Brazil recorded their seventh successive
victory since their 2014 World Cup humiliation as they came from behind to beat
France in Paris.
Raphael Varane
powerfully headed in Mathieu Valbuena's left-wing corner to put the French
ahead.
But Oscar equalised
when he linked up with Roberto Firmino and poked the ball past France
goalkeeper Steve Mandanda.
Neymar made it 2-1 as
he collected Willian's pass and shot past Mandanda before Luiz Gustavo headed
in a third.
The victory maintains
Dunga's 100% record since he took charge of Brazil for a second time in July.
Moussa Sissoko, Morgan
Schneiderlin and Oscar were among seven Premier League players in the starting
line-ups
He is helping to
restore some pride to Brazilian football after the side suffered their heaviest
ever World Cup defeat when they were thrashed 7-1 by Germany in the World Cup semi-final in
Belo Horizonte.
Luiz Felipe Scolari resigned as coach after the tournament, which
also saw Brazil lose 3-0 against the Netherlands in the third-fourth play-off.
Only two of the first
XI from that Germany defeat started in Paris and Dunga will be pleased with
their fightback after they fell behind to Varane's 21st-minute header.
Chelsea midfielder
Oscar equalised before Neymar put the South Americans ahead with his eighth
goal in seven internationals.
Brazil's results in Dunga's second spell as coach
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6 September: Beat Colombia 1-0
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10 September: Beat Ecuador 1-0
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11 October: Beat Argentina 2-0
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14 October: Beat Japan 4-0
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12 November: Beat Turkey 4-0
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18 November: Beat Austria 2-1
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26 March: Beat France 3-1
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29 March: v Chile (Emirates Stadium)
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Dunga, who was
previously in charge of Brazil from July 2006 to July 2010, will also be happy
with his side's defensive strength.
Varane's goal was only
the second Brazil had conceded in seven games and they had to hold on under
sustained pressure in the second half when the score was 2-1.
Mamadou Sakho, Moussa
Sissoko and Antoine Griezmann were denied by Brazil goalkeeper Jefferson,
before Karim Benzema fired a volley over the crossbar.
Those misses proved
costly for the French as Gustavo ended the game as a contest when he met
Willian's corner.
It was France's first
defeat in seven games since their World Cup quarter-final loss to Germany and
the scoreline could have been wider as Willian's low shot was well saved by
Mandanda.
For Brazil, who play
Chile at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on Sunday, it was another pleasing night as
their footballing recovery continues.
Elsewhere, Chile suffered
a shock 2-0 friendly defeat against Iran, while Manchester United striker Radamel Falcao scored twice as Colombiathrashed
Bahrain 6-0.
Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry
and Marcel Desailly appeared on the pitch before the game in a ceremony to mark
French players with at least 100 caps.
There was a minute's silence
before the game to pay tribute to the victims of the Germanwings air disaster
Credit: BBC Sports
