Brazil took just seven minutes to hit the lead and didn’t let up in a frantic opening term which underlined their status as tournament favourites in Qatar.
, it means that all three Asian Football Confederation teams were eliminated in the first knockout round.
Up stepped Neymar for a game of cat-and-mouse with Kim Seung-gyu. The Korean stood to the far right of his goal. Neymar waited, smiling. Finally, he trotted towards the ball in his faltering run-up and left the wrong-footed keeper sitting in the middle of his goal as he stroked the ball home for his 76th Brazil goal — one shy of the great Pele’s international haul.Brazil were effervescent in attack and organised in defence, restricting the South Koreans to long shots.
That Brazil went in only four goals up was as much to do with their profligacy as anything the Koreans could muster in terms of defence. A more prosaic side would have added several goals early in the second half, but seemingly you cannot turn Brazil on and off, and chances went begging due to overly elaborate flicks or back-heels when the simple solution would have worked best.
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