Brazil 4-1 Uruguay: Neymar and Raphinha star as Selecao continue to cruise on road to Qatar 2022

The
Selecao,
whose
perfect
qualifying
record
ended
with
Sunday’s
0-0
draw
in
Colombia,
raced
to
a
two-goal
lead
within
18
minutes
against
a
ragged
Uruguay
side
via
strikes
from
Neymar
and
Raphinha,
making
his
first
international
start.

Raphinha
doubled
his
account
in
the
58th
minute
as
Brazil
dominated
La
Celeste,
with
Uruguay
goalkeeper
Fernando
Muslera
prevented
the
score
from
being
uglier
in
Manaus.

Luis
Suarez’s
77th
minute
free-kick
meant
Brazil,
who
had
gone
six
qualifiers
without
conceding
a
goal
and
nine
in
home
World
Cup
qualifying
games,
have
conceded
twice
in
their
past
three
before
Gabriel
‘Gabigol’ Barbosa’s
rounded
out
the
scoring
four
minutes
from
time.

Neymar
netted
in
the
10th
minute,
chesting
down
Fred’s
lofted
ball
into
the
box,
the
superstar
forward
getting
around
Muslera
and
drilling
home
from
a
sharp
angle
past
Sebastian
Coates
on
the
line.

1
–
Raphinha
is
the
first
Leeds
United
player
to
score
for
Brazil
in
history.
Dream.

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—
OptaJoao
(@OptaJoao)

October
15,
2021

Raphinha
doubled
Brazil’s
advantage,
firing
in
after
Neymar’s
shot
deflected
off
Diego
Godin
and
Muslera
into
his
path
to
become
the
first
Leeds
United
player
to
score
for
the
South
American
giants.

Brazil
should
have
had
a
third
in
the
34th
minute
when
Neymar
and
Raphinha
both
took
a
touch
too
many
inside
the
box,
failing
to
shoot.

Muslera
kept
Uruguay
in
the
game
after
the
interval,
denying
Manchester
City
forward
Gabriel
Jesus
twice
in
quick
succession,
along
with
Raphinha.

Edinson
Cavani,
who
started
alongside
Uruguay’s
all-time
leading
scorer
Suarez,
had
a
goal
disallowed
for
a
clear
offside
in
the
56th
minute
before
Brazil
added
a
third.

Raphinha
grabbed
his
second,
capping
off
a
swift
counter-attack
by
firing
in
off
the
post
from
Neymar’s
release
approaching
the
hour.

Muslera
saved
well
to
thwart
substitute
Barbosa
twice,
before
Suarez
rifled
in
a
free-kick
into
the
bottom
corner
for
a
consolation
goal
–
his
65th
international
strike.

Barbosa
got
his
goal
after
VAR
consultation,
heading
in
from
Neymar’s
cross
to
make
it
two
goals
in
his
last
three
international
appearances.