FIFA World Cup 2022: Brazil move to quarterfinals, thrash South Korea 4-1 in rou

Goals from Vinicius Junior Neymar Richarlison and Paqueta helped Brazil advance into the quarterfinals of the ongoing FIFA World Cup after defeating South Korea by 41 in their round of 16 match at Stadium 974 Doha Qatar on MondayStarting off the action was slow and took place mostly in the midfield There was a lot of action in South Koreas half in the opening minutes In the 7th minute Vinicius Junior gave Brazil an early leadRaphina went past Hwang InBeom and entered Koreas box He tried to give Neymar the ball but it rolled to Vinicius who steered a sidefooted shot into the top right of the goalRicharlison was brought down in the box in the 10th minute WooYoung Jung was attempting to clear the ball but brought down Richarlison in progress Neymar came to take the penalty in the 13th minute and rolled it in the bottom right corner in the netWith this goal Neymar scored his 76th goal for Brazil just one goal away from leveling the tally of great Peles tally of 77 goalsBrazil was off to a fantastic start leading 20 within the first 15 minutesAlso readFIFA World Cup 2022 Neymar is fit and back but oh JesusHeeChan Hwang almost scored one for South Korea for the 16th minute as he came cutting in from left but Alisson made a brilliant saveFrom the 20thminute mark both sides made shots at goal with Neymar and Hwang making attempts for their respective sidesRicharlison earlier brought down inside Koreas box tripled Brazils lead in the 29th minuteHwang tried to score in the 33rd minute but was once again stopped by the keeper He got to the byline went past Militao but failed to convertSouth Koreas miseries just would not stop In the 36th minute Lucas Paqueta scored another one for Brazil to make it 40 with a stunning finish from the penalty areaHeading to the halftime Brazil was just passing the ball amongst themselves and it seemed that all the belief and confidence was sucked out of the South Korean teamThe scoreline read 40 at halftime in favor of the fivetime championsAt the start of the second half South Korea made two changes Chul Hong and Junho Son replaced Jinsu Kim and Jung WooyoungIn the 47th minute Alisson denied a goal to South Koreas Son Junho After that South Korea earned two backtoback corners but could not convert them into goalsKorea were playing much better in the second half and looked calmer despite sinking hopes of quarterfinal progressIn the 63rd minute Dani Alves replaced Eder Militao for Brazil South Korea also made a change as Paik SeungHo replaced Hwang InbeomIn the 65th minute Richarlison almost made it 50 for Brazil but failed In the 68th minute Alisson added another one to his collection of stunners from this match making yet another onehanded save But the offside flag was also raisedFinally South Korea had something to cheer for in the 76th minute The unbeatable wall named Alisson was finally breached as Paik Seungho scored a stunner to make it 41 A comeback was not on cards but at least the Asian side could open their account and get some consolationCho almost added second in South Koreas tally but the offside flag came outAt the end of full time the scoreline read 41 in favor of Brazil who advanced to the quarterfinals South Koreas run in the tournament came to a terrible end Brazil enjoyed 55 per cent ball possession while South Korea enjoyed 45 per cent of itThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever