FIFA World Cup: Impressive Brazil set blockbuster conflict with Croatia in quarters with 4-1 win over South Korea

Brazil placed on an superior show of ability and coordination to crush South Korea 4-1 within the Round of 16 World Cup conflict. Brazil will face Croatia in a blockbuster quarter-final conflict.

Doha,UPDATED: Dec 6, 2022 02:57 IST

Qatar 2022: Brazil crush South Korea, enter World Cup quarters (AP Photo)

By Saurabh Kumar: Brazil placed on a formidable show of attacking soccer to crush South Korea 4-1 within the Round of 16 World Cup conflict on Tuesday, with a mouth-watering conflict in opposition to 2018 finalists Croatia awaiting them within the final eight. With this win, Brazil stormed into their eighth consecutive World Cup Quarter Final and their seventeenth Quarter Final within the World Cup.

Brazil took an early lead when Vinicius calmly scored previous a horde of South Korean defenders within the seventh minute after receiving a cross from Raphinha. Soon after, Richarlison was introduced down by a careless kick from Jung Woo-young, and French referee Clement Turpin pointed to the spot. And Neymar transformed a first-half penalty for his 76th aim with Brazil and transfer one shy of Pele’s all-time scoring file with the nationwide workforce.

Com gols de Vinicius Jr, Neymar Jr, Richarlison e Paquetá, a Seleção Brasileira venceu a Coreia do Sul por 4 a 1.

O próximo compromisso dos nossos craques é na sexta-feira (9), às 12h (de Brasília), contra a Croácia.

Contamos com o apoio de todos na caminhada pela sexta ⭐️! pic.twitter.com/yiw0qpIQUN
— CBF Futebol (@CBF_Futebol) December 5, 2022

Richarlison made it 3-0 for Brazil within the twenty ninth minute after receiving a cross from Thiago Silva that cut up the defence, and Paqueta added a fourth aim seven minutes later after arriving within the field simply in time to volley residence a Vinicius cross.

After Lucas Paqueta’s fourth-minute volley, the five-time champions performed the second half as an exhibition, with solely spectacular Korean goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu retaining them out as they ready for Friday’s quarter-final assembly with Croatia.

Korea labored tirelessly and bravely to include the harm, and so they have been rewarded for their very own offensive efforts. Paik Seung-ho smashed in a superb long-range shot past Alisson 13 minutes from time. This was Seung-Ho’s first-ever aggressive aim for South Korea within the second half.

Following Japan’s earlier penalty shootout loss to Croatia and Australia’s loss to Argentina, all three Asian Confederation groups have been eradicated within the first knockout spherical.

At Stadium 974, there have been many banners and shirts honouring Pelé, and followers chanted his identify and opened a big banner along with his picture behind one of many targets within the tenth minute of every half. Pelé beforehand wore the No. 10 jersey.

It was the ultimate World Cup match at Stadium 974, which is about to be utterly dismantled. The port-side construction, which seats over 40,000 followers, was partially constructed from recycled delivery containers and may very well be shipped to different international locations in want of infrastructure.

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Dec 6, 2022