Richarlison cried in Brazil win as Tottenham fears continue
Tottenham news as Richarlison's poor form in front of goal continued for the national team despite emphatic Brazil win and massive opportunity.
Tottenham striker Richarlison was reduced to tears after being taken off during Brazil's 5-1 win over Bolivia in their first 2026 World Cup qualifying match.
He has now gone four games without a goal for his country, last getting on the scoresheet in the 4-1 win over South Korea at Qatar 2022 where he also got an assist. It comes at what had been an extremely fruitful patch for the forward.
It is now just one goal in 31 Premier League games for Tottenham since his big-money arrival from Everton last summer and only four assists to go with it. After the exit of Harry Kane from Spurs this summer, the pressure is on to turn what have been some encouraging performances into more goals.
His confidence, which has slowly eroded over the past 12 months, looks as low as it has ever been and that was on show once more in the first half of this game. As the first half drew to a close he was presented with a golden chance to get a goal after receiving a header just outside the six-yard area. His first touch, to take it away from three defenders around him, was good and the slick turn afterwards sold two players to create room for a shot.
It is here that his composure failed though as Richarlison was only able to lean back and fire way over the bar with a free shot close to goal. His teammates would go on to avenge him with Raphinha, and Neymar - who scored twice to overtake Pele as the country's all-time top scorer - adding to the score in the second half.
Richarlison, though, was disconsolate after being taken off by interim boss Fernando Diniz. "Everyone welcomed him, and the fans also
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