Five times World Champion Brazil ease past South Korea 4-1 in Round of 16 match at Stadium 974 to set up a quarterfinal clash with Croatia in 2022 FIFA World Cup at Qatar.
With South Korea’s exit, it brought an end to Asian hopes at the tournament. After Japan’s penalty shootout loss to Croatia earlier, and Australia’s loss to Argentina, it means that all three Asian Confederation teams were eliminated in the first knockout round.
For Brazil, Vinícius Júnior in 6′, Neymar in 12′ (through penalty), Richarlison in 28′ and Lucas Paquetá in 35′ scored the goals. For South Korea, Paik Seung-Ho pulled back one in 75′.
Neymar scored against South Korea in the Round of 16 on Monday at the Stadium 974 to become the third Brazilian player to have registered goals at three or more World Cups.
He joined Pele and Ronaldo for the feat. Pele has scored at four different editions while Ronaldo scored at three. Neymar, having scored at 2014 and 2018 editions, joined the list with his penalty against the Asian team.
Neymar also moved closer to equaling Pele’s record for most goals in a Brazil shirt. The former football icon has 77 goals and Neymar is just one short of the tally. He bettered Ronaldo’s tally of 62 goals. In World Cups, today’s goal was Neymar’s seventh goal in 12 appearances. The World Cup goals tally for Ronaldo and Pele stand at 15 and 12 goals, respectively.
Brazil Starting XI – Alisson; Eder Militao, Thiago Silva (captain), Marquinhos, Danilo, Casemiro, Lucas Paqueta, Neymar, Vinicius Jr., Raphinha, Richarlison
South Korea Starting XI – Kim Seung-gyu, Kim Moon-hwan, Kim Min-jae, Kim Young-gwon, Kim Jin-su, Lee Jae-sung, Jung Woo-young, Jeong Woo-yeong, Hwang In-beom, Son Heung-min (captain), Hwang Hee-chan, Cho Gue-sung
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