Samba Boys Put Four Past South Korea To Set Up Quarter Final Clash With Croatia

Written By Jacobs Dunga

The Selecao put up a near perfect performance against South Korea to advance into the last eight.

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Brazil continue to live up to their pre tournament hype as they swept aside South Korea on Monday evening to zoom into the quarter finals.

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The Tite led side took nothing for granted in the game and were only made to wait for just seven minutes before the opening goal arrived through Vinicius Jr.

Gabriel Jesus and Alex Telles who have both been ruled out of the tournament were joined by Alex Sandro on the injury list with Danilo filling in at left back.

Richarlison moved faster than a South Korean defender to draw a foul in the 12th minute and win a penalty for the Samba Boys to which Neymar dispatched beautifully well to double the advantage.

South Korea went close through a beautiful curler from Hwang Hee Chan but Alisson Becker was up to the tsk as he tipped over the bar.

Richarlison would get in on the act in the 29th minute after he joggled the ball before finding a teammate who den passed to Thiago Silva to set up the Tottenham Hotspur striker for one of the best goals of the tournament thus far.

Lucas Paquets finished off another beautifully worked team move in the 39th to all but confirm their passage into the next round after just 45 minutes.

The second half was more or less a formality with Brazil now playing it safe ahead of the quarter final against Croatia.

The game would not end without South Korea getting the consolation they deserved as Seung Ho Paik breached Alisson’s impregnable defence for the first time.

Meanwhile…

Brazil with the introduction of third choice goalkeeper Weverton became the first team ever to use 26 players in a single edition of the World Cup.

Thiago Silva with his assist for Richarlison’s goal becomes the oldest player in World Cup history to provide an assist in a game.

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Brazil have now opened the scoring in 69 World Cup games and has gone on to win an astonishing 64 of those with four ending in losses and just one draw.

Brazil scored four first half goals in the World Cup for just their second time in their history after first reaching the feat against Mexico in 1954.

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