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Paqueta’s lone strike against Colombia qualifies Brazil for Qatar World Cup
Agency Report
Lucas Paqueta’s instinctive strike gave Brazil a 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Colombia on Thursday to book their place at Qatar 2022.
The five-time world champions join the hosts and Europeans Germany and Denmark as early qualifiers for next year’s finals.
The have produced a near perfect qualifying campaign, winning 11 of 12 matches — their only blemish a goalless draw in Colombia last month — to qualify with six games to spare.
“This is the fruit of the work we’ve been building for some time,” said the match-winner.
“Now I have to keep working hard to find my space” in the World Cup squad, he added.
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