After victories in all nine previous qualifying matches for the soccer World Cup next year in Qatar, Brazil has not captured the full number of points for the first time.
The record world champions drew 0-0 away from Colombia on Sunday (local time).
Substitute Brazilian Antony from Ajax Amsterdam had the greatest scoring chance of the game in the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla when he was defeated by Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina from close range in the 84th minute.
He had already parried a shot from Neymar from the edge of the penalty area in the 5th minute. It was - in addition to a pass to Lucas Paquetá, who narrowly missed the goal (13th) - the most conspicuous scene of the Paris St. Germain striker, which, however, made headlines off the pitch: In a documentary by the broadcaster DAZN, which on Appeared on Sunday, Neymar says that the World Cup in Qatar from November 2022 will probably be his last. The 29-year-old emphasizes that he does not know whether he will still have the mental strength to deal with football afterwards.
The Seleção remain unbeaten with 28 points from ten games at the top of the South American World Cup qualifying group.
In second place with 19 points went to Argentina, which had played one game less - later on Sunday (local time) the game against Uruguay in Buenos Aires was on.
Colombia, which has already played eleven of the 18 games, was fifth with 15 points.
The first four of the ten teams qualify directly.