Brazil have ripped up the form book, beating France for the first time since 1992, with a 3-0 win this evening.
They managed just their second win in seven games under Luiz Felipe Scolari, with a rousing second half performance.
After a good start by the visitors, Brazil took control of the game, creating a host of chances just before the interval.
In the second half, they started very quickly, scoring on 52 minutes, when Fred found Oscar unmarked in the box to fire past the goalkeeper.
The home side grew in confidence after that and got better throughout the half, doubling their lead with a sweeping counter-attack five minutes from the end, before a last-minute Lucas Moura penalty put the icing on the cake for Brazil.
See how the action unfolded with Sports Mole's live minute-by-minute coverage below.
Good evening and welcome to Sports Mole's coverage of an intriguing international friendly between Brazil and France.
Before anything else, let's get the teams out of the way...
FRANCE: Lloris; Debuchy, Rami, Sakho, Mathieu; Cabaye, Guilavogui, Matuidi; Valbuena, Benzema, Payet
As expected Brazil are largely unchanged from their game against England, with Marcelo coming in a left-back and Gustavo starting in midfield.
France boss Deschamps has gone with a 4-3-3, with Joshua Guilavogui coming in to midfield. The Saint-Etienne man has been in good for in Ligue 1 this season, and it will be interesting to see how he gets on against Neymar & co.
Speaking of which, I am excited to see the new Barcelona man in action again today. He showed his obvious quality against England on several occasions last week, but did seem to fade in the second half. I doubt that this is due to fitness, but rather the lack of fluidity among the front four.
I can't help but think Brazil would get more out of him, if he was allowed more of a free role. I actually read a quote from Deschamps this week, that Neymar would be easier to mark if he played as a second striker.
Either way, Brazil have a host of young talent, and we can look forward to seeing the likes of Lucas Moura and Bernard coming off the bench.
France meanwhile, as I mentioned, are still in a bit of a rebuilding stage following last summer's European Championships. They also have several exciting young players to look out for, such as Dimitri Payet, and Guilavogui in the middle.
The French don't have the best of record in South America, having not won on the continent since 2001. They will want to rectify that ahead of next year's World Cup, however they do have a good record against Brazil. As I said in the introduction, Brazil haven't beaten France for 21 years, including significant wins for Les Blues in the 1998 World Cup final and 2006 World Cup quarter-final.
The Brazilians are not in the best of form despite their aforementioned talent. Last week's draw with England meant that Scolari's men have won once in six games under the current coach, and they'll be wanting to improve their form as soon as possible.
I'm hoping for an entertaining game this evening. Last week against England, Brazil's tempo was a little slow, perhaps because of England's inability to keep possession in the first half. Against a more technical France side, they may be forced to produce their best stuff, let's hope so anyway!
Despite the form books, neither side is under a great deal of pressure this evening and an early goal could really opening the game up.
The players are coming out onto the pitch in Porto Alegre, to a rousing atmosphere from the Brazilian crowd.
Brazil get us underway...
Almost a surreal start to the game there as Lloris dribbled out of his penalty area, only to be tackled by Neymar, who beat the goalkeeper but lost the ball and France eventually clear.
Another half-chance for the home side, as Alves breaks well donw the right, running almost the length of the pitch before crossing for Fred, whose acrobatic volley goes wide.
France gain a bit of possession as Cabaye picks out Matuidi in the Brazil half. The midfielder plays it wide to Mathieu on the overlap, but the full-back's cross is blocked, before Cesar catches Payet's corner.
A loose pass from Marcelo releases his Real Madrid teammate Benzema, who after a one-two with Valbuena, loses the ball before fouling Luiz.
France attack again with Payet on the left, who beat Alves on the inside before playing a reverse pass to Benzema, but the assistant referee's flag is up.
Hullk expertly controls a long cross field pass from Marcelo and beats Mathieu, before getting to the byline, but no one is in the box to receive his cut back and France clear the ball.
France looking dangerous on the counter-attack again, as Cabaye plays in Payet, who turns well and cleverly flicks the ball through to Benzema, but again the flag is up.
Some more good play from the French, as they keep the ball in midfield before Payet plays another clever through ball to Matuidi, but the midfielder's control lets him down just inside the box and Brazil get the ball away.
Neymar gets himself into the game for the first time, picking the ball up on the halfway line and bursting past Cabaye before crossing from the edge of the box. Again no-one is in the middle though, and Mathieu clears at the back post.
CHANCE! Guilavogui makes good contact on the ball, but somehow directs it wide after getting on the end of Cabaye's free-kick from the right hand side.
The referee awards Brazil a free-kick on the edge of the box after Neymar is bundled over by Debuchy. Brazil's number ten takes the free-kick himself but fires it tamely into the wall.
Hulk picks up the ball on the left and skips past two challenges as he cuts inside, but his long-range effort goes harmlessly over the crossbar.
Hulk does well again, somehow keeping in a long Luiz pass on the byline, before playing a one-two with Alves and being brought down on the edge of the box by Mathieu. He gets up and swings the ball towards the back post but Lloris punches it away.
France eventually clear the ball, with Guilavogui finiding Payet just inside the Brazil half. The winger continues his run to the edge of the box before cutting in and shooting straight at Cesar, who gathers the ball easily.
Neymar skips past Debuchy with an excellent flick, but instead of crossing cuts back and plays the ball through to Marcelo, who is barged off it and France are given a goal kick.
Gustavo picks the ball up outside the box and plays it wide to Hulk who bursts past Mathieu and fires the ball across the six-yard box, where Sakho puts it out for a corner. France defend the first effort, and Hulk's second delivery misses everyone and goes out for a goal kick.
YELLOW CARD! Luiz is shown a yellow card for a strong challenge on Payet. He was nowhere near the ball and it isn't his first offence.
CHANCE! Brazil break quickly from the free-kick with Marcelo on the left. The full-back switches the ball to Oscar on the right, who whips it towards the back post where Neymar is waiting, but somehow misses the target, protesting that the defender got their ahead of him.
Another good move from Brazil sees a short free-kick routine played to the right, and then into the box for Oscar to square, but again France get the ball away for a corner, which they subsequently clear.
Brazil are dominating the play now, controlling possession well, but failing to find the killer pass in the final third.
They put together another decent move as Marcelo plays in Oscar, this time on the left, and the Chelsea man bursts forward and shoots from the edge of the box, but his effort is never troubling Lloris.
Marcelo to Oscar again, this time the latter opts for a cross, which is put behind by Debuchy. The resulting corner comes out to Hulk 30 yards from goal, but his powerful shot hits Matuidi and France clear.
CHANCE! Silva plays a long pass to Alves on the right wing, who controls well before crossing into the middle, where Fred rises high but heads just wide.
CHANCE! Another chance for the hosts as Marcelo runs away from Debuchy towards goal, before picking up the rebound to his own cross and firing the ball to the back post, where Neymar is an inch away from making contact.
HALF-TIME: Brazil 0-0 France
Brazil got better as the half wore on, and had several good chances towards the end of the 45 minutes. Fred, Hulk and Neymar have all got into good positions, but there haven't really been any shots for Lloris to save.
On the other hand, France started well, with Payet in particular looking good, but were forced further and further back as Brazil quickened the tempo.
As I alluded to before the game, Brazil have failed to get the ball to their attacking quintet in any space. Neymar and Hulk have looked dangerous at times, but have usually been marked well, and Oscar has rarely been in good possession around the France box.
The lack of movement from Fred has also been a problem, and personally, I'd like to see Neymar or Hulk play in the main striker's role, with Lucas Moura coming on out wide.
From France's point of view, Benzema has also been disappointing. Despite being a willing runner, his touch has let him down more often than not. Payet has been very good for the visitors, feeding late runs with clever passes, and that seems to be France's best hope of getting any success in attack.
The players are back out on the pitch ahead of the second half and let's hope for some goals. Despite the lack of them in the first 45, there has been some good play from both sides.
France kick off the second half...
CHANCE! An early chance for Brazil as a sweeping move from right to left involving Neymar and Oscar, finds Hulk on the edge of the box, but his shot goes just wide.
Neymar picks the ball on up the left and skips past Debuchy with a stepover before firing across the box, his cross misses everyone though and France clear the ball.
CHANCE! France get a decent effort of their own, as Payet fires just wide from the edge of the box after good work from Matuidi.
GOAL! Brazil 1-0 France (Oscar)
Paulinho beats Valbuena to the ball in midfield and it breaks on the left for Fred, who continues into the box before squaring the ball for Oscar in the middle to fire past Lloris.
CHANCE! Oscar almost makes it two, flicking Hulk's cross just wide with a backheel after good play on the right from Alves.
Looking back at the replay of the goal, France might feel hard done by that Paulinho's challenge on Valbuena did not bring a free-kick. The referee instead waved play on, and Brazil punished their opponents.
CHANCE! A France counter-attack sees Payet play the ball wide for Benzema, whose curling cross is almost put into his own goal by Luiz, but for a good save from Cesar.
Debuchy loses the ball on the edge of the Brazil box, leaving space for Neymar to break into. The Brazilian forward goes past Sakho before cutting back inside and curling an effort just wide.
CHANCE! France almost equalise, as Mathieu flicks Cabaye's corner to the back post, where both Sakho and Debuchy miss the ball.
SUBSTITUTION: Boos ring out as Oscar is taken off for Brazil, to be replaced by Fernando. Lucas Moura also comes on for Hulk.
CHANCE! A fantastic save from Lloris denies Fred, after a good turn in the box, before the French goalkeeper jumps up to smother the ball at the feet of Neymar.
A lovely move from Brazil sees Moura burst forward before leaving the ball for Paulinho, who tries a one-two with Fred, but Lloris gets there first.
SUBSTITUTION: France make three changes, bringing on Giroud, Lacazette and Grenier, for Benzema, Matuidi and Valbuena. Brazil bring on Jo for Fred.
Brazil win a free kick on the left touchline after Gustavo is brought down. Marcelo swings the ball in but France get it away.
Brazil are comfortable in possession now, playing the ball from side to side, looking for an opening, while France are struggling to get out of their own half.
France are pushing out a bit more now, but can't really threaten the Brazil defence as the game becomes scrappy in the middle of the pitch.
SUBSTITUTION: Hernanes comes on to replace Gustavo for Brazil with ten minutes to go.
SUBSTITUTION: France make another change as Gomis comes on for Cabaye.
GOAL! Brazil 2-0 France (Hernanes)
The substitute gets Brazil's second after an excellent counter-attack following a corner. The ball broke to Jo, who played it wide to Moura to chip the ball to the back post, where Neymar laid it off first time for Hernanes to run on to and fire past Lloris.
SUBSTITUTION: Brazil make another late change, with Paulinho coming off and Dante coming on.
SUBSTITUTION: Neymar is replaced by Bernanrd for the hosts.
CHANCE! Luiz releases Bernard on the left but the youngster's shot is easily saved by Lloris.
PENALTY! Marcelo makes an excellent run from left to right and into the box, before turning inside as Debuchy brought him down.
GOAL! Brazil 3-0 France (Moura)
Moura makes it three from the penalty spot, with a nonchalant penalty which sends Lloris the wrong way.
FULL-TIME: Brazil 3-0 France
Brazil put the icing on a good performance with the final kick of the game. The hosts got progressively better as the game went on, playing very confidently by the end as some of that famous Brazilian magic even made an appearance.
That said, France were not very good. They set up defensively and despite a good early spell, they rarely tested Cesar. On top of that, their response to going behind was almost non-existent.
This is an important win for Brazil, just their second since Scolari took charge, as it will give them confidence going into the Confederations Cup next week. A good performance there, will increase their confidence ahead of next year's World Cup.
Thanks for joining me tonight, and I hope you enjoyed the game. Good night.
