The Brazil national team’s tour in the Far East kicked off today (Thursday) with a 1: 5 victory over South Korea at the stadium in Seoul.
The Salsaos, who will play in the stadium in Tokyo against Japan on Monday and meet the Argentine national team in Australia on Saturday for a fascinating friendly match, came up strong as part of their preparation for the World Cup in Qatar in the winter.
The injured Ederson was absent and also Allison was rested, so at the Brazilian goal stood Weberton who recorded his 11th appearance in the Salsa uniform, but apart from him Tita came up with an impressive line-up that included Danny Alves, Marcinius, Thiago Silva, Alex Sandro, Fred, Casimiro, Rafinha, Lucas Pacta , Neymar and Richardson. On the other hand, South Korea, which also secured its place in the World Cup in Qatar, relies mainly on Tottenham star Sun.
Brazil opened the game with a storm and it was Richarlison who already in the seventh minute found the net, or rather celebrated after Shepherd kicked a ball that hit him, misled the goalkeeper and went inside, but the locals managed to get back into the game in the first half from Wei Zhu Wang (31) , A Bordeaux striker who enjoys the cooking of Wang Hee Chan, his best friend and English Wolves player. Three minutes before the break Brazil regained the lead and this time it was Neymar who scored, after Alex Sandro failed on the court and did not convince the referee that he was fouled, but the screen judges thought otherwise, led to a change of decision and Paris Saint-Germain celebrated.
In the 57th minute, the referees intervened again in favor of the salsa and another penalty was awarded to the yellow-blues, this time too it was Sandro who failed in the box and was first ignored by the referee. As in the first penalty, the decision was reversed and Neymar, who was honored to make the kick, completed a double and not only raised Brazil to 1: 3, but also raised his balance in the team to 73 goals and is a total of four goals away from comparing Pele’s balance.
Towards the end, the result of the game was signed by substitutes Filippa Coutinho and Gabriel Jesus, who scored from an extension in the 79th and 90 + 2 minutes respectively and set up a crushing 1: 5. Brazil, by the way, have not lost a single game since surrendering to Argentina in the Copa America final almost a year ago.