Brazil responded to Argentina’s charges on the pitch: they beat South Korea 5-1 and continues to grow

The Brazilian team defeated South Korea 5-1 on Thursday in a friendly in Seoul, in a match that served both sides to prepare for their participation in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Richarlison, Neymar (with two penalties), Coutinho and Gabriel Jesús scored for Brazil, against a South Korean team who scored on the board with a goal from Hwang Ui-jo.

Brazil were the clear rulers of the game from the start, led in attack by Neymar and with left-back Alex Sandro as the main protagonist, participating in the canarinha’s first three goals with his appearances on the wing.

The ‘canarinha’ advances very early on the scoreboard, when Alex Sandro, on 7 ‘, enters from the left and serves Fred, who ends up out of goal. Richarlison, from inside the small area, deflects the ball to the back of the net.

South Korea has chosen to close and try to surprise with the speed of its strikers. Weverton, on 12 ‘, avoids the local goal on a free kick from the great Korean champion Son Heung-Min.

With the 1-0 in their favor, Brazil devoted themselves to controlling the ball and looking for ways to create danger against a well-ordered defense.

The Asian ‘Tigers’ equalized in the 31st minute, when, after a good collective game, Hwang Ui-jo receives inside the area, gets rid of Thiago Silva’s marking and makes a cross shot that goes to the bottom of the net.

South Korea draws and Brazil wakes up

The draw woke up Brazil, which once again stepped up its attacks on the opponent’s goal. In the 37th minute, Alex Sandro crossed from the left and Richarlison headed, forcing Gyum Kim to shine.

The goalkeeper’s rebound falls on the feet of Alex Sandro, landed by Lee Yong. Warned by the VAR, the referee reviewed the game and signaled a penalty, which Neymar calmly converted into a goal.

Brazil are able to increase their lead before half-time with a header from Thiago Silva crashing into the crossbar.

In the second half the script continued the same, with Brazil taking the lead, with Neymar, Raphina and Paquetá very active in attack.

The referee returned to action in the 57th minute, when Alex Sandro was brought down inside the area and after reviewing the game, the referee again signaled a penalty.

Calmly, Neymar waits for the South Korean goalkeeper to move send the ball to the bottom of the net on the other side.

With the game resolved, Tite decided to move the bench and was successful with his substitutions, as Philippe Coutinho and Gabriel Jesús managed to score after entering the field.

Raphina, in the 75th minute, sent a shot from outside the box to the post and shortly after Coutinho, in his first appearance, finished with great quality an assist pumped by Lucas Paquetá inside the area.

With a fresh attack and midfield, replacing the three midfielders and three forwards, Brazil ended up overpowering the rival, with a scorer Gabriel Jesús closed in time off, finishing a good personal play on the right and finishing 19 games without scoring for his team.

Brazil’s victory over South Korea

With the victory, Brazil confirms the good moment they are going through, after the brilliant qualifying phase for Qatar in the South American group, and now they will travel to Tokyo, where they will face Japan on Monday.

Tite’s men celebrate four years since their defeat against Belgium in the 2018 Russia quarter-finals this week. Since that date, they have only one defeat in their history, even if it is very painful for their internal fire: the final. America’s Cup 2021 against Argentina at Maracana.

That victory of Scaloni’s team sharpened the eternal rivalry that embody Brazil and Argentina, and demonstrated it in the last hours with the humming that the Albiceleste squad dedicated to Canarinha after winning the Grand Final against Italy at Wembley.

On the South Korean team, which will play the World Cup in Qatar in group H with Portugal, Uruguay and Ghana, his coach, the Portuguese Paulo Bento, will have three more games in the coming days to hone his team, against Chile, Paraguay and Egypt.

Source AFP