Brazil thrash Korea, cruise into quarter-finals

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It was the aforesaid aged Neymar retired there, looking acceptable and scoring a extremity to determination person to Pelé’s all-time grounds and pb Brazil into the World Cup quarterfinals.

Neymar returned from wounded and converted a first-half punishment successful Brazil’s 4-1 triumph implicit South Korea successful the circular of 16 connected Monday. He reached 76 goals with the nationalist team, 1 shy of the people acceptable by Pelé, who said helium would ticker the lucifer from his infirmary furniture successful Sao Paulo.

The 82-year-old Pelé is recovering from a respiratory corruption that was aggravated by COVID-19, leaving fans successful Brazil and successful Qatar disquieted astir his condition. Neymar carried a banner with the shot great’s representation and “Pelé” written connected it aft the match, and the full squad past posed down it adjacent midfield.

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South Korea was trying to beforehand past the circular of 16 for the archetypal clip since its historical tally to the semi-finals arsenic a co-host successful 2002.

Neymar damaged ligaments successful his close ankle successful the team’s opening lucifer against Serbia and astatine the clip determination were doubts if helium would play again astatine the World Cup. He was intelligibly back, and determination were nary signs of the wounded arsenic helium led Brazil to a comfy triumph and a spot successful the World Cup quarterfinals for the eighth consecutive time.

Brazil volition adjacent play Croatia connected Saturday morning.

Neymar scored his archetypal extremity of this year's World Cup aft kissing the shot and calmly sending a debased changeable from the spot aft waiting the goalkeeper to take a broadside successful the 13th minute. He danced arsenic his teammates huddled astir him, past did creation moves on with Vinícius Junior and different teammates earlier raising his arms to the entity and smiling broadly.

Neymar was forced retired of the 2014 World Cup successful Brazil aft getting wounded successful the quarterfinals.

Fans chanted his sanction arsenic helium walked disconnected the tract aft the match. He had been substituted successful the 81st.

Neymar doubles Brazil's vantage from the spot

Vinícius Júnior scored the archetypal extremity from wrong the country aft a transverse by Raphinha successful the seventh minute, Richarlison added to the pb from adjacent scope aft a bully speech of passes by the Brazilians successful the 29th, and Lucas Paquetá scored the 4th earlier halftime aft an assistance by Vinícius Júnior.

They celebrated each extremity by dancing, and adjacent Brazil manager Tite participated successful Richarlison’s accepted “pigeon” celebration.

Richarlison adds a stunning 3rd goal

Paik Seung-ho scored South Korea’s extremity successful the 76th minute.

There were galore banners and shirts honoring Pelé astatine Stadium 974, and fans chanted the Brazil great’s sanction and opened a ample banner with his representation down 1 of the goals successful the 10th infinitesimal of each half. Pelé utilized to deterioration the No. 10 jersey.

It was the past World Cup lucifer astatine Stadium 974, which is expected to beryllium afloat dismantled. The port-side operation that seats much than 40,000 fans was partially built from recycled shipping containers and could beryllium shipped to different countries that request the infrastructure.

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