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06 Dec 2022, 06:18 GMT+10
Doha [Qatar], December 6 (ANI): Brazil ran riot on helpless South Korea, with Neymar and Vinicius Junior being among the scorers as the scoreline read 4-0 in favour of the five-time champions at the end of the first half of their round of 16 clash at Stadium 974, Doha on Monday.
Starting off, the action was slow and took place mostly in the mid-field. There was a lot of action in South Korea's half in the opening minutes. In the 7th minute, Vinicius Junior gave Brazil an early lead.
Raphina went past Hwang In-Beom and entered Korea's box. He tried to give Neymar the ball, but it rolled to Vinicius, who steered a sidefooted shot into the top right of the goal.
Richarlison was brought down in the box in the 10th minute. Woo-Young Jung was attempting to clear the ball, but brought down Richarlison in progress. Neymar came to take the penalty in the 13th minute and rolled it in the bottom right corner in the net.
With this goal, Neymar scored his 76th goal for Brazil, just one goal away from levelling the tally of great Pele's tally of 77 goals.
Brazil was off to a fantastic start, leading 2-0 within the first 15 minutes.
Hee-Chan Hwang almost scored one for South Korea for the 16th minute as he came cutting in from left, but Alisson made a brilliant save.
From the 20th-minute mark, both sides made shots at goal, with Neymar and Hwang making attempts for their respective sides.
Richarlison, earlier brought down inside Korea's box, tripled Brazil's lead in the 29th minute.
Hwang tried to score in the 33rd minute, but was once again stopped by the keeper. He got to the byline, went past Militao but failed to convert.
South Korea's miseries just would not stop. In the 36th minute, Lucas Paqueta scored another one for Brazil to make it 4-0, with a stunning finish from the penalty area.
Heading to the half-time, Brazil was just passing the ball amongst themselves and it seemed that all the belief and confidence was sucked out of the South Korean team.
The scoreline read 4-0 at halftime in favour of the five-time champions. (ANI)
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