Firmino, Jesus as Brazil come from behind to beat Czech 3-1

Premier League duo Roberto Firmino and Gabriel Jesus scored the goals as Brazil came from behind to beat the Czech Republic in a friendly in Prague.

Liverpool’s Firmino seized on an error to slot in the equaliser after David Pavelka’s opener for the home side.

Manchester City forward Jesus added two in the last 10 minutes to win the game.

Both were close-range efforts – the first following David Neres’ low ball and the second a neat finish after his initial effort had been saved.

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Brazil’s South American rivals Argentina were without Lionel Messi, but beat Morocco 1-0 in a friendly thanks to Angel Correa’s late goal.

Lionel Scaloni’s side, who were beaten 3-1 in Venezuela on Friday, struggled without Barcelona forward Messi, who suffered an injury in last week’s defeat on what was his first international match since the 2018 World Cup.

But substitute Correa gave them the win seven minutes from time, running across the face of goal before hooking the ball back across goalkeeper Yassine Bounou and into the net.

Paulo Dybala led the attack on Tuesday in place of the absent Messi, Sergio Aguero and Angel di Maria.

Elsewhere, Atletico Madrid’s on-loan Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata scored both goals as Spain laboured to a Euro 2020 qualifying win in Malta.

With 173 places separating the nations in the world rankings, an experimental Spain side controlled possession but struggled to break down the hosts.

Morata slid in from a tight angle in the first half, adding a second with a firm header from Jesus Navas’ cross.

Finally, Italy made it two wins out of the two at the start of the Euro 2020 qualifying campaign to top Group J as they hammered Liechtenstein in Parma.

Stefano Sensi and Marco Verratti netted before Fabio Quagliarella became Italy’s oldest international goalscorer at 36 with the first of two penalties.

Daniel Kaufmann saw red for his handball to concede the second penalty.

Moise Kean added a fifth 20 minutes from time before debutant Leonardo Pavoletti completed the scoring.

Juventus forward Kean, 19, has scored two goals on his first two competitive starts for Italy, also getting one in the 2-0 win over Finland on Saturday.

The Azzurri, who had 41 shots in the match, 12 of them on target, are the only side in Group J with a 100% win record and lead Greece by two points.