Football: Brazil denies victory by a determined Panama

PORTO, Portugal: Brazil was tied 1-1 by Panama at a friendly international match played at Porto's Dragao Stadium on Saturday (March 23rd).

Lucas Paqueta, of AC Milan, scored his first international goal for the five-time World Cup winners, before captain Adolfo Machado came in at 76th place in the world rankings.

Neymar, injured, the Paris Saint-Germain striker watched the game from the stands while he was recovering from a fractured right foot.

Selecao opened the scoring just after half an hour.

Paqueta midfielder was at the end of an important center of Casemiro to return to the last post.

Captain Machado brought the teams down four minutes later.

On the center free kick, Erick Davis found the central defender near the penalty spot, who lobbed his header over a stunned Ederson who made a call for offside.

Everton's striker Richarlison almost scored second as his effort shattered the crossbar five minutes after the break.

Real Madrid's Casemiro had two chances to win the match for the Titus team with a head and a powerful shot with a quarter-hour remaining.

Both teams have made a wave of substitutions in the last moments and Eder Militao has been shaking his head with a head on injury.

The next step for Brazil is Tuesday's friendly against the Czech Republic, which is preparing to host this year's Copa America, which starts on June 14th.