Confidence will now be in short supply in coach Samson Siasia’s team after the way and manner they lost to Colombia and this will most certainly not be helped by the fact that in June they fell badly to the Danes 6-2 at the Suwon worldwide Tournament in South Korea. He walked gingerly off the field, but was able to return and play the rest of the match.Brazil capped off its win with a goal in the 80th minute by Gabigol, his second of the match, giving Brazil a 4-0 victory. “We have achieved our objective (tonight) by playing collectively, which is what we lacked, but playing like this we can go even further”.
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“To have the crowd on our side is extremely important”, Micale said.
Brazil’s newest football hero Gabriel Barbosa hailed a night of “fantasy” after scoring twice to fend off a humiliating early Olympic exit on home soil with a 4-0 win over Denmark on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).
Whilst the Foxes have yet to meet the £30m price tag Santos placed on the striker, they are the closest yet and a delegation is preparing to fly from Sao Paulo to the east Midlands for talks this week.
The sigh of relief was nearly audible across the country when “Gabigol” bundled home Douglas Santos’s low cross with his shin on 26 minutes. Gabriel Jesus added to the lead from near the goal line in the 40th after a pass by Luan, who scored the third from near the penalty spot in a play started by Neymar.
Brazil was in danger of an embarrassing elimination at home after struggling in the first two games, when frustrated fans jeered Neymar was jeered and the name of women’s star Marta was brought up by Brazilians as a solution.
He got some help from a man with plenty of experience dealing with both success and adversity: Scolari, Brazil’s coach when it won the 2002 World Cup and when it was eliminated by Germany in the historic 7-1 loss in the semifinals of the 2014 World Cup at home. The senior team also disappointed at the Copa America two months ago, failing to advance from the group stage of the continental competition.
South Korea will next play Honduras in Belo Horizonte.
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In other quarterfinals, Portugal battle Germany in Brasilia and Korea Republic take on surprise team Honduras in Belo Horizonte.
