{"id":497587,"date":"2026-03-27T03:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/497587\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T03:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:47:10","slug":"hugo-ekitike-makes-world-cup-statement-in-blockbuster-clash-with-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/497587\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugo Ekitike makes World Cup statement in blockbuster clash with Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hugo Ekitike scored for France in a 2-1 win over Brazil, and in doing so could have cemented his place as a starter for Les Bleus during this summer’s World Cup<\/p>\n

22:25, 26 Mar 2026Updated 22:47, 26 Mar 2026<\/p>\n

\"Hugo<\/p>\n

Hugo Ekitike scored for France in a game that Ibrahima Konate also played in(Image: 2026 Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Hugo Ekitike continued his encouraging season as he netted during France’s friendly win over Brazil in the United States.<\/p>\n

The two former world champions met in Massachusetts as they gear up for a tilt at this summer’s World Cup in North America.<\/p>\n

Ekitike<\/a> was named in the starting line-up for the game \u2013 and it was a starting line-up that featured a host of regular names, which bodes well for Ekitike’s chances of figuring heavily during the World Cup.<\/p>\n

The Liverpool<\/a> forward rewarded France boss Didier Deschamps for the faith showed in him as he scored France’s second goal of the game during the second half.<\/p>\n

The finish was a lovely one, as he latched onto Michael Olise’s through ball before prodding a dinked finish over Ederson in the Brazil goal.<\/p>\n

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The game ended in a 2-1 win for France, as Bremer pulled a goal back for Brazil toward the end of the game after Kylian Mbappe had scored the opening goal in the first half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hugo Ekitike scored for France in a 2-1 win over Brazil, and in doing so could have cemented…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,942,134,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-497587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-hugo-ekitike","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}