Moment: 'Neymar will train and then we will see' - Tite on return of forward
Brazil take on South Korea in their World Cup last-16 tie as they hope to positively respond after their shock 1-0 loss to Cameroon last time out.
Tite’s side are favourites to reach the quarter-finals and have been boosted by Neymar’s return to training this week although questions remain about his match fitness after recovering from an ankle injury.
South Korea come into the match with confidence following their sensational late victory over Portugal which saw them sneak into the knockout rounds at the expense of Uruguay.
Their best-ever performance at a finals was reaching the semis on home soil in 2002, can they repeat that feat 20 years later? The winner here will take on Croatia in the quarter-finals, after Luka Modric’s side defeated Japan on penalties. Follow all the action with our live blog below, following reaction from the Japan vs Croatia penalty shoot-out
Brazil 3-0 South Korea
32 mins: South Korea may be starting to think about game-management. The match is over and Brazil are going to win at a canter but Paulo Bento won’t want his team getting hammered seven or eight nil - which is a possibility right now.
GOAL! Brazil 3-0 South Korea (Richarlison, 29’)⚽️
29 mins: Brazil are running away with it now!
How to describe this? From a corner Brazil recycle the ball into the box and an attempted clearance from Hwang brings the ball to Richarlison. He brings the ball under control with three or four skillful headers before sending the ball forward and sprinting into the box.
Two passes later Brazil have broken down the South Korean defence and Richarlison flicks the ball past Kim Seung-Gyu to add to Brazil’s ever growing lead.
Brazil 2-0 South Korea
27 mins: Close! Neymar is fed the ball in space in front of goal. He’s got Vinicius to his left and Richarlison to the right but decides to drive into the box himself and look to set up a shot.
He overruns the opportunity but wins a corner that is then easily dealt with by South Korea.
Brazil 2-0 South Korea
22 mins: This is just the second time Brazil have scored twice in the opening 13 minutes of a World Cup game, previously doing so against Costa Rica in 2002.
They went on to win 5-2. In all honesty I can’t see South Korea getting two goals against them tonight.
Brazil 2-0 South Korea
19 mins: Son Heung-min looks to start something for South Korea after receiving the ball in his own half. He shifts around one midfielder but only has Cho Gue-Sung up the pitch with him.
A short run with the ball carries him into Brazil’s half but he loses possession with options to pass to and the Selecao take control once again.
Brazil 2-0 South Korea
16 mins: People will say that the penalty was a soft one to give which it was but they still need to get put away and Neymar delivered beautifully for this side.
Brazil are two goals up inside 15 minutes and look nailed on for a quarter-final place already.
GOAL! Brazil 2-0 South Korea (Neymar, 13’)⚽️
13 mins: Neymar takes the penalty for Brazil. He switches up his run up pace then coolly slots a side-footed effort past Kim Seung-Gyu.
Brazil double their lead and Neymar moves to within one goal of Pele’s Brazilian record.
Penalty to Brazil!
11 mins: A diagonal ball comes over to the left side of the box where Richarlison looks to bring it under control. He’s clipped by Jung Woo-Young and goes down in the penalty area.
The referee points to the spot and VAR doesn’t overturn the decision.
Brazil 1-0 South Korea
10 mins: It looks like a long way back for South Korea already. They last time they faced Brazil back in June they lost 5-1 and this early goal could spark another Brazilian masterclass.
