FIFA World Cup 2022: Brazil dance their way into quarters!

A football match normally lasts 90 minutes stoppagetime excluding On Monday the Roundof16 clash between Brazil and South Korea lasted just 30 Post that it was just a fixture not a match anymoreThatrsquos how dominant the fivetime champions from Sambaland were even doing a Sambalike dance on the sidelines along with coach Tite while the hapless Koreans danced to their tunes on the pitchIt was not as much about the result but rather how emphatically the Brazilians achieved it that stunned the 43847strong audience at Stadium 974 Itrsquos one thing to get a tough job done and quite another to enjoy yourself while doing it And the Brazilians were having a ball while playing ball against the KoreansThe evening began with the Thiago Silva amp Co entering the turf as Black Eyed Peasrsquo famed track lsquoI gotta feeling that tonightrsquos gonna be a good nightrsquo played across the stadium The signs were ominousAlso ReadFIFA World Cup 2022 lsquoThis World Cup is my obsessionrsquoVinicius Jr scores openerAnd rightly so a smiling Vinicius Jr opened the scoring 7th minute after which Neymar made it 20 with an audaciously taken penalty that literally rolled inches away from Korean rsquokeeper Kim Seunggyu and into the goalRicharlison then sidefooted in the third 29th and it was game over even before the halfhour mark Lucas Paqueta 36th made it 40 before the Korearsquos Paik Seungho 76th finally managed to beat resilient Brazil goalkeeper Alisson Becker More than their moves with the ball however the dance moves of Neymar Vinicius Raphinha and Lucas Paquetamdashas they celebrated their goalsmdashentertained the crowdStunningly they roped in their 61yearold coach too After Richarlison made it 30 he headed straight for the bench pointing towards coach TiteThe group formed a small circle and the coach began to ape their dance moves Tite later revealed that itrsquos his way of trying to be part of a much younger generationYoung and the oldldquoMost of them are very young they dance a lot and I try to adapt to their ways Once I went over to them while they were dancing and tried to join in They promptly taught me saying lsquonot that way turn sidewaysrsquo Itrsquos hard to learn their dance but I told them I would and I didrdquo Tite explainedFun and happiness is a major focus of this Brazilian bunch and this came through with another of their moves substituting goalkeeper Becker with reserve custodian Weverton Pererira da Silva 80th minuteAssistant coach Cesar Sampaio reasoned that there was only one player in the squad who hadnrsquot played so despite it being rare and ldquohard to sub lsquokeepers like thatrdquo they did it because ldquoit made him and the team very happyrdquoPlayer of the Match Neymar also stressed on the happiness factor ldquoThis team deserves congratulations We are all very happy without our performance today Thatrsquos our mission and our dream Wersquore getting closer It will all work out Irsquom sure wersquoll come out smiling in the endrdquo he said They were indeed smiling and dancing in the endAlso Read FIFA World Cup 2022 Brazil fans paint Stadium 974 yellow